Not all species suffer from fire. For instance, grass-layer beetle species in Australia's savannahs show remarkable resilience to fire, although fires affect abundance, species and family richness (Orgeas and Andersen, 2001).
News By GILLIAN FLACCUS LOS ANGELES - A wind-whipped 17,000-acre wildfire raced across hills and canyons along the city's northwestern edge Thursday, threatening homes and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. Some 3,000 firefighters aided by aircraft struggled to protect ridgetop houses along the Los Angeles-Ventura county line, a rugged, brushy landscape west of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. Officials said the blaze was 5 percent contained as it burned toward such communities as Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Calabasas and Agoura.
News MANILA - Malaysia urged its neighbours on Tuesday to ratify an agreement to control air pollution in southeast Asia, a month after forest fires in Indonesia caused some of the worst haze in the region in eight years. Malaysian authorities imposed a state of emergency in two areas in August after air pollution levels reached dangerous levels, threatening public health, grounding some flights, disrupting shipping and shutting schools.
News The British EU presidency on Friday will attempt to get experts from all member states to agree to a set of practical rules for proposed timber trade partnerships with non-EU countries, known as Flegt. A presidency compromise currently circulating suggests broadening the scope of the recommendation by adding an annex to cover wood products imported by individual third countries. The annex would be added to as new trade streams became apparent.
News 2nd advertising wave of the promotion campaign Le bois c’est essential The French promotion campaign in France, Le bois c’est essentiel, will be launched on October 7thAfter the first message Did you know that consuming wood is doing good to our forests, the second part will show the advantages of wood as a building material by saying There is always a solution in wood.
News People are asked to look out for the Citrus longhorn beetle following separate findings of them in imported Chinese maple trees (Acers) in Britain, one in Lancashire and others in the south of England. The beetle is listed in legislation as a serious plant pest and measures are required to control any findings.
News When you hear the word "gypsy", a busy traveler may come to mind, and the gypsy moth fits that picture. The ability to travel is a key characteristic of the gypsy moth and explains how the infestation was able to spread from Massachusetts to Michigan.
Forest fire and biological diversity By R. Nasi, R. Dennis, E. Meijaard, G. Applegate and P. Moore Publication date: September 26, 2005 The Overstory Book, 2nd Edition, a formatted, indexed and illustrated compilation of The Overstory ejournal editions 1 - 138 is in stock. Your purchase helps support publication of The Overstory: http://www.agroforestry.net/overstory/ovbook.html
News MANILA - The Philippines said on Monday it was monitoring bird sanctuaries because of concerns that the seasonal arrival of migratory birds next month might bring avian flu to the country. The government also said it had ordered tighter surveillance of illegal trading of exotic birds in southern Mindanao island, and their immediate destruction if they came from bird-flu affected countries such as Indonesia.
September 27, 2005 On Saturday at night Csaba Hámori pointed a loaded rifle at a farmer, Hídlap has reported. Csaba Hámori, former leader of the Communist Youth League (KISZ) who had been member of the presidium of the Hungarian Socialist Party until 1990 and who is now deputy chairman of the Left-wing Movement Platform of the Socialist Party chaired by Péter Kiss, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, came to high words with József Szabó, Sr. from Kesztölc, who tried to chase away game causing damage in the fields.
News Competition in the Nordic countries for becoming the leading city for wooden house construction Wooden houses have become politically “in”. The Norwegian cities Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger are competing for the title of leading wooden house constructor in the Nordic countries.
News By Alison Ross An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists. The team made the discovery whilst studying "devil's gardens", mysterious parts of the rainforest that are dominated by a single species of tree.
News How plants control their flowering? Researchers at the Ume? Plant Science Centre in SLU, the Swedish University of Living Natural Resources, report a great breakthrough in understanding how plants regulate their blooming.
News The parliamentary elections in Norway were a great success for the left wing. The three parties concerned are now pursuing negotiations for forming the new government. The Norwegian Forest Owners’ Federation is glad to see that there is a basis for forming a majority coalition.
News SHIMLA: The World Bank could soon bail out Himachal Pradesh's shrinking forests by funding an ambitious Rs.3.7 billion ($84.2 million) conservation project. Shrinking forests are causing concern among several quarters in the hill state and have started affecting the ecologically fragile mid hills (1,800 to 5,000 ft above sea level), resulting in water scarcity and soil erosion.
“Certification of non-state forests in Slovakia – How surrounding countries are doing?” organized by Slovak Forest Certification Association (SFCA) Union of Regional Associations of Non-state Forest Owners, Slovakia Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) at Forest Research Institute Zvolen 22 September 2005
News Dear Ladies and Gentleman, dear colleagues, With great joy, let also me welcome you to the seminar on behalf of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF). CEPF is one of the co-founder of the PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), which means: is with on board of certification of managed forests and forest products from the very beginning.
News MOSCOW - The Russian Federal Agency for Forestry and the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture signed an agreement on forest protection and reforestation, the Russian Natural Resources Ministry said Friday.
