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Indonesian teak farmers achieve traceability to the tree stump (theguardian.com)

18 - 03 – 2014 - Small timber businesses in Java are provided with the training to calculate a sustainable harvest and achieve their just rewards

2016. March 12.

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Honeybee hive collapse mystery rooted in hive size (sciencedaily.com)

Fotolia February 24, 2016 - Scientists are working to understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honeybees?

2016. February 27.

Beavers at work ... Devon dwellers reveal their flair for fighting floods (theguardian.com)

Photo: Nick Upton 14-02-2016 - After a 400-year absence, the industrious rodents are back.

2016. February 14.

Half of the Amazonian tree species are endangered (sciencedaily.com)

February 10, 2016 - Source: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Summary: One in two tree species in the Amazon could be endangered.

2016. February 14.

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Russian softwood lumber prices fell by 22% in 2015 (whatwood.ru)

8 February 2016 - In 2015, sales of softwood lumber from Russia to foreign markets increased by 5% to 22.4 million m3, but the average value fell by $753 million to $2.7 billion.

2016. February 11.

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Forests Not Equal When It Comes to Climate (scientificamerican.com)

10-02-2016 - Two studies show how different tree species affect both carbon storage and local temperatures

2016. February 11.

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Brief: Prescribed burn planned near Santa Fe watershed

Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016 The New Mexican The Santa Fe Fire Department and conservation groups plan to ignite a prescribed burn Monday on 30 acres near the municipal watershed, depending on weather conditions.

2016. January 25.

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Benefits of the Acacia Tree. (wildlifedirect.org)

March 24th 2015 By: arochakenya About 80% of Kenya is arid and semi-arid.

2016. January 23.

Waiting to exhale: The politics of fire in Indonesia (cifor.org)

21-01-2016 - From elections to elephants ... Nothing is simple when it comes to the causes of Indonesia’s fires.

2016. January 23.

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Florida Forest Service Receives National Award During Prescribed Fire Awareness Week

Jan 22, 2016 freshfromflorida.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service has received the Wildfire Mitigation Fire Service Leadership award for its record-breaking prescribed fire program.

2016. January 23.

Don't throw sticks for your dogs to fetch, say vets (theguardian.com)

Photo: Tellio Coley 21-01-2016 - Owners told to throw rubber sticks, balls or Frisbees instead after report of a collie getting a 10cm stick stuck in its throat

2016. January 22.

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Forestry and Timber: Scotland's hidden success story

15-01-2016 - scotsmanconferences.com The forestry and timber sector is worth L1 billion to Scotland’s economy.

2016. January 15.

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B.C. lumber trade delegation to Asia encouraged by response

Climate-change policies could steer China and Japan toward use of more value-added wood products By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun December 28, 2015

2016. January 5.

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Forests Are in the Paris Agree

05-01-2016 - By Nancy Harris and Fred Stolle - globalforestwatch.org International climate action isn’t just about fossil fuels anymore—forest conservation and restoration are strategies that are here to stay.

2016. January 5.

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CNN reporter mischaracterizes the arson crimes of Oregon ranchers (wildfiretoday.com)

04-01-2016 - PST from the scene of the federal building break in and armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, CNN reporter Paul Vercammen mischaracterized the crimes committed by the two ranchers that triggered the protests and federal property take over.

2016. January 5.

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Major Austrian timber firm accused of illegal logging in Romania (theguardian.com)

Adam Vaughan - 21 October 2015 Two-year investigation links Holzindustrie Schweighofer to destruction of Europe’s last remaining virgin forests in Romania

2015. December 27.

Eight Facts About Mountain Goats You Should Know ( nationalforests.org)

28-11-2015 - Mountain goats are actually not goats.

2015. December 2.

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Half the world's natural history specimens may have the wrong name (ox.ac.uk)

18-11-2015 - As many as 50% of all natural history specimens held in the world's museums could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

2015. November 21.