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By Rayeesa Absal Abu Dhabi: Millions are commemorating World Environment Day around the world on Friday, with the common goal of standing united against climate change.
Inside the covert war on illegal logging. by Raffi Khatchadourian October 6, 2008
Inside the covert war on illegal logging. by Raffi Khatchadourian October 6, 2008 The country is now the world’s largest importer of logs and exporter of finished wood products.
APRIL 2008 - China's interest in Africa adds pressure to world's tropical forests The intemational wood business is so full of traders and middlemen operating in a world of bribes, corruption and illegal practices
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/The New York Times April 17, 2008 - One of two wild bears in Switzerland has been shot and killed on government orders because it had lost its fear of humans, officials said. Environmental organizations expressed dismay, but government officials said they had no choice.
Press review Unasylva No. 229 Vol. 58, 2007/4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2007 Editor: A. Perlis Editorial Advisory Board: F. Casta?eda, R. Czudek, T. Hofer, D. Kneeland, A. Perlis, L. Russo, T. Vahanen, P. Vantomme, M.L. Wilkie Emeritus Advisers: J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche Regional Advisers: C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, E. Mansur, K. Prins Unasylva is published in English, French and Spanish. Payment is no longer required. Free subscriptions can be obtained by sending an e-mail to unasylva@fao.org
Press review The digital version of the Erdészeti Lapok (Forestry Journal) issued in 1863. January has been completed It was brought up years ago that the earlier issues of the Forestry Journal – which was founded in 1862, Selmecbánya, by Károly Wagner - should be made accessible also for the general public.
Unasylva No. 228 Vol. 58, 2007/3 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2007 http://www.fao.org/forestry/en/
Press review Weaving knowledge into development Unasylva No. 226-227 Vol. 58, 2007/1-2 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2007
Editorial The term “national forest programme” (NFP) designates the wide range of approaches to the process of planning, programming and implementing forest activities in a country, to be applied at national and subnational levels, based on a common set of guiding principles.
Press review National forest programmes Unasylva No. 225 Vol. 57, 2006/3 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2006
Forestry interventions to reduce poverty by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Contents: INTRODUCTION HOW NATURAL FORESTS CAN BETTER CONTRIBUTE TO LIVELIHOODS AND POVERTY REDUCTION AGROFORESTRY
2007-02-01 Approximately five acres of beech forest were illegally cut down in Hahót, Zala County, in recent days, reports uno.hu. Although forestry authorities tried to intervene and halt the clear-cutting, officials say they do not possess the power to stop such cases.
IISD RS is pleased to announce that the newest issue of MEA Bulletin is now available. It and all past issues can be accessed by visiting http://www.iisd.ca/email/mea-l.htm.
Press review January 11, 2007 The Feniglia dune on the Tuscan coast In the early twentieth century, reforestation was among the weapons used in the battle to eliminate malaria from Italy. Malaria was already diffuse in the Mediterranean region by the fifth century BC. In ancient Rome, the severity of the problem worsened towards the end of the Republican era with the arrival of Plasmodium falciparum (which causes the most severe form of the disease), probably from Africa.
Press review Unasylva No. 224 (Vol. 57/2). Cover photo: Women gathering medicinal plants (Combretum micranthum) from the forest, Guinea FAO/CFU000304/R. Faidutti Unasylva is published in English, French and Spanish. Starting in 2006, payment is no longer required. Free subscriptions can be obtained by sending an e-mail to unasylva@fao.org. Subscription requests from institutions (e.g. libraries, companies, organizations, universities) rather than individuals are preferred to make the journal accessible to more readers.
An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 57 2006/1 FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Editor: A. Perlis Editorial Advisory Board Forestry Department: F. Casta?eda, R. Czudek, T. Hofer, D. Kneeland, J.P. Koyo, A. Perlis, L. Russo, M. Uemoto, T. Vahanen, M.L. Wilkie Emeritus Advisers: J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche Regional Advisers: H. Abdel Nour, C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, K. Prins
Press review 15 August 2006 Scholze's team predicts more wildfires (red) if the planet warms by 3 degrees or more Catherine Brahic A three-degrees Celsius rise in temperature over the next century will increase the risk of drought, wildfires and forest loss in many parts of the developing world, say researchers. Marko Scholze of the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom led an assessment of the impacts climate change could have on key ecosystems.
