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BRUSSELS - A mini-platoon of soldiers will be deployed to the Belgian forests to tackle a plague of hairy caterpillars that are causing allergy outbreaks in humans. Procession caterpillars, so-called for the way they march in lines through forests, are covered in long, toxic hairs which cause dermatitis and respiratory problems and account for up to 80 percent of doctor visits in the affected area.
News By Craig Whitlock KASSEL, Germany — In 1934, top Nazi Party official Hermann Goering received a seemingly mundane request from the Reich Forestry Service. A fur farm near here was seeking permission to release a batch of exotic bushy-tailed critters into the wild to "enrich the local fauna" and give bored hunters something new to shoot at. Goering approved the request and unwittingly uncorked an ecological disaster that is still spreading across Europe.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia and Indonesia said Friday they will meet European lawmakers to debunk accusations oil palm plantations are environmentally destructive claims they said are hurting the sector. The two neighbours are the world's leading producers of crude palm oil.
News The Natural Resources Ministry is willing to offer a large number of benefits for investors in the Russian timber industry. The companies, meanwhile, are pressing for privileges in selling timber for firms with processing facilities under construction. The Economic Development Ministry reminds that subsidies for any companies are harmful for the national economy.
News QUEBEC — While hundreds of firefighters battled forest fires raging in Quebec on Sunday, officials uncovered evidence that arson might be at the root of one burning near Sept-Iles, Que.
News May is the time to remind all forest visitors how to enjoy our wildlife treasures, especially bears, safely and responsibly. Spring is when bears and cubs emerge from their winter dens, wildflowers are blooming, songbirds are building nests, and children are exploring the great outdoors.
Forest Research Ecology Division are carrying out collaborative studies with the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) and the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), Fort Collins, USA. A single-dose vaccine against Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone will be tested in captive grey squirrels.
News DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI Agrilus planipennis CONCORD, N.H. - As millions of Americans pack for their first camping trips of the season this weekend, foresters hope they will leave one thing behind: firewood.
News WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Forest Service awarded a half million dollars in matching challenge cost-share funds today to improve children's health and close the widening gap between America's youth and the outdoors.
News By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON - Students from New York to Alaska will be exploring forests and wetlands this year as part of an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to get kids out of the classroom and into the woods. The $1.5 million "Kids in the Woods'' program is aimed at a growing problem among American school children: a lack of direct experience with nature that experts say can contribute to childhood obesity, diabetes and even attention deficit disorder.
The price of forest land in Sweden has increased considerably during the last years. The price increase seems to continue during the spring although supply of land also increases. This is the conclusion to be drawn from a poll made by LRF Konsult, the biggest land and forest agency in Sweden.
By James Núnez The Department of Sustainability and Environment in Victoria has been conducting fuel reduction burns in national parks and state forests across the state, with the aim of reducing the risk of bushfires this summer.
News FAO Forestry Paper 151 Fire management is an essential part of sustainable forest management. This publication complements the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005) as an in-depth thematic study on the incidence, impact and management of forest fires in different regions of the world.
News An international forest protection group says Europe and the United States must persuade China to bring its booming timber trade under control. A report from The Tropical Forest Trust says that, without proper controls, China's increasing timber trade will cause irreplaceable deforestation across the world.
Gainesville – Tropical plants may be more adaptable than commonly thought to changing rainfall patterns expected to accompany a warming climate, new research shows. A University of Florida scientist and other researchers have found that plants in Hawaii have the ability to acclimate to big changes in rainfall in at least one important respect - how they get nutrients. The plants largely rely on one form of the vital nutrient nitrogen in moist areas.
News By Kristen Allen Experts are warning of an epidemic of disease-bearing ticks in Germany this summer after a particularly mild winter. Their range is likely to keep increasing as the climate warms.
News Commonly Nature Protection in Forests and Wood Production Play an Essential Role for Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe Better coordination of policies for forestry and nature protection proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) can help to satisfy increasing needs for recreation and biodiversity in forests, not harming at the same time growing demand in forest products.
23rd Task Force Meeting of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests – 16 May 2007, Zvolen, Slovakia the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests operating under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.
