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Forest fire and biological diversity By R. Nasi, R. Dennis, E. Meijaard, G. Applegate and P. Moore Publication date: September 26, 2005 The Overstory Book, 2nd Edition, a formatted, indexed and illustrated compilation of The Overstory ejournal editions 1 - 138 is in stock. Your purchase helps support publication of The Overstory: http://www.agroforestry.net/overstory/ovbook.html
News MANILA - The Philippines said on Monday it was monitoring bird sanctuaries because of concerns that the seasonal arrival of migratory birds next month might bring avian flu to the country. The government also said it had ordered tighter surveillance of illegal trading of exotic birds in southern Mindanao island, and their immediate destruction if they came from bird-flu affected countries such as Indonesia.
September 27, 2005 On Saturday at night Csaba Hámori pointed a loaded rifle at a farmer, Hídlap has reported. Csaba Hámori, former leader of the Communist Youth League (KISZ) who had been member of the presidium of the Hungarian Socialist Party until 1990 and who is now deputy chairman of the Left-wing Movement Platform of the Socialist Party chaired by Péter Kiss, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, came to high words with József Szabó, Sr. from Kesztölc, who tried to chase away game causing damage in the fields.
News Competition in the Nordic countries for becoming the leading city for wooden house construction Wooden houses have become politically “in”. The Norwegian cities Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger are competing for the title of leading wooden house constructor in the Nordic countries.
News By Alison Ross An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists. The team made the discovery whilst studying "devil's gardens", mysterious parts of the rainforest that are dominated by a single species of tree.
News How plants control their flowering? Researchers at the Ume? Plant Science Centre in SLU, the Swedish University of Living Natural Resources, report a great breakthrough in understanding how plants regulate their blooming.
News The parliamentary elections in Norway were a great success for the left wing. The three parties concerned are now pursuing negotiations for forming the new government. The Norwegian Forest Owners’ Federation is glad to see that there is a basis for forming a majority coalition.
News SHIMLA: The World Bank could soon bail out Himachal Pradesh's shrinking forests by funding an ambitious Rs.3.7 billion ($84.2 million) conservation project. Shrinking forests are causing concern among several quarters in the hill state and have started affecting the ecologically fragile mid hills (1,800 to 5,000 ft above sea level), resulting in water scarcity and soil erosion.
“Certification of non-state forests in Slovakia – How surrounding countries are doing?” organized by Slovak Forest Certification Association (SFCA) Union of Regional Associations of Non-state Forest Owners, Slovakia Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) at Forest Research Institute Zvolen 22 September 2005
News Dear Ladies and Gentleman, dear colleagues, With great joy, let also me welcome you to the seminar on behalf of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF). CEPF is one of the co-founder of the PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), which means: is with on board of certification of managed forests and forest products from the very beginning.
News MOSCOW - The Russian Federal Agency for Forestry and the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture signed an agreement on forest protection and reforestation, the Russian Natural Resources Ministry said Friday.
A group of farmers in the dry Kajiado District are harvesting sunlight which is abundant in the area to service their 10-acre commercial eucalyptus plantation. "We are playing with natural energy which otherwise goes to waste to make commercial gains," says Maxwell Kinyanjui the project consultant. The district, which neighbours Nairobi, receives very little rain or sometimes non for the whole year, making it a drought prone area.
News Almost all timber offered for sale from private forests in Finland is certified. Timber sold from family owned forests is PEFC-certified. In this autumn’s timber trade certain purchasers will introduce quality related pricing as a new element.
News Early Estimates Indicate Millions of Acres Sustained Damage Worth Potentially Billions of Dollars WASHINGTON, - Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service today reported that Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed approximately 19 billion board feet of timber estimated at a value of $5 billion in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
The Oak forests are the most rich ecosystems in the temperate zone Once Oak forest were one of the major forests in Europe THE OAK FORESTS ARE DECLINING AT THE SAME SPEED AS TROPICAL FORESTS!
News The mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia has been present for over 10 years but exploded to cover 7,000,000 hectares by 2004 and is now the largest insect epidemic in North America’s history. Mountain pine beetle continue to spread. The beetles pose a serious threat to western Canada’s economy and to forest communities from Houston in northern B.C. to Manning Park on the American border, and from Whistler in the west down to Cranbrook in the east.
News The Katoomba Group is an international working group composed of leading experts from forest and energy industries, research institutions, the financial world, and environmental NGOs dedicated to advancing markets for some of the ecosystem services provided by forests – such as watershed protection, biodiversity habitat, and carbon storage.
News By Helen Briggs Humans were influencing the climate long before the Industrial Revolution, new research suggests. Levels of methane rose steadily in the atmosphere in the first millennium, according to an analysis of gases trapped in ice beneath Antarctica.
