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Many of you will have heard of the incident of the killing of Cecil the lion near Hwange National Pk in Zimbabwe recently. We are happy to share with you a blog post on the IIED website, written by Rosie Cooney, Chair of the Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group of IUCN (SULi) with input from a number of experts within SULi.
News by Sander Van de Moortel · August 4, 2015 Experts in DPR Korea intend to restore the quality of forest lands, alleviate wide-spread food insecurity and reduce the frequency of natural disasters in the country through an ambitious programme of agroforestry—the use of trees on farms and in the landscape.
News August 2, 2015 - Even the thought of them can make people’s skin crawl.
News Jul 31, 2015 - African and Eurasian golden jackals are genetically distinct lineages, according to a research team led by Dr Klaus-Peter Koepfli from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Dr Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles.
News August 2, 2015 - By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Michael Martinez, Thousands of California acres are ablaze as firefighters battle at least 21 wildfires throughout the state, but while many of those fires are small or mostly contained, the wind and heat that are spreading the Rocky Fire in Northern California -- and the area's steep terrain -- are causing the most concern.
News By JEFF CHIU and HAVEN DALEY Aug. 1, 2015 - LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes as an army of firefighters continue to battle them from the air and the ground.
News HARARE | By MacDonald Dzirutwe 31-07-2015 - The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion was a "foreign poacher" who paid for an illegal hunt and he should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face justice, environment minister Oppah Muchinguri said on Friday.
31-07-2015 - By Carolyn Ciciarelli, Sarah Mann, Octavia Payne, Alyssa Barrett Global Forest Watch (GFW) enables anyone with a computer and an internet connection to access the best available forest information.
News 29-07-2015 - Twitter: A lion is dead-tragic ... Millions of babies are dead ... Nothing
News Posted by Karin Theophile, International Programs, U.S. Forest Service, on July 21, 2015 Last month, beautiful monarch butterflies floated across Chicago’s skyline as a part of their annual migration.
News 24 July 2015 - Par force hunting landscapes were designed by absolute rulers throughout the 17th to 19th centuries in direct connection with their castles and parks.
News July 10 2015, Ottawa, ON - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is joining the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) to open up nominations for two Skills Awards for Aboriginal Youth as part of an effort to encourage more Aboriginal workers to consider a career in the forest sector.
20-07-2015 - On June 17-18 2015 the Forest Research Institute in Poland celebrated the 85th anniversary of its founding.
News 19-07-2015 - This latest assessment of international efforts to improve forest governance and tackle illegal logging is based on studies undertaken in nineteen countries between 2013 and 2014. The findings show a mixed picture.
Augsburg, 14 July 2015 - The floor space taken up by JAGEN UND FISCHEN inside is increasing from year to year and this means that the range of products and services on display for visitors to the JAGEN UND FISCHEN trade fair in Augsburg which will be taking place for the fifth time already from 21 to 24 January 2016 will also be increasing.
