Skip to content
News from the world of forests
HU EN
ForestPress — Forestry · Wood industry · Nature · Hunting

News

 

2 211 articles

News

Gender integration and gender-responsive research

March 1, 2018 -. http://foreststreesagroforestry.org The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has been furthering gender integration and gender-responsive research by deepening conceptual and methodological capabilities to undertake nuanced and relevant gender analyses,

News

2 bears burned in California wildfire spotted in the wild

GOLETA, Calif. (AP) – 18-02-2018 – Officials tracking two bears that were badly burned in the largest wildfire in California history say the animals are settling back into their home in the wild after receiving unusual treatment for their injured paws.

News

VPA Update: A year on from FLEGT licensing (ForestPress)

A year after the first FLEGT licences from Indonesia entered the EU market (15 November 2016), it is expected that Ghana will soon become the second country to export FLEGT-licensed timber to the EU (see the Ghana update below), and the first in Africa.

News

New York woman killed by hunter while walking dogs

By Elizabeth Joseph and Steve Almasy, CNN - November 25, 2017 A woman walking her dogs near her western New York home was fatally shot Wednesday by a man who told police he mistook her for a deer.

News

Lyme disease (forestry.gov.uk)

01-09-2017 - Information for environment sector organisations on raising awareness amongst staff and visitors

News

Communications Coordinator wanted!

The International Council for Game and Widlife Conservation (CIC) and the German Hunters Association (Deutscher Jagdverband – DJV) is seeking a German native speaker with strong English language skills to fulfill a two-year project contract in Berlin from 01.10.2017 as a Coordinator for international hunting and conservation issues

News

Canada wood prices to rise as western wildfire interrupts logging

By Ethan Lou - July 11, 2017 - ca.reuters.com CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia are set to tighten the supply of wood products and raise prices as they disrupt timber operations during the year's peak building season, industry and analysts said on Tuesday.

News

The Forest Concessions Initiative (fao.org)

06-07-2017 - When the owner of a forest agrees to give another entity the right to manage a forest area for production or other uses, the resulting agreement is known as a forest concession.

News

Art contest

06-07-2017 - What do Europe’s forests mean to you?

News

Drought-hit Ethiopia moves to protect its dwindling forests

By Elias Gebreselassie - reuters.com - Tue Jul 4, 2017 CHILIMO, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopia is enlisting the cooperation of people in and around its forests to manage woodland better, hoping to protect the country from the effects of climate change while boosting development prospects for its population of 100 million.

Our partners