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USDA Forest Service Report Shows Economic, Health Benefits of America's National Forests and Grassla
USDA Forest Service Report Shows Economic, Health Benefits of America's National Forests and Grasslands (Forest Service Press)
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News Australia urged to follow EU lead on illegal timber (abc.net.au)
Julia Gillard The Federal Government is under pressure to deliver on its election promise to ban the importation of illegal timber.
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Planted forests in sustainable forest management (fao.org)
A statement of principles - Planted forests cover ca. 264 million hectares, an area nearly the size of Argentina or Kazakhstan.
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Forestry in the EU CAP post 2013 debate (cepf)
Atilla Lengyel DG Agriculture called stakeholders for contribution to the Common Agriculture Policy post 2013 reform.
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Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct "serious loophole" by changing its definition of 'forest'
Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct "serious loophole" by changing its definition of 'forest' (mongabay.com) Jeremy Hance
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Foundation of the European Pellet Council (ForestPress)
June 30, 2010 - Since global markets for the pellet production might grow from 12 million tons of annual production in 2010 to over 100 millions tons in 2010, national pellets associations from Austria, Finland, France, Germany Hungary, Italy Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have pooled together to create a common European platform- the European Pellet Council.
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40 years of INTERFORST (ForestPress)
4 decades of innovations in the field of forestry technology The history of forestry technology from 1970 to 2010
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European Forestry Information and Communication (ec.europa.eu)
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union is responsible for the collection, management and publication of data concerning forest products and trade statistics as well as of other statistics regarding the forest sector as a whole.
News Cameroon agrees to cut illegal wood out of its supply chain (mongabay.com)
One of Africa's largest exporters of tropical hardwoods, Cameroon, has announced today a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) to rid all illegal wood from its supply chain to the EU and worldwide. Cameroon signed a legally-binding Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) that will cover all wood products produced in Cameroon.
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More forest in Germany than in Sweden (Nordic Forestry)
Among the Nordic countries Sweden has the biggest forest area; circa half of all the forest reserves of that region. Sweden is the country felling the largest share of its forest growth.
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Wood product makers suffer timber shortage (ForestPress)
Donghwa Zs 100,000-square meter factory in was eerily quiet during a recent visit to the timber product maker early this month. The factory had been out of operation for the previous week.
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Immediate practical measures required for increasing the use of bioenergy (nordicforestry)
The Finnish Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (expects the Finnish Government and Parliament to take quick action for increasing both supply and demand for bioenergy.
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There's so much more to woods and forests than just the trees! (forestry.gov.uk)
2010.04.10. - A career with Forestry Commission Scotland offers an exciting and challenging career for women. One thing is for sure, no day will ever be the same!
News TAKING FORESTRY "UPTOWN"
6th in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress (Vienna, 15 March 2010) – Forestry is moving out of the country and into the cities.
News Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget (newsobserver)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, opening the conference, said defending the world's forests demanded more aggressive funding. BY ELAINE GANLEY - ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PARIS – A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming.
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1st International Forestry Communications Conference in Pécs (ForestPress)
within the framework of The 141st Annual Congress of the Hungarian Forestry Society
News Swedes are most scared of bears (nordicforestry)
Among all wild animals Swedes are most scared of meeting a bear. This is the conclusion of a poll made by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for mapping out peoples' attitudes to big wild animals.
