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01-11-2015 - Dear colleagues,
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News Indonesians protest (ForestPress)
31-10-2015 - Indonesians protest against the forest fires since the haze is getting worse. Twitter: StopForestFires
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Escaped wolf - Entry ban: excursions are prohibited in the forests area of Pécs (MTI)
Pécs, South Hungary, 31 October 2015 - District ordered a ban on the forests surrounding Pécs in the Mecsek Forestry Co. Ltd. Saturdays indefinitely because of the city's wolf escaped from the zoo.
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Analysis: Millions of 'zombie trees' in national forests
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Meet the standing dead. Millions of ghosts charred by fire, ravaged by insects, or dead of thirst.
News European Forest Week 2015
Engelberg, Switzerland, 2–6 November 2015
News Central Florida re-freezes bear hunting after first day sees 99% of season’s kill quota (rt.com)
25-10-2015 - Florida’s first bear hunt in decades has resulted in such a high bear death toll in Central Florida it will be the only region where the hunt will not resume on Sunday.
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Philippines cancels flights, alerts hospitals over haze (AFP)
25-10-2015 - The Philippines cancelled flights and put hospitals on alert on Sunday, as its southern and central islands were covered by thickening haze from Indonesian forest fires.
News 7th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference
Madrid, Spain, 20-21 October 2015 This will be the 7th Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe since the FOREST EUROPE process was launched in 1990.
News Wolf culling to increase in the Alps (wildlifearticles.co.uk)
by Scott Thomson · 16th October 2015 - The French government has dispatched a team of hunters in the French Alps in order to cull the native wolf population.
News Commission outlines multiannual plan for EU Forest Strategy (ForestPress)
06-10-2015 - EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan will present the Multi Annual implementation Plan (MAP) of the EU Forest Strategy to the European Parliament Agriculture Committee in Strasbourg this evening.
News Science-policy in action: the role of European forests
13 October 2015, Brussels
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It’s Autumn in America
Posted by Robert Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service, on September 21, 2015 One of the greatest natural events in the world is starting to change — change colors that is.
News Orbán: development of touring is an important part of the country construction (MTI)
Photo by ForestPress Budapest, September 19 2015 Galyatető - Prime Minister Viktor Orban, according to the development of touring, tourism and is an important part of the country construction, which is under the protection of the country we can not be ignored.
News Mapping wood production in European forests (efi.int)
09.09.2015 - The benefits that forests provide to people are getting increasing attention in scientific studies and decision making alike.
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Reducing Deforestation in Agricultural Commodity Supply Chains: Using Public Procurement Policy
2 September 2015 Duncan Brack, Chatham House This paper explores the potential for governments to use public procurement policy to reduce deforestation, including drawing lessons from timber procurement policies.
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Adriatic Wood Days
Dear Sirs, It is our pleasure to invite you and your colleagues to the Adriatic Wood Days, which will be held on 4th till 9th October 2015 in Dubrovnik (Mlini, Astarea and Sheraton Hotels).
News CIC Contributed To Success Of First CPW Wildlife Forum (ForestPress)
16-09-2015 - For the first time ever, on September 9th 2015, the CPW arranged a full day forum dedicated to the issue of sustainable wildlife management within the framework of the World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Durban, South Africa.
News Forests key to climate change pact: Durban congress (phys.org)
14-09-2015 - Two major UN conferences on climate change and sustainable development must tackle the key issue of deforestation, the World Forestry Congress urged Friday.
