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RACC pushes for 'greener' driving (thinkSpain)
Spain would need seven times as much woodland as it currently has in order to absorb all the carbon dioxide emitted annually, 11% of which comes from car exhausts.
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News They're back! Beavers return to Scotland for first time in 500 years (dailymail.co.uk)
By John Garth Three families of European beavers were released in a Scottish forest today nearly five centuries after the species was hunted to extinction.
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Highland cows to aid forest plan (news.bbc.co.uk)
A scheme to revive ancient forestry management techniques using Highland cows is to begin in the Trossachs.
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Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming (ScienceDaily)
A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere.
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International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May (ForestPress)
Environment: Europe’s amphibians and reptiles under threat One fifth of Europe’s reptiles and nearly a quarter of its amphibians are threatened, according to new studies commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature).
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Dad and son fight off tiger (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
Man saved his son from certain death when he helped him fight off a man-eating tiger. Abul Hossain Gazi from Bangladesh's Khulna district had accompanied his son and six others fishing in the Sunderbans yesterday, the largest mangrove site in the world.
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Super Adhesive Developed from Wood Biomass (japanfs.org)
The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of Japan announced on January 22, 2009, that it has successfully developed a high-performance adhesive agent from the lignin contained in wood, in partnership with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Nagaoka University of Technology.
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Poland's jobless rate down to 11 percent in April (syracuse.com)
Poland's jobless rate dropped to 11 percent in April from 11.2 percent the month before, according to government statistics released Friday.
News CONCLUDING EIGHTH SESSION, UN FORUM ON FORESTS
CONCLUDING EIGHTH SESSION, UN FORUM ON FORESTS CALLS FOR URGENT COORDINATED ACTION TO COMBAT BIODIVERSITY LOSS, OTHER LOOMING ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS
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Wild boar attacks woman in Gothenburg cemetery (thelocal.se)
A wild boar attacked a woman out walking her dog in a graveyard in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning. The woman was out walking her dog in the woods at Västra Kykogarden cemetery at 7am this morning when she came face to face with a large wild boar, according to local newspaper Göteborgs-Posten.
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Wood show expects large Qatari turnout (ForestPress)
Qatar is among the top four importers of softwood lumber in the GCC, according to latest statistics released ahead of Dubai International Wood & Wood Machinery Show 2009.
News XIII. World Forestry Congress – Buenos Aires (ForestPress)
Buenos Aires - The President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accepted to become the official ambassador of the XIII WFC 2009 within the frame of the announcement of the renewal of law 25080 for the promotion of planted forests, which took place in San Fernando, Buenos Aires province.
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With woods threatened by crises, forest management is crucial, UN says (ForestPress)
Sustainable forest management policy is crucial at a time when climate change, the financial crisis and unsustainable development are posing severe risks to this invaluable global resource, United Nations officials said.
News Global warming could turn forests into source of carbon dioxide (article.wn.com)
FORESTS that today soak up a quarter of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere could soon become a net source of CO2 if Earth's surface warms by another two degrees Celsius, cautions a report to be presented today at the UN.
News Forests in a changing environment (ForestPress)
UNFF EIGHTH SESSION 20 April - 1 May 2009, United Nations, UNHQ, New York Organiser: UNFF The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) was established in 2000, following a five-year period of forest policy dialogue facilitated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF).
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Forest dept staff exempted from election duty in state (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
CHENNAI: Wildlife in the state can breathe easy, at least for about a month. When elections are normally held in the state, poachers invade protected sanctuaries, taking advantage of the absence of forest officials. But this time around, the state chief electoral officer has decided to exempt forest department staff and vehicles used in protected areas from election work.
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British firm barcodes trees to save the world’s forests (corporate.helveta)
A system developed by Helveta will prevent illegal logging by keeping track of timber BARCODING every tree in an African rainforest sounds as plausible as counting grains of sand on a beach, but this is exactly what one British company has set out to do. Helveta, a technology firm based in Oxford, is developing a system for tracking timber that will help prevent illegal logging and could become a template for forest management all over the world.
News Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future (FAO/ForestPress)
What will be the impact on forests of future economic development, globalized trade and increases in the world's population? The 2009 edition of the biennial State of the World's Forests looks forward, with the theme "Society, forests and forestry: adapting for the future".
