2 211 articles
News By Cui Xiaohuo Having a "green lung" in the center of Beijing was difficult to imagine a few years ago. But the opening of the huge Olympic Forest Park just north of the Bird's Nest stadium after the Games will be just that.
By David Derbyshire Ambitious plans to plant England's biggest continuous native forest were unveiled by conservationists yesterday. When complete, the broadleaf woodland will cover around 850 acres - rivalling Sherwood Forest - and include 600,000 trees.
A MARIKINA City councilor has filed an ordinance prohibiting the release of balloons into the atmosphere, underscoring the serious threat to animal and marine life which the act poses. In an ordinance authored by Coun. Roberto Ponce, he warned that balloons falling back to land and sea can be mistaken for prey and eaten by animals.
Atlas pages are to be downloaded individually (128 pages in total), either in PDF format (higher quality) or JPEG format . There are 20 plates in the Atlas that cover 2 pages; these plates are offered as 2-page PDF files or a couple of JPEG’s. The user can navigate the Atlas by using the Navigation Buttons and/or selecting a section from the Contents Menu. There are 108 files for download, covering 128 pages.
The rush to protect forests as a way to tackle global warming could see billions of pounds handed over to corrupt politicians, criminals and polluting industries, experts have warned.
News The EU Member States have made a commitment to stop not later than by 2010 the loss of biodiversity. Forests play a key role in improving biodiversity. Tax payers will get maximum biodiversity for their money by introducing licensing arrangements: the Government asks forest owners to offer projects at a fixed price and then selects those projects that seem to provide most biodiversity for that price.
News By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON—Smokey Bear was unfair. The Forest Service said Tuesday it has canceled a public service ad in which the iconic bear warned that sparks from off-road vehicles could start a wildfire.
NICOSIA - Authorities in Cyprus are investigating the destruction by poisoning of hundreds of trees on the Mediterranean island. The forestry department called in police after finding evidence that pine trees lining two key motorways had been deliberately killed.
ST. PAUL - Minnesota wildlife officials tried for six days to capture a bear that had a plastic jug stuck over its head, but ended up killing the animal after it wandered into a city during a festival.
25 November 2008, 14.00-18.00 PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE IN YOUR AGENDA! Sheraton Hotel, Brüsszel 25 November 2008, 14.00-18.00
Esther Tola and Christina Scott The 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Mauritania in the west to Djibouti in the east Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.
COP 14 /CMP 4 (the fourteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the fourth Session of the Parties. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the "supreme body" of the Convention
News Forestry Commission Wales at the Royal Welsh Show * http://www.rwas.co.uk/en/welsh-show/the-royal-welsh-show The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society was formed in 1904, and the first Event was held in Aberystwyth in the same year. Wales & the Society have come a long way since those early days, and now the annual Royal Welsh Show is one of the biggest events in Wales' Calendar.
(Recasts with forest fires) By Daniel Flynn ATHENS, July 25 - Greek firefighters and soldiers backed by aircraft from other European countries fought a four-day-old forest fire on the holiday island of Rhodes on Friday but bad weather was hampering their efforts.
News MTI Hungarian News Agency Corp. has published a newscast on the meeting of Imre Szabó, Minister of Environment and Water and Sándor Fülöp, parliamentary commissioner of the future generation.
The Union of the Croatian Forest Owner Associations was established on the 7th of June. At its Foundation Assembly on the 7th of June, the Union of Croatian Forest Owner Associations was established in order to gather forest owners at the national level and to represent their interest in Croatia and abroad.
News The right of asset-management of the forests located in the area of national parks should be the right of the national parks instead of the forestry sector – proposed Imre Szabó, Minister of Environment and Water on the press conference on Monday, after having met Sándor Fülöp, parliamentary commissioner of the future generation.
News Call for organization of national or local in-country events Dear Heads of Delegation of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission,
