Press room Why France’s forests are getting bigger
Jul 18th 2019 - economist.com Between 1990 and 2015, EU countries reforested an area the size of Portugal
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Research Opinion: Oregon’s forest management a boon for environment and economics (AP/ForestPress)
Posted Nov 06, 2019 Jennifer Beathe (Beathe is a professional forester with Starker Forests in Corvallis.) I was pleased to read the third installment of The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Failing Forestry series (“Failing Forestry: The $1 billion lawsuit that could decide the fate of Oregon’s state forests,” Oct. 27) that highlighted the significant value the Oregon timber industry provides to rural Oregonians in terms of high-paying, family-wage jobs.
News Western Forest Products negotiations break down with striking workers (timescolonist.com/ForestPress)
November 18, 2019 VANCOUVER — Western Forest Products Inc. says negotiations with the United Steelworkers union in a long-running coastal B.C. strike ended without resolution on the weekend.
News Chile forests to get USD 63 million boost from Green Climate Fund (FAO/ForestPress)
FAO/Lucio Santos 11 November 2019, Songdo, Republic of Korea – Chile will receive USD 63 million from the Green Climate Fund for having successfully reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forests.
News ANN EVANS: Opportunity beckoning in the forestry sector
Published: Nov 04 2019. - thechronicleherald.ca ANN EVANS -Canada’s forest industry has come a long way from the iconic lumberjack.
News How wood skyscrapers could help save our forests – and reduce wildfire risk
6-11-2019 - - By Rod Griffin, Senior Writer, Environmental Defense Fund During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the lumber industry decimated many of America’s forests. Could it now help restore them to health — and reduce wildfire risk at the same time?
News Government launches new scheme to boost tree-planting (gov.uk)
Published 4 November 2019 - Ł50 million Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme will encourage farmers and landowners to plant more trees and help to tackle climate change
News California fires: Trump threatens to pull federal aid funds (BBCNews)
3-11-2019 - US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for the wildfires sweeping California, in a Twitter spat with the state's governor.
News Cracking down on illegal felling (forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk)
Posted by: Ian Gambles, Posted on: 25 October 2019 The Government’s Environment Bill, introduced into Parliament earlier this month, is a major piece of legislation to tackle the environmental and climate crisis we are facing.
News Homes destroyed, hundreds more evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires spread (Reuters)
31- Oct. - 2019 - Omar Younis SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - More wildfires ignited near Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of gusting desert winds that have fanned flames and displaced thousands of people.
News Forests in the spotlight of the Finnish EU Council Presidency (cepf-eu.org)
30-Oct-2019- Finland’s Presidency of the EU Council is on its second half as it was transferred from Romania to Finland in July.
News Austria opens hunt on golden jackals
29/10/2019 - Nick Huisman - wilderness-society.org Just recently, a golden jackal appeared for the first time in the East Tyrolean Pustertal.
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Euro timber glut could temporarily affect buoyant UK market (forestryjournal.co.uk)
25. Oct. 2019 - A report published by forestry consultancy Bidwells indicates a stability in the currently high values of standing timber but warns of a glut in European imports temporarily affecting the price of home-grown timber.
News Service weapons would be provided to foresters in Romania (TransIndex.ro/ForestPress)
Silviu Geana - Photo: ForestPress October 24, 2019 - Foresters charged with forest conservation will be armed under a bill that has been approved by the House Committee on Agriculture.
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INVESTORS WON’T EYEBALL SUSTAINABLE TECHWITHOUT A COHERENT FRAMEWORK
Brussels, 22 October 2019 - CAN BRUSSELS HELP?
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Biomass losses resulting from insect and diseaseinvasions in US forests
24-10-20149 - Songlin Feia,1, Randall S. Morinb, Christopher M. Oswaltc, and Andrew M. LiebholddaDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources,
Traditions Sopron Story (forestry.ubc.ca)
Soprons arriving in BC – 1957
News CIC OPEN LETTER TO Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP & Rt. Hon. Zacharias Goldsmith MP
Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt. Hon. Zacharias Goldsmith MP Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and at the Department for International Development Affairs
