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DUBAI: Dubai Woodshow 2008 is set to host more than 120 international participants at the event's third edition. The largest wood and wood machinery exhibition in the Middle East, which is being held at the Dubai Airport Expo from February 5 to 7, has already sold 80 per cent of exhibitor space.
The Commission of the European Union published the long-waited climate and energy package on 23rd January 2008. The package will pave the way for EU’s adaptation to the challenge of climate change and it will open new possibilities for European forests and forest sector.
Innsbruck, 7 - 9 April 2008 http://bfw.ac.at/mountain/ Already 15 year ago the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) highlighted that mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. As a major ecosystem representing the complex and interrelated ecology of our planet, mountain environments are essential to the survival of the global ecosystem.
NAIROBI, Kenya, - A prime minister, a former prime minister, and a prince are among seven Champions of the Earth selected for recognition as outstanding environmental achievers by the UN Environment Programme. The work of this year's champions - one from each region of the world - is all related to global warming in some way.
Swedish forest owners make louder and louder protests against establishing nature conservation areas in Swedish forests. A list containing over 1,000 signatures from forest owners has been presented to Mr Andreas Carlgren, Swedish Minister for the Environment.
News By Ruth Fraňková The tick season here in the Czech Republic only starts in spring but the campaign against the tick-borne encephalitis has already been launched, urging people to get vaccinated on time.
The tasks assigned are many and varied, ranging from the conservation of the forest area and the protection of the forest as a natural habitat to the fulfilment of all forest functions and the conservation and enhancement of the forest economy. Both Confederation and cantons contribute to their fulfilment.
There are many ways in which the living environments of the capercaillie and other game species can be managed and improved in commercial forests. According to a survey by the Forestry Centre of the Häme-Uusimaa region in southern Finland, this need not be expensive: the losses caused by a game-oriented forestry plan to the forest owner are below one percent.
Growing towards the Future – Joint innovation for successful forest-based business in Europe In a time of globalisation and societal change, the European forest-based sector needs to be innovative. This requires emphasis on research and development and strong links between science and business.
News JUNEAU, Alaska - The Bush administration put a "for sale" sign on trees in pristine roadless areas of the Tongass rainforest in Alaska - America's largest national forest. This move by Bush officials to reverse roadless area protections parallels two others made recently in national forests located in Idaho and Colorado.
BEIJING - China recorded 10,818 criminal cases involving wildlife in the first ten months in 2007, up 11.5 percent year-on-year, according to China's forestry watchdog.
Dear WG Coordinator, A COST Strategic Workshop on "Forest ecosystems in a changing environment: identifying future monitoring and research needs" will be held from 11 – 13 March 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey.
FRANKFURT - Malaysia has overtaken Singapore as the leading Asean exporter to Germany, with the two-way trade surging 22% in the first three quarters of 2007.
Acting together against the global challenges József Gráf and Josef Pröll secretaries of forestry have signed the Hungarian-Austrian convention of forestry in Brussels. The primary aim of the convention is to prepare the forest management of these countries against the global challenges, like the climate-change.
According to the Eurobarometer survey, Europeans see air and water pollution and man-made disasters such as oil spills and industrial accidents as the greatest threats to biodiversity (27%).
Although air quality in Europe has improved, trees are still under stress. Further reductions in emissions are needed to improve ecosystem health and vitality. Air pollution and depositions, especially of sulphur, have been reduced in recent years; however, past depositions accumulated in soils may lead to higher levels of nitrogen, sulphate and soil acidity, which make forest more vulnerable to environmental stress and changing climatic conditions.
UBC researchers have discovered some of the genetic secrets that enable pine and spruce trees to fight off pests and disease, uncovering critical new information about forests' natural defense systems. Assoc. Prof. Joerg Bohlmann says this genetic analysis will allow forest stewardship programs to reinforce a forest's inherent strength, breeding trees that could in time repel insects such as British Columbia's notorious mountain pine beetles.
LONDON: People who are not 'green' are not the only ones who spoil the environment, for a new survey of travel habits has revealed that the most environmentally conscious people are also the biggest polluters.
