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Let your voice be heard!
25-03-2017 - americanforests.org America’s forests depend on passionate and engaged citizens, like you, to ensure their long-term protection.
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Action on Forest Governance Can Play a Critical Role in Britain’s Post-Brexit International Development Strategy
21 March 2017 - chathamhouse.org The UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) new Economic Development Strategy, published at the end of January, sets out an ambitious but pragmatic agenda for international development, focusing on investment in sustained, job-creating growth which will help countries move beyond the need for aid.
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Supply Change: Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2017
21-03-2017 - Supply Change draws from already available data to track companies, their commitments, and their progress towards these commitments over time to support stakeholders’ decision-making and, ultimately, to drive transformational change.
News We believe that forests matter for people and planet
21-03-2017 - ngoforestcoalition.org Over one billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods - including 300 million indigenous people.
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Some B.C. loggers get extra day off to catch up on sleep, improve alertness
'You go back 10, 20 years, the safety record in the forestry industry wasn’t very good'
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The Impacts of the Demand for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat on Climate and Forests (chathamhouse.org)
23 February 2017 - Duncan Brack Although most renewable energy policy frameworks treat biomass as carbon-neutral at the point of combustion, biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil fuels.
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High-tech wood: The new hope for school infrastructure? (king5.com)
March 8, 2017 - Mount Vernon, Wash. – There were times Carl Bruner was curious as to how it was ever going to be finished, he said Tuesday morning as a crane lifted the first high-tech wood panel up and into place – the first wall of a four-classroom modular school next to Jefferson Elementary.
News The CIC supports the World Hunting and Nature Expo in 2021
27 February 2017 - The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) has already started the preparation for the 2021 World Hunting and Nature Expo.
News New outbreaks of bird flu in Lithuania, Czech Republic and Rep. of Ireland
27-02-2017 - rt.com Lithuania has reported an outbreak of bird flu virus, H5N8, among swans in central areas of the country.
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Productive communication in forestry
Published on February 24, 2017 - linkedin.com - Stuart Goodall Chief Executive at Confederation of Forest Industries
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New technology may help identify biodiverse forests, inform REDD+ planning and safeguards
21 Feb 2017 - Valerie Kapos - un-redd.org Developing effective REDD+ strategies that respect the Cancun safeguards and help to achieve countries’ development objectives and contribute to meeting their many international commitments requires careful planning.
News CEPF, Copa & Cogeca, FACE, ELO on new EU Court of Auditors report on Natura 2000 (cepf-eu.org)
24-02-2017 - Copa & Cogeca, CEPF, FACE, ELO welcome new EU Court of Auditors report showing huge potential of Natura 2000 in protecting biodiversity but warn uptake is poor as funds difficult to access
News Nut job: Prince Charles backs Nutella-fueled grey squirrel sterilization plan
Published time: 24 Feb, 2017 - rt.com Prince Charles has backed a government plan to sterilize grey squirrels by putting contraceptives in Nutella spread, which tests show is highly attractive to the woodland critters.
News Hunters fight so-called 'feral hog apocalypse' in Texas
Published February 21, 2017 - FoxNews.com Texas has a feral hog problem.
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Burning Questions: Can Fire Reduce Tick Abundance?
July 25, 2013 - By Lindsay Thomas Jr. I start itching as soon as I begin reviewing trail-camera images taken this summer at QDMA Headquarters.
News President-Elect Trump Selects Sonny Perdue for Agriculture Secretary
Sonny Perdue http://stateforesters.org - Thursday, January 19, 2017 WASHINGTON (January 19, 2017) — Following the announcement of president-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue for the Secretary of Agriculture, the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) issued the following statement:
News Trump Interior nominee would review Obama's limits on oil drilling (reuters.com)
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) arrives for a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner | WASHINGTON Jan 17, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of the Interior, Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, said on Tuesday he would consider scrapping some of President Barack Obama’s environment initiatives if confirmed, including reviewing curbs on oil drilling on federal lands.
