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Circular economy is the future of wood fuel production in Cameroon
Abdon Awono - Cameroon Tribune on Aug. 25, 2020./forestsnews.cifor.org Using waste to meet the country’s growing energy demand could reduce impact on forests
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A new article in the journal Nature overestimates the increase of forest harvesting in Europe
luke.fi - 7.7.2020 - Kari T Korhonen According to an article recently published in the esteemed science journal Nature, the annual harvested forest area in Europe has increased by 49 per cent from the comparison years of 2011–2015 to the years 2016–2018.
News Special Report 13/2020: Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline (ForestPress)
05/06/2020 In Europe, the number and variety of animal species on farmland – “farmland biodiversity” – is in marked decline.
News European forest owners: the key to safeguard biodiversity (ForestPress)
Brussels, 20 May 2020 - The European Commission's ambition signalling the global biodiversity priorities was unveiled today with the release of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030.
News EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy could hamper forests' contribution to sustainable development
Swedish Forest Industries - 5/25/2020 Anna Holmberg and Marten Larsson from the Swedish Forest Industries explain why more emphasis should be put on sustainable forest management to maintain and enhance biodiversity.
Press review Epic 7,500-mile cuckoo migration wows scientists
By Frank Gardner BBC News - 26 May 2020 One of the longest migrations recorded by any land bird is about to be completed.
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EU plan for 3bn trees in 10 years to tackle biodiversity crisis
theguardian.com - 19 May 2020 - Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Shaun Walker in Budapest Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’
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15-05-2020 - The EU forest sector's role in ensuring sustainable forest management and conserving biodiversity
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Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging
May 5, 2020 - sciencedaily.com/University of Queensland Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.
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OEE and KEFAG Zrt. Postpone this year's 151st OEE Wandering Meeting and the Forester of the Year competition (ForestPress)
April 17, 2020 - The National Forestry Association and the host KEFAG Zrt. Decided to postpone this year's Forester of the Year competition and the 151st OEE Wandering Meeting in view of the national epidemiological situation and its possible consequences.
News The most important task is to protect forests and forest resources (ForestPress)
Photos by ForestPress Interview with Mr. Ahmet Kara, Vice President of the Turkish Chamber of Forest Engineering
News Forest fire in SW China's Sichuan Province (ForestPress)
31-03-2020 - 18 firefighters and a local forest farm worker died while battling a forest fire in SW China's Sichuan Province.
Press review Hard times for hardwoods
By Susan Johnson For Daily Mail WV - Mar 27, 2020 - www.wvgazettemail.com “We are a forgotten industry,” lamented William Bess.
News Preparing for Distance Learning (uni-sopron.hu/ForestPress)
An interview with Rector Prof. Dr. András Náhlik –16 March 2020 At the University of Sopron, preparations are underway during the early spring break due to the epidemic emergency in order to make the transition to online distance education from next week as smooth as possible.
Press review Climate change: Will planting millions of trees really save the planet?
By David Shukman Science editor - 14 March 2020 - bbc.com From Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump and airlines to oil companies, everyone is suddenly going crazy for trees.
News CEF met in Budapest (ForestPress)
March 9, 2020 - The annual meeting of the leaders of the Council of European Foresters was held on March 5-6, Budapest.
Press review 528 trees planted along a Suffolk River
Published 5 March 2020 - gov.uk Environment Agency officers have helped plant more than 500 new trees along the River Gipping to help restore it.
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New report reveals Scotland has more native woodland than was thought
forestry.gov.scot – 5-03-2020 Rural Economy and Tourism Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has welcomed a new report that shows that Scotland has more native woodland than previously reported.
