News MINISTERIAL DECLARATION – St. Petersburg (ForestPress)
The MD states that representatives of Governments from Europe and North Asia and from other participating countries:
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Shortage of Christmas trees in Europe (ForestPress)
This year many European families risk having to celebrate Christmas without a Christmas tree. Mr Steinar Haugse from the Federation of Norwegian Christmas Tree Producers says that there is a shortage of about four million Christmas trees in Europe this year. Soon overproduction will be but a memory.
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Europe and North Asia FLEG Bulletin
Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Vol. 110 No. 5 Sunday, 26 November 2005 SUMMARY OF THE EUROPE AND NORTH ASIA FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNANCE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE: 22-25 NOVEMBER 2005 Over 250 ministers, representatives of government, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and research agencies from 48 countries convened in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation from 22-25 November 2005 for the Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ENA-FLEG) Ministerial Conference.
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Supporting LULUCF from space
Wednesday 30 November, 18:00-20:00 in Churchill River room The European Space Agency has pleasure in inviting you to the UNFCCC COP 11 Side Event: Supporting LULUCF from space The conference will take place from 28 November to 9 December 2005 at the Palais des Congr?s de Montréal.
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Avoided Deforestation and Certifying Emissions Reductions
Side Event announcement for COP 11 in Montreal : Title: Avoided Deforestation and Certifying Emissions Reductions A Panel Discussion Monday 28th November, 6-8pm, MacKenzie River Room, Palais de Congres, Montreal .
News CAPITOL HOLIDAY TREE TO ARRIVE FROM NEW MEXICO NOV. 28 (ForestPress)
This year's "People's Tree" will mark the Forest Service's centennial Year WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the State of New Mexico will proudly present the 34th annual Capitol Holiday Tree to the nation, which will grace the lawn of the U.S. Capitol throughout the holiday season.
News Avian Flu Early Warning System Given Green Light (FoestPress)
Conference of the Convention on Migratory Species - Nairobi, Kenya, 21 to 25 November 2005, UNEP News Release The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals is a United Nations Environment Programme-linked convention located in Bonn, Germany, with a current membership of over 90 countries. Nairobi/Bonn, 20 November 2005 -An avian flu early warning system, able to alert countries and communities to the arrival of potentially infected wild birds, is to be developed by an alliance of organizations led by the United Nations.
News Mexico Sees Bigger Butterfly Migration This Year (Reuters/ForestPress)
Story by Anahi Rama EL ROSARIO, Mexico - Wildlife officials say good weather should bring a surge in the number of monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico this year, after last year's cold resulted in the lowest numbers in more than a decade. Each fall tens of millions of the bright orange and black butterflies begin arriving in central Mexico's Michoacan state to winter in the fir trees after a 3,000-mile (4,800-km) trek from Canada that fascinates biologists.
News France Wants to Raise EU Limits on Biofuel Use (Reuters)
PARIS - French Industry Minister Francois Loos wants the European Union to raise limits on the use of biofuels, a cleaner-burning fuel alternative, in petrol and diesel, according to an interview to be published on Monday.
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ENA FLEG Ministerial Conference
The International Institute for Sustainable Development will provide both daily and summary coverage of the Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Ministerial Conference currently being held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation from today through 25 November 2005.
News Frontiers in Forest Information: a centenary conference/workshop at St Anne's College (ForestPress)
Oxford, 5-7 December 2005 – Organised by Oxford University Library Services in conjunction with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, CAB International and other partners Book now on www.plantlib.ox.ac.uk/forestry - reduced-price bookings close 31 October.
News EU Destroying Forests of Poor Countries, WWF says (ForestPress)
GENEVA - EU countries are helping destroy major forests in poorer countries through massive imports of illegal timber, the conservation group WWF said on Tuesday. It said Britain was "the biggest importer of illegal timber in Europe" and was responsible for the loss of 600,000 hectares of forest -- more than twice the size of Luxembourg -- each year in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
News The slowest disaster (The Ubyssey/ForestPress)
The Pacific Forestry Centre How BC’s Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic is setting the tone for things to come The Interior of BC isn’t green these days, it’s a sea of red, a carpet of dead and dying trees. A tiny bug, the size of a grain of rice, is changing the face of our forests—and the economy of the Interior along with it. The Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae if you want to get Latin about it, is by no means a stranger to the woods of western North America.
News Strengthen the Union’s Forestry Strategy, EESC insists! (ForestPress)
The European Economical and Social Committee adopted last week Wednesday their opinion in response to the EU Commission's communication on the EU Forestry Strategy. CEPF welcomes the opinion prepared by Mr. Seppo Kallio and hopes that the recommendations that it gives can be well recognised in the development of a new EU Forestry Action On 26 October the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) adopted an opinion (Rapporteur: Mr Seppo Kallio - Group III, Various interests, Finland) in response to the European Commission’s recent Communication on an EU Forestry Strategy.
News The value of NWFPs is increasing (ForestPress)
The value of wood removals is decreasing, while the value of NWFPs is increasing – and underestimated Roundwood removals in 2005 were forecast to value around US$64 billion, mainly accounted for by industrial roundwood. The reported trend shows an increase of about 11 percent over the previous 15 years, which is less than the rate of inflation over this period. Thus, the reported value of removals in real terms has fallen at the global level.
News Birds arrive, poaching begins (Deccan Herald)
From S T Beuria Birds over Lake Chilka, Orissa, India Bhubaneswar – Despite the bird flu fear, killing and poaching of migratory birds have already begun in Orissa’s Chilka lake, Asia’s biggest brackish water lagoon and one of the major winter homes in the country for migratory birds from across the globe.
News US Forest Service commander charged with arson (Reuters)
PHOENIX - The commander of an elite U.S. Forest Service firefighting team was indicted on arson charges on Thursday, accused of setting two wildfires in a national forest, officials said. Van Bateman, who forestry officials said was one of the first out-of-state commanders dispatched to New York after the September 11 terror attacks, was charged with setting timber afire and arson on public lands.
News Australia gives grant to develop forest resources (VNS/ForestPress)
HA NOI - Australia will grant AU$919,000 to help Viet Nam implement projects to develop the nation’s forest and timber resources. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Australian Embassy signed an agreement in Ha Noi on Thursday.
