Earth’s forests grew 9% in a new satellite survey
May 15, 2017 - By Patrick Monagan - Science Magazine / Forest Business Network The Age of Exploration may be long past, but even in the 21st century, our maps can still get a major update.
May 15, 2017 - By Patrick Monagan - Science Magazine / Forest Business Network The Age of Exploration may be long past, but even in the 21st century, our maps can still get a major update.
Press review 15-May-2017 – www1.toronto.ca The City of Toronto has determined a timeframe and locations for aerial spraying as part of its ongoing efforts to manage the European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) infestation.
By Jon Hernandez, CBC News - Posted: May 08, 2017 Despite mill shutdowns and increased raw log exports, there's 'more work than you can shake a stick at'
Press review By Sarah Fecht May 5, 2017 - popsci.com It’s gruesome, but could help investigations
Press review Scott Macnab - 02- may 2017 - scotsman.com Environment minister Roseanna Cunningham says she is ready to take the “necessary steps” to get Scotland’s deer population under control with the prospect of new hardline powers to cull numbers.
Press review April 27, 2017 - womeninwood.ca Kathy Abusow is the President and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Iniative Inc. Check out Kathy Abusow's TED Talk "The power of sustainable forests" Congratulations to Lacey Rose and Jessica Kaknevicius for starting Women in Wood!
24 April 2017 - fpc.wa.gov.au Our West Manjimup Nursery has just completed its annual treatment of its pine (Pinus radiata) seed orchard using science that has proven to increase overall pine seed productivity.
News 24.04.2017 - efi.int In the EU, the construction sector employs currently more than 12 million people and accounts for 42% of the total energy consumption as well as 35% of the total greenhouse gas emissions, when considering the whole lifecycle of buildings.
Press review By Erik Stokstad Apr. 3, 2017 - sciencemag.org A year after a deadly and highly contagious wildlife disease surfaced in Norway, the country is taking action.
April 7, 2017 - theconversation.com The Conversation UK receives funding from Hefce, Hefcw, SAGE, SFC, RCUK, The Nuffield Foundation, The Ogden Trust, The Royal Society, The Wellcome Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Alliance for Useful Evidence, as well as sixty five university members.
Press review Photograph: Tomasz Wiech/Polish Mothers on Tree Stumps Christian Davies in Warsaw - Friday 7 April 2017 - New law allows private landowners to cut down any number of trees without applying for permission or even informing authorities
05/04/2017 - Experts meeting in Rome this week are discussing timber import regulations and practical methods of ensuring that wood and wood products entering the European Union, the United States and Australia are from legal production.
Press review By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst 3 April 2017 - An industrial-scale experiment in a Staffordshire forest will help fill gaps in knowledge about climate change.
News Tue Mar 28, 2017 - reuters.com By Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry while calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
By JULIE TARALLO - PRESCOTT NEWS Senator John McCain Expresses Concern Over Slow Pace Of Wildfire Prevention Efforts In Northern Arizona
25-03-2017 - americanforests.org America’s forests depend on passionate and engaged citizens, like you, to ensure their long-term protection.
Press review Photoby Jonathan Hayward Katie DeRosa, Victoria Times Colonist - vancouversun.com Published on: March 24, 2017 DRAINEY INLET, B.C. — A Campbell River husband and father has serious injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear in a remote logging camp north of Vancouver Island.
Press review 21-03-2017 - Capital Press President Trump’s budget request released on Thursday calling for a 21 percent cut in USDA discretionary funding is drawing concern from the ag community.