Benedek Jávor – László Gálhidy Hungarian forests: ecology and conservation, February 2005 Published by FERN, February 2005. FERN: 1c Fosseway Business Centre, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9NQ, United Kingdom. Tel: 00-44- 1608 652895. Fax: 00-44-1608 652878. Email: info@fern.org Web: www.fern.org
News More than 80 per cent of the production forest in Norway is personally owned and family forestry is the dominating type of forest ownership with an average size of 60 hectares. The whole forest area in Norway is certified under the PEFC scheme. 80 per cent of the annual cut is harvested and sold through the forest owners co-operatives in the Norwegian forest owners’ federation.
News Smuggling is driving many species of falcon towards extinction in an illicit market where prized birds can sell for a million dollars each, an expert said on Thursday. The black market in birds of prey, centred around the Middle East and Central Asia, can yield bigger profits than selling drugs or weapons, according to the US-based Union for the Conservation of Raptors (UCR).
Dear Colleagues, A Summer Course on climate change and climate protection of the (European) continent and its southern region will be held in Sopron, from September 4th to 8th, organized by the Cooperation Research Centre for Environmental Resources Management and Protection at University of West Hungary (NYME) and by the Regional University Knowledge Centre for Forest and Wood Utilisation and Institute of Environmental Sciences of University of West Hungary.
News Still, lowest forest area per person in the world Bangkok, New Delhi, Rome – The Asia-Pacific region recorded the highest rate of forest plantation in the world, over the past five years, according to data released by FAO today. This helped the region reverse the 1990s’ trend of net loss of forest cover into a net gain during the period from 2000 to 2005, FAO said in advance of a gathering of key forestry officials in Dehradun, India, 17 to 21 April.
Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation (TroFCCA) is offering PhD and Master fellowships for its West African chapter. The fellowships are available for a period of 12 to 24 months and are directed at developing research specific to TroFCCA's activities in the region, while, at the same time, providing resources for fieldwork and research experience.
News Criptomeria japonica Japan should use more domestically produced wood to help build a recycling-oriented system to utilize forest resources and revive the faltering forestry industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Tuesday in an annual report on forestry. The fiscal 2005 report noted that despite strong expectations on forests as a means to prevent natural disasters and preserve the nation's ecosystem, forestry resources have become degraded due in part to lack of labor force and an insufficient thinning of the forests in various parts of the country.
News A warmer climate where diseases, insects and a different growth rate have an impact on forests also requires resources for intensified research. Increased demand for wood and timber will create a need for new methods for accelerating forest growth and for avoiding depletion of our forests.
News Betula pubescens Depending on the capacity of tree species to adapt to new climatic conditions, climate change and global warming could change the forest landscape worldwide, according to FAO. The territorial range of any given plant species depends to a large extent on temperature and rainfall patterns, and so as climate change alters global temperatures and rainfall patterns a realignment in the distribution of tree species is likely to follow.
News The Organization now has 190 Members The Russian Federation has taken up membership of FAO by sending a letter accepting the Constitution of the Organization to Director-General Jacques Diouf more than 60 years after FAO’s foundation.
News The plantation timber industry has played down the implications of a recent report which shows for the first time that plantation trees emit a leading greenhouse gas. A report in the international science journal Nature suggests that plantation trees release a small amount of methane into the environment.
News MOSBUILD BRINGS TOGETHER SPECIALISTS OF THE INDUSTRY IN EXPOCENTR AND CROCUS EXPO The 12th Moscow International Construction and Interior Exhibition "MosBuild" will take place from the 4th to 7th April 2006 at two exhibition venues: Expocentr and Crocus Expo. This event is organised by ITE, the leader of exhibition business in Russia.
News Greenpeace calls the Summit for Life on Earth a failure WTO trade liberalization and lack of funding hijacked biodiversity Curitiba, Brazil, March 31st 2006: As the two-week long world summit on biodiversity drew to a close, Greenpeace described the outcome as major failure - a missed opportunity to stop the global loss of life in the world's forests and oceans.
News Africa's farmland is rapidly becoming barren and incapable of sustaining the continent's already hungry population, according to a report. The report shows that more than 80% of the farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa is plagued by severe degradation. This is a major cause of poverty and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, where one in three people is undernourished.
The forthcoming PROGIS conference, that will take place on April 19-20 in Vienna. As special further highlight we will show you to the exciting program (see attachment or click at conf.): A life demonstration of a XML data transfer from our AGROffice - DokuPlant to the EurepGAP-server, handled by T-system. This solves all your documentation needs.
News Brussels – Last week the European Economic and Social committee (EESC) adopted an opinion with the headline “Wood – Energy source in the enlarging Europe”. The exploratory opinion was requested by the commissioners Fischer Boel, Piebalgs and Rehn in July last year and pays tribute to the Committee's role as a consultative body to the European Parliament, Council and European Commission in the field of agriculture and forestry issues.
News XIII World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009 Dear Forestry Colleagues, FAO invites you to submit your ideas for a theme for the next World Forestry Congress to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2009. The final selection of a theme will be made by the Government of Argentina and FAO.
News Stop the construction of an oil pipeline in a World Natural Heritage Site! Please go to http://www.babr.ru/?pt=truba to say NO! Please give your support to stop oil pipeline construction next to Lake Baikal! This might be our last chance to stop a project to build an oil pipeline through the Lake Baikal basin in the immediate vicinity of the lake (as close at 800 metres at one point, and crossing 10 major rivers flowing into the lake, and 113,4 kilometres of the UNESCO World Heritage Site).
