News MCPFE Workshop on nfp in Gdansk, Poland (ForestPress)
Exchanging country’s experiences in the nfp processes on practical application of the MCPFE Approach to nfps in Europe 22-24 November 2004, Gdansk, Poland
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News Measures Aim To Stem Middle East Bird Slaughter (Reuters/Planet Ark)
JOHANNESBURG - Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East. "The number of migratory birds being killed has increased to an almost industrial scale in some countries ... Hunters kill millions of birds annually as they migrate through the Mediterranean region," British-based BirdLife International said in a statement.
News JP Morgan accused of making investments of mass destruction (ForestPress)
Pressure group the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is targeting US-based bank JP Morgan Chase over its alleged lack of environmental policy. The group has launched an advertising campaign and website to highlight the projects the bank has invested in, which, the group says, are causing major environmental damage.
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Five dead, three hurt in hunting dispute (ForestPress/UPI)
EXELAND, Wis., - A rural Wisconsin town was reeling Monday after five people were shot and killed and three others injured in a dispute over a deer hunting platform.
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Tell Chile's government to protect endangered forests! (ForestPress)
Chile's native forests, dominated by the globally rare Siempre Verde (forever green) forest type, include the world's second largest expanse of temperate rainforest, the Valdivian Rainforest. More than one-quarter of the world's remaining temperate rainforests are in Chile. After eons of biological isolation, these forests are home to the world’s oldest surviving tree species (araucaria araucana), the world’s smallest deer (pudu pudu) and the world famous Alerce tree, also known as the “Chilean redwood” (fitzroya cupressoides).
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More Than 15,000 Species Facing Extinction - IUCN (ForestPress)
BANGKOK - More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said on Wednesday. Despite efforts to slow or reverse the slide into oblivion of many species, one in three amphibians and almost half of all freshwater turtles are threatened, the IUCN World Conservation Union said at the unveiling of its 2004 species "Red List."
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Stevens cool to conclusion of global warming study (The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE--U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, says he disagrees with a new scientific study's conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change. The study by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was commissioned by an international commission with representatives from eight countries, including the United States, as well as six indigenous groups. Scientists who helped put together the report briefed members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.
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135th Itinerary Meeting...
135th Itinerary Meeting of (Hungarian) National Forestry Association is organised by Kisalföld Forestry Inc. in 2004. Programs will be held on July 2-3, on Rábaköz, Kapuvár, Göbösmajor territories of KAEG Inc. .
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The 11th European Foresters Orienteering Championship
The 11th European Foresters Orienteering Championship 28 June. 3 July 2004 Szilvásvárad, Hungary
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About Forest School Camps
FSC is not a commercial holiday company, it is an educational charity, a voluntary organisation. All our officers and staff are unpaid volunteers.
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INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE IN ZVOLEN
Technical University in Zvolen Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Constructions and Ameliorations INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 16th-17th September 2004 Aim of the conference: The aim of the conference is to formulate broader positive and negative influence of the forest constructions (forest roads, objects at forest roads, small forest constructions etc.) and ameliorisations (torrent control, avalanche barriers, ameliorations, erosion control etc.) on the natural but especially forest environment. For further information see: http://www.tuzvo.sk/klsm Or on Tel: ++421-45-5206 276 Fax:++421-45-5332 654 E-mail: zavacka@vsld.tuzvo.sk jusko@vsld.tuzvo.sk bohmer@vsld.tuzvo.sk
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INVITATION
You are cordially invited to: "Bear Tales VII" The Appalachian Bear Center's 7th Annual Benefit Dinner Help save the lives of orphaned and injured black bear cubs from the Smokies! When: Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 6:00 pm Where: Calhoun's Banquet Hall - Gatlinburg, TN Cost: $50.00 per person Events: Cocktails/Dinner, Silent/Live Auctions, Guest Speaker, Door Prizes If you need more info or wish to purchase tickets, please call the Appalachian Bear Center at (865) 448-0143. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Official State Trees of the 50 United States and Territories (ForestPress)
All 50 states and several U.S. territories have officially embraced a state tree.
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Fire-ravaged Portugal faces erosion (BBC News)
The forest fires which have devastated large parts of Portugal could be followed by massive soil erosion, environmental campaigners say.
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Commission Joint Research Centre...
Commission Joint Research Centre assesses Portugal's worst forest fire season (EU Press Releases, Brussels, 27 August 2003) Some 355 976 ha of land had been burnt in Portugal by 20 August 2003, 301 180 ha of which was forest, according to figures derived from satellite observations by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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Five dead in Spanish forest fire (AFP)
Five people died in a forest fire which ravaged north-eastern Spain and forced hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes, Catalan regional government sources said.
