News Four Threats to the Health of the Nation's Forests and Grasslands Healthy forests make for a healthy nation. In the 21st century, the nation’s forests and grasslands face four threats. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth names them as: (a) fire and fuels, (b) invasive species, (c) loss of open space, and (d) unmanaged recreation.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Volume 30, Issue 1, July 2005
News The last time that Sweden was stricken by a really bad storm was in 1969. It felled 35 million cubic meters of wood, which is less than half the volume damaged by the tornado last winter. Since then the quantity of timber and its volume, has increased by 55 per cent in the stricken area.
News The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) was created in response to a visionary study in the mid-1970s led by forester John Bene of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The study coined the term 'agroforestry' and called for global recognition of the key role trees play on farms. This led to the establishment of ICRAF in 1978 to promote agroforestry research in developing countries.
Dear all, EFI with it's collaborators is arranging a side-event 'Regional Forest Research Organisations - experiences and visions' in connection to the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia. Title: Regional Forest Research Organisations - experiences and visions Date: Friday 12 August 2005 Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm Venue: Room P5, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Organisers: EFI, CIFOR, CATIE, UNU, IUFRO
News EFI with it's collaborators is arranging a side-event 'Regional Forest Research Organisations - experiences and visions' in connection to the XXII IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia. Title: Regional Forest Research Organisations - experiences and visions Date: Friday 12 August 2005 Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm Venue: Room P5, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Organisers: EFI, CIFOR, CATIE, UNU, IUFRO
News Japan's major tourist event of the year, the Expo 2005 Aichi is now being held just outside of Nagoya from March 25 to September 25, 2005. The theme of Expo 2005 is Nature's Wisdom. Over one hundred countries, local governments, corporations and organizations are participating at the expo with their pavilions, presenting ideas and technologies for a harmonious coexistence of humans with nature. Attractions include human like robots, 3D rides, virtual reality shows, futuristic means of transportation, the latest image systems, a frozen mammoth and foods and cultural performances from around the world. Forest Experience Zone
News Ponsse Oyj invests in increasing the interest in European countries in research and innovations contributing to the role of modern technologies in sustainable development by establishing a special fund. The Ponsse Fund awards mainly scholarships for PhD or post-doctoral studies at the European Forest Institute (EFI). From left: Risto Päivinen, Director, European Forest Institute; Jan Heino, Managing Director, Metsähallitus; Einari Vidgrén, Industrial Counsellor; Arto Tiitinen, President and CEO, Ponsse Oyj and Raimo Tammilehto, Director, OKOBANK
News The World Agroforestry Centre is one of a network of 16 Future Harvest centres located throughout the developing world. We are an autonomous, not-for-profit research and development institution supported by an international consortium of nearly 60 different governments, private foundations, regional development banks, and the World Bank. Learn more about the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) at www.cgiar.org. Our mission is to improve human welfare by reducing poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics.
News The effectiveness, economic efficiency and equity aspects of forestry funding mechanisms in Europe were assessed by EFI coordinated EFFE project. The results provide information for designing new public programmes and contribute to the development of related evaluation tools.
News AMSTERDAM - Wind turbines producing "green" energy kill many fewer birds than previously thought and pose less of a threat to avian life than cars, a study by the Dutch Bird Protection charity and power utility Nuon showed. The study, published on Wednesday, was based on results from three wind farms. It showed each turbine killed an average 28 birds per year, a third of what had been assumed on the basis of research conducted in the 1980s.
News At this week's Group of Eight summit, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will propose easing conditions on Kyoto Protocol projects to make emissions credits easier for Japan and other nations to get, government sources said. Preventing global warming is one of the top issues on the agenda for the G-8 summit from Wednesday to Friday in Gleneagles, Scotland, along with addressing poverty, especially in Africa. Japan will also announce its plan to double official development assistance to Africa over the next three years.
News A new ad highlighting woods role in sequestering CO2 was agreed by the wood for good board in May and is now running in professional and trade titles.
News The Romans built a fort at the confluence of the rivers Tay and Almond, where Perth now stands, and the town’s name is believed to derive from an old Celtic word for “wood” or “copse”. It is often said Perth was the ancient capital of Scotland. This may or may not have been the case but it has always been a major centre of political and commercial influence, not least because its harbour allowed for significant overseas trade.
News By Ryan Nakashima MILWAUKEE — During the Vietnam War, Gaylord Nelson looked at the anti-war teach-ins and got an idea: Why not try the same thing for the environment? The result was Earth Day, and with it the start of the modern environmental movement.
News European Parliament, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Exchange of views with experts Presentation by Mr Mikko Ohela, Vice President, Public Affairs, Metsäliitto Group Metsäliitto Group Fourth biggest forest industry group in Europe - annual turnover EUR 8.5 billion (2004)
The Japanese company Mitsubishi Paper Mills has said it will stop using woodchips from old-growth forests. MPM is a major customer for Tasmanian woodchip exporter Gunns Limited, and Tasmania's forest industry has accused environmental groups of economic vandalism.
News MOSCOW, - The worked out forestry code does not envisage privatisation of forests, the head of the Economic Development Ministry's department for property and land relations, economy and natural resources use, Vsevolod Gavrilov, told a press conference on Tuesday.
