News It begins monitoring the snipe Hungary (Forest Press)
2016, February 12th 2016 - The first snipe monitoring surveillance scheduled for Feb. 13, falls on a Saturday.
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‘No evidence’ that EU's illegal timber policy is working
Wednesday 10 February 2016 Arthur Neslen in Brussels - theguardian.com Leaked review shows that EU law is failing to prevent $100bn a year trade in illegal timber - or that rules are even being implemented
News Brigitte Bardot calls for urgent abolition of hunting with hounds in Spain
05 de Febrero de 2016 laprensasa.com Paris, Feb 5 (EFE).- French actress Brigitte Bardot asked on Friday King Felipe VI, the media and the population of Spain for the urgent and immediate abolition of hunting with greyhounds, a practice that she defined as cruel and savage.
News Rosia Montana, Romania proposed the inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list (MTI)
Bucharest, 5 February 2016 - The Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Environment has informed the Paris headquarters of UNESCO World Heritage Site that Rosia Montana, Romania picked up the proposed world heritage list.
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The European Tree of the Year competition (ForestPress)
Brussels, 4 February 2016 - Can vote in the European Year Tree sixth race on February 1st.
News The World Hunting Expo preparation started (Forest Press)
Photo by Attila Földvári 04-02-2016 - This is the first step in the 1971 World Hunting Exhibition 50th anniversary events planned in Budapest in preparing the world events - emphasized dr. Semjén Zsolt.
News Only licensed collectible antler! (Forest Press)
January 28 2016 - More and more often encounter dropped antlers in the woods, because the old bulls lose their crowns at the end of January.
News The “Grüne Woche” (Green Weeks) exhibition in Berlin (Forest Press)
January 29 2016 - In the Berlin Fair 15 to 24 January 2016 they held the 90th International “Grüne Woche” agricultural, food and gastronomic exhibition.
News Meet Hyperion, the World’s Tallest Tree
By Sumitra on January 15th, 2016 odditycentral.com Up until August 2006, the tallest known tree in the world was a 369 foot California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) nicknamed ‘Stratosphere Giant’, located somewhere in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California.
News Changes in the CEPF Secretary General position (ForestPress)
10-12-2016 - After almost 5 years of working with the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF), fighting and lobbying for the position of European forest owners and the forest sector in Brussels, Aljoscha Requardt decided to move on and step down from his position as CEPF Secretary General.
News The safety of the nation threatened by illegal logging (erdely.ma)
10 January 2016 - The national security threatened by illegal logging - which came into force the law to do so.
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Zero Deforestation Commitments from Commodity Producers and Traders (unfccc.int)
06-01-2016 - The initiative “Zero Deforestation Commitments from Commodity Producers and Traders” aims to eliminate deforestation from the production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, paper and beef products by no later than 2020, thereby contributing to the goal of ending natural forest loss by 2030.
News Executive Order on holding the Year of the Environment in 2017 (kremlin.ru/rt.ru)
January 5, 2016 - Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Holding the Year of the Environment in the Russian Federation in 2017.
News North American Forest Commission (ForestPress)
01-05-2016 - Established in 1958, the North American Forest Commission (NAFC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis.
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In The Maine Woods, A Towering Giant Could Help Save Chestnuts
This is the tallest known American chestnut tree in North America, clocking in at precisely 115 feet. Susan Sharon/MPBN Updated December 18, 201510:20 AM ET Published December 17, Susan Sharon Thanks to Nat King Cole, it's hard to think of chestnuts without conjuring an image of them "roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose."
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Filmmaker Documents America’s First Forest (ncsu.edu)
Paul Bonesteel NC State communication alumnus Paul Bonesteel is the director and founder of Bonesteel Films in Asheville. Photo courtesy of Paul Bonesteel. January 4, 2016 | Nash Dunn
News Judge allows USDA pesticide researcher’s whistleblower claim to move forward (rt.com)
23-12-2015 - A judge has allowed a suspended US Department of Agriculture scientist to pursue a complaint against the agency.
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Christmas wildfire destroys more than 100 homes in Australia (ap.org)
Dec. 26, 2015 - SYDNEY (AP) — More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said Saturday.
