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Coal firm to reduce greenhouse emissions (English.eastday.com/ForestPress)

A Chinese coal production company said yesterday it will receive US$19 million under a purchase agreement it signed with the World Bank to cap greenhouse gas emissions. The company promised to reduce carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by 4.5 million tons in two decades. According to the agreement signed on Wednesday, Jincheng Anthracite Coal Group Co Ltd will capture coal mine methane and use it for power generation at the Sihe mine in Jincheng City in north China's Shanxi Province.

2004. December 4.

Illegal Logging blamed as Philippines flood toll rises (ForestPress/ABC Online)

300 people have died from landslides and floods, proof that the country is mismanaging its forestry policy Phillipines officials say the death toll from landslides and floods unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines has exceeded 300. Several villages have been engulfed by mudslides caused by heavy rain on the east coast of Luzon Island.

2004. December 3.

Flowering Phone is Environmental Wake-Up Call (REUTERS NEWS SERVICE)

Photo by University Of Warwick LONDON - A rose is a rose is a phone? British scientists seeking to protect the environment have designed a biodegradable mobile phone cover that breaks down in soil when discarded and sprouts a flower from a seed embedded inside the case.

2004. December 3.

NEW AWARDS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY FORESTLEADERSHIP (ForestPress)

Montreal, December 1, 2004 – ForestLeadership is pleased to announce a new Awards Program to recognize individuals and organizations demonstrating exceptional leadership, communication and collaboration skills.

2004. December 2.

The Global Forest and Paper Summit 2005 (ForestPress)

The Global Forest and Paper Summit 2005, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 1-3. is comprised of a series of events that will bring together senior executives from the world's leading forest and paper companies with internationally recognized thought leaders and government policy makers to discuss the key issues and challenges facing the sector globally over the next decade.

2004. December 2.

Greenpeace accuses Singapore multinational of illegally razing China forests

BEIJING (AFP/ForestPress)— Global environmental group Greenpeace accused a Singapore-based multinational pulp and paper company of illegal logging and rampant forest destruction in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd (APP) was flouting China's forestry law and was preparing to sow destruction to Yunnan forests by replacing natural growth with eucalyptus tree plantations, Greenpeace China said in a report.

2004. December 1.

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New FAO Forestry Papers (ForestPress)

FAO Forestry Paper 144 Sustainable management of tropical forests in Central Africa In search of excellence FAO Forestry Paper 143

2004. December 1.

Death deluge makes forest mulch (BBC News/ForestPress)

The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forests is apparent from a new study published in Science magazine. The insects emerge from below ground and swarm over the landscape every 13 or 17 years to briefly sing and mate. Their decomposing carcasses will increase bacteria, fungi and nitrogen in forest soils, Louie Yang shows. This may explain why trees grow faster following cicada emergences, the University of California scientist says

2004. November 30.

Schwarzeneggar rescues NZ exports to US (ForestPress/The Radiata Bulletin)

California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has vetoed proposed state legislation giving preferential treatment to Californian companies using environmentally sustainable forestry practices California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar has vetoed proposed state legislation giving preferential treatment to Californian companies using environmentally sustainable forestry practices that would have discriminated against New Zealand timber imports.

2004. November 28.

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Hungarian Forest Owners’ Association to be established (ForestPress)

Under the name of Hungarian Foresters’ Association a new organisation is taking wing to safeguard the interests of the branch. The staturory meeting is called for December 17th, 10. am, in Citizens’ House, at 6 Visi Imre street, district VIII, Budapest.

2004. November 27.

Half of Brazil's Amazon Jungle Occupied (ForestPress/Reuters)

BRASILIA - About half of Brazil's original Amazon rainforest has been occupied by man, deforested or used for industry like logging and its destruction is worse than government data shows, a leading environmental group said on Tuesday. The study using satellite photos shows that land occupation and deforestation covers some 47 percent of the world's largest jungle, an area bigger than the continental United States, the Brazilian non-government organization Imazon said.

2004. November 27.

MCPFE Workshop on nfp in Gdansk, Poland (ForestPress)

Exchanging country’s experiences in the nfp processes on practical application of the MCPFE Approach to nfps in Europe 22-24 November 2004, Gdansk, Poland

2004. November 25.

Measures Aim To Stem Middle East Bird Slaughter (Reuters/Planet Ark)

JOHANNESBURG - Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East. "The number of migratory birds being killed has increased to an almost industrial scale in some countries ... Hunters kill millions of birds annually as they migrate through the Mediterranean region," British-based BirdLife International said in a statement.

2004. November 25.

JP Morgan accused of making investments of mass destruction (ForestPress)

Pressure group the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is targeting US-based bank JP Morgan Chase over its alleged lack of environmental policy. The group has launched an advertising campaign and website to highlight the projects the bank has invested in, which, the group says, are causing major environmental damage.

2004. November 24.

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Five dead, three hurt in hunting dispute (ForestPress/UPI)

EXELAND, Wis., - A rural Wisconsin town was reeling Monday after five people were shot and killed and three others injured in a dispute over a deer hunting platform.

2004. November 23.

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Tell Chile's government to protect endangered forests! (ForestPress)

Chile's native forests, dominated by the globally rare Siempre Verde (forever green) forest type, include the world's second largest expanse of temperate rainforest, the Valdivian Rainforest. More than one-quarter of the world's remaining temperate rainforests are in Chile. After eons of biological isolation, these forests are home to the world’s oldest surviving tree species (araucaria araucana), the world’s smallest deer (pudu pudu) and the world famous Alerce tree, also known as the “Chilean redwood” (fitzroya cupressoides).

2004. November 23.

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More Than 15,000 Species Facing Extinction - IUCN (ForestPress)

BANGKOK - More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said on Wednesday. Despite efforts to slow or reverse the slide into oblivion of many species, one in three amphibians and almost half of all freshwater turtles are threatened, the IUCN World Conservation Union said at the unveiling of its 2004 species "Red List."

2004. November 23.

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Stevens cool to conclusion of global warming study (The Associated Press)

ANCHORAGE--U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, says he disagrees with a new scientific study's conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change. The study by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was commissioned by an international commission with representatives from eight countries, including the United States, as well as six indigenous groups. Scientists who helped put together the report briefed members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.

2004. November 19.