Press review Five ways to make more use of wood
Drax - medium.com – 10-01-2020 How can we use trees to replace products currently made from fossil fuels?
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Press review 'Illegally' clearing his property cost him $100k in fines
But when the Black Saturday fires killed 173, his family and home survived while his neighbours died - so LIAM SHEAHAN asks, why can't we control our own homes?
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We don’t just have a bushfire crisis. We have an arson crisis, too
Arthur Chrenkoff - spectator.com.au - 4 January 2020 According to my calculations and estimates, the number of individuals around Australia whose arson has contributed to the current bushfire crisis has now passed 200.
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Hungarian forestry is a step further (OEE / ForestPress)
January 6, 2020 - New Secretary of State for Forests and Land Affairs in the Ministry of Agriculture
Press review Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us
Studying the historical data stored in centuries-old trees is a burgeoning field, with labs around the world learning more about historical patterns of weather and climate and the effects on humans.
News Pledge to prevent avian flu ensure disease control is closed (ForestPress)
December 30, 2019 - This year, sporadic outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu in domestic and wild birds have occurred in several European countries.
Press review 'Their numbers are exploding': Alberta losing battle against wild boars, says scientist
Bill Kaufmann - December 27, 2019 - calgaryherald.com The prairie provinces are doing far too little to combat the destructive menace of wild boars, says a scientist who’s studied them for a decade.
News Women on the Firelines
Controlled Burn Participants Pictured Above: Back row (from left) Amanda Lindsay - University of Central Florida, Grace Howell - Alachua County Land Trust, Brooke Coulter - Bok Tower Gardens, Chelsea MacKenzie - TNC, Anne Reynolds - Florida Park Service Lake Kissimmee State Park, Jana Mott (Burn Boss) - TNC, Carrie Black - Palm Beach County, Ashley Orlando - Florida Park Service Dunn Creek State Park, Sarah Martin - TNC, Amy Pulley - Florida Forest Service. Front Row (from left) Landon Simpson - The Student Conservation Association/TNC, Char’Rese Finney - TNC, Elysia Dytrych - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Cody-Marie Miller - TNC, Katrina Noland - Bok Tower Gardens. With broader diversity needed in wildland fire work, women are seizing the opportunity. April 16, 2019 - nature.org
News Zoltán Kovács: Organization of the 2021 World Hunting and Nature Exhibition in progress (MTI)
Budapest, December 27, 2019 - The organization of the "One with Nature" World Hunting and Nature Exhibition to be opened in Budapest in 2021 - informed the government commissioner responsible for the event on Friday in Kápolnásnyék.
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Hunt Master vows to defy saboteurs' attempts to 'bury Boxing Day meet under paperwork'
telegraph.co.uk - Hayley Dixon - 22 December 2019 Staring at the risk assessment for the fourth time when he would rather be out on his horse, Ivan Massow might have been forgiven for feeling like he wanted to give up.
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RESTORING AMERICA’S FOREST LANDSCAPES
americanforests.org – 23-12-2019 American Forests’ landscape-scale restoration work is driven by one unifying goal: to restore North America’s native forest landscapes to full health and long-term resilience.
Research Happy 25th Anniversary, EUFORGEN!
euforgen.org - 3/12/2019 2019 marks a milestone for EUFORGEN as it signifies 25 years since its establishment in 1994 - a time to reflect on what has been achieved and to look forward to the future.
News A European Green Deal (ec.europa.eu)
11-12-2019 - Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent
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Forests as Climate Solutions in the Asia-Pacific Region through NDC Commitments (fao.org)
08/12/2019 - The role of forests and trees in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Asia-Pacific countries is very significant, especially in areas of afforestation, forest fire management, reduced deforestation, biodiversity management and improved forest management.
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Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’
Jonathan Watts - Sat 21 Sep 2019 The scientist and author on his latest book – an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth – and why humanity’s endless expansion must stop.
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How the Trade War is Hurting the U.S. Lumber Industry and Forests Around the World
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai - November 27, 2019 Nestled in an industrial estate near the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Jiamushi Furniture Company has crafted quality wooden furniture since 2002.
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Climate Change and Canada’s Boreal Forest
resolutefp.com – 31- oct - 2018 - – The Facts May Pleasantly Surprise You!
News Ancestral Teachings Keep Hunters Connected to the Land
Sandra Broncheau-Mcfarland with a white tail buck taken during a hunt. Sandra and her family only eat meat they have taken from wild game like deer, elk, buffalo and turkey. Larry Moore - November 21st, 2019 - fs.fed.us To some people, hunting is a foreign concept.
