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News Prague - Global warming in Europe could mean a host of potentially fatal diseases become more prevalent, a leading scientist warned on Friday ahead of a major conference on the subject. Warmer temperatures could encourage the spread of mosquito-spread malaria and the potentially fatal West Nile Virus, David Rogers, who heads up the EU-funded Eden project into emerging diseases, told AFP.
News Katherine Jenkins Classical superstar, Katherine Jenkins, has announced she will be appearing as part of The Forestry Commission’s 2008 Forest Tours next Summer. Katherine will be performing with The National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Anthony Inglis. The concerts will be supporting The Forestry Commission’s valuable social and environmental programmes.
According to this year’s hunting tariffs in Murmansk Oblast, you can shoot a Russian brown bear for 3000 RUB. If you would rather prefer a reindeer, you can do it for 300 RUB
News Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St. James’ Square, London. Thursday 17th – Friday 18th January 2008 Chairs: Duncan Brack, Jade Saunders, (Chatham House), John Hudson, Hugh Speechly (DFID).
The strategic aims of Finland's forest policy are being set in the current review of country's National Forest Programme. The National Forest Programme 2015 will be discussed in the Government at the end of January 2008.
WARSAW – Three hikers have been charged with killing a young bear in the mountains of southern Poland, the Polish PAP press agency reported Friday. The trio, from northern Poland, were charged over the death of the 18-month-old animal after an investigation which began in October, prosecutor Jan Wierzbicki told PAP.
The Forest Restoration Information Service (FRIS) is an online resource available at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/restoration/fris . The FRIS aims to: Provide an open-access Internet information service to support forest restoration projects Facilitate exchange of knowledge and experience among forest restoration projects and practitioners world-wide Facilitate the prioritisation, design and implementation of forest restoration efforts
News Customs officers at the Ho Chi Minh City international airport discovered Thursday five rhinoceros horns worth around VND6 billion (US$375,200) in the luggage of a Vietnamese man flying in from South Africa.
News Missing reindeer a 'kick to the head' for herd owner, who fears mixing with caribou More than 3,000 reindeer in the Northwest Territories have somehow disappeared, leaving herders scrambling to find them and prompting concerns about what threats the lost reindeer may pose to wild caribou.
By Gordon Hamilton Researchers headed by UBC professor respond to deforestation concerns, encourage sustainability One of the largest forestry projects in the world, China's $90-billion forestry reform program, is dramatically changing that country's forest management, a joint University of B.C.- Chinese research team reports in this week's edition of Science magazine.
Over 30 nesting sites of White-necked picathartes have been recorded The Gola forest at 750 square km (300 square miles) is Sierra Leone’s most important and most diverse forest. The Forest is a fragment of a once extensive forest belt that stretched across West Africa, commonly know in conservation circles as ‘The Upper Guinea Forest’.
News The project is a strong partnership between Civil Society and Government The RPSB is entering a new partnership with the government of Sierra Leone and the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone to establish the Gola forest as a National Park.
News Dave Potter, left, and his cousin, Mark Combs By SAMIRA JAFARI WHITESBURG, Ky. - The crime scene - a once-wooded landscape marked by tire tracks and tree stumps - makes the victim, Verna Potter, feel physically violated.
Two individuals charged with illegal logging will be forced to replant the section of forest they chopped down in Phu Ninh District, Quang Nam Province. The penalty, the first of its kind, was announced Tuesday by the local administration.
News The sticky toe pads of tree frogs and crickets have inspired Indian researchers to create an adhesive tape that is both strong and reusable. Dr Animangsu Ghatak, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and colleagues report their findings in the journal Science.
News Slovenia has signed the Countdown 2010 Declaration to halt the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. Ministers Janez Podobnik and Iztok Jarc plan to use sustainable forest management as the key to this commitment.
News Helen Morris A new approach to deal with “greenwashing” by companies associated with unacceptable forest practices is being reviewed by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Every new child born or adopted in Wales is to have a tree planted for them from the New Year. The scheme was the idea of Cardiff schoolgirl, Natalie Vaughan, 12, and is set to create 30 hectares (74 acres) of broad-leaved woodland annually.
