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News How much it could cost to halt old-growth logging
Derrick Penner / Vancouver Sun- timescolonist.com - October 23, 2021 Premier John Horgan is under increasing pressure to halt old-growth logging on B.C.’s coast, a step that would come with a billion-dollar price tag to buy back existing timber rights, according to one industry analyst.
Press room IUFRO Forest Health Webinar Series
During October, November, and December, five webinars will be hosted, every two weeks, by various working parties of IUFRO Division 7, including one webinar co-organised by a working party in Division 2.
Press review INTERFORST 2022 on its best path
October 14, 2021 A good nine months before its opening, INTERFORST, which will take place from July 17 to 20, 2022 on the exhibition grounds in Munich, is drawing a very positive interim conclusion.
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The New EU Forest Strategy for 2030
05-10-2021 - Position of European Forest Owners and Managers
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European forest owners and managers call for major clarifications on the new EU Forest Strategy (ForestPress)
05-10-2021 - "The new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 needs clear objectives and feasible coherent actions" was the message of forest owners and managers to the EU policy makers from the European Forest Owners' Conference.
Press review How federal regulation, not climate change, explains California's wildfire crisis: experts
By Tyler O'Neil | Fox News The fuel to California's wildfires is the government, not climate change, experts say
News The world’s longest treetop walkway is Switzerland’s coolest new attraction
Jori Ayers Sep 7, 2021- matadornetwork.com WITZERLAND IS NOW HOME to the world’s longest treetop walkway.
Press review Consultation begins on beaver reintroductions
bbc.com 25-08-2021 A consultation is launching to seek people's views on whether beavers should be reintroduced to England's rivers.
News IUFRO’s Focus on the Interaction Between Forests and People
iufro.org - 2021-08-03 Interview with Professor Shirong Liu, IUFRO Vice-President for Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives
News Bear Attack Fatalities Are Up This Year. Is it a Trend, or Just a Coincidence?
outsideonline.com - Zoe Gates Aug 1, 2021 Grizzly and black bears have killed five people in North America over the last five months.
News The new EU Forest Strategy – putting European forest owners’ commitment at stake
Today, (16.06.2021) the European Commission published its EU Forest Strategy for 2030. Despite some improvements, the text adopted does not succeed in re-balancing the previous versions of the text that have already caused controversy.
Press review Timber shortage due to 'unprecedented' post-lockdown demand
By Claire Marshall 04-08-2021 BBC Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent The price of timber has risen sharply with builders struggling to get supplies, as post-lockdown construction and DIY projects create huge demand.
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International Conference on Forest Education
The conference (ICFE 2021) is a major event focused on formal forest education at all levels, capacity development and knowledge sharing.
News JOINT STATEMENT (EUSTAFOR)
Draft new EU Forest Strategy: time to really consider the opinion of EU forest and forest-based sector
News Why trees grow at night (wsl.ch)
Roman Zweifel 21.06.2021 | Michéle Kaennel Dobbertin | News WSL It is a common misconception that trees grow in the daytime, when photosynthesis produces carbohydrates from CO2.
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Ł7 million for timber transport projects across Scotland
14 Jun 2021 - forestry.gov.scot Projects which will improve Scotland’s timber transport infrastructure have been awarded Ł7 million from the Scottish Government.
News EP vote on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: A missed opportunity to embrace the complexity of forests and forestry
Brussels, 9 June 2021 - Yesterday evening, the European Parliament adopted its report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 coordinated by rapporteur MEP César Luena.
News From tree to timber
forestryengland.uk – 09-06-2021 England’s forests provide wood that is part of our everyday lives.
Press review More than enough wood in the European forest
By Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Bas Lerink and Mart-Jan Schelhaas - 27/05/2021 - efi.int “Lockdown also calls for cooldown”
Press review Getting up close with cicadas to find climate change clues
reuters.com - Photography by Carlos Barria. Reporting by Andrea Januta -26-05-2021 Wooded areas up and down the U.S. East Coast are breaking into a deafening buzz.
Press review Heavy Equipment Academy completed in Mississippi
wildfiretoday.com Author Bill Gabbert Posted on May 25, 2021 A week-long class aimed at training forest rangers and technicians to use heavy equipment to fight wildfires
Press review BC’s Cynical Attack on Old-Growth Forests
RCMP officers make their way around two protesters chained to a tree stump at an anti-logging protest in Caycuse, BC on May 18 Gerry Warner 19 May 2021 | TheTyee.ca John Horgan’s alliance with corporate and union logging interests is stalling protection for remaining ancient trees.
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'It is a gold mine:' Builders warned of rising lumber thefts across Canada
Daniela Germano - The Canadian Press - Published Wednesday, May 12, 2021 The skyrocketing cost of lumber is fuelling a trend that has authorities across the country warning builders to keep their guard up.
