News Judge allows USDA pesticide researcher’s whistleblower claim to move forward (rt.com)
23-12-2015 - A judge has allowed a suspended US Department of Agriculture scientist to pursue a complaint against the agency.
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Christmas wildfire destroys more than 100 homes in Australia (ap.org)
Dec. 26, 2015 - SYDNEY (AP) — More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said Saturday.
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Major Austrian timber firm accused of illegal logging in Romania (theguardian.com)
Adam Vaughan - 21 October 2015 Two-year investigation links Holzindustrie Schweighofer to destruction of Europe’s last remaining virgin forests in Romania
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North American forest products rail freight drops in latest week, slightly off through 50 weeks of 2015 (risiinfo.com)
By James McLaren OAKLAND, CA, dec.. 25, 2015 (RISI) - North American forest products railroad freight was down 7.8% in the latest week ending Dec. 19, 2015, at to 17,786 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported. Volume through 50 weeks of 2015 at 931.260 carloads was 0.5% below 2014.
News Forestry Outsourced Management Institute was established (Forest Press)
Phot by PorestPress 19 December 2015 - As reported above, we Faculty of Forestry of the University of West Hungary and the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), the leaders signed a cooperation agreement at a ceremony.
News Foresters year closing ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture - Budapest (Forest Press)
Photo by ForestPress 16 December 2015 - The professional gathering Andrea Gulyas administrative greeted by Secretary of State on 16 December 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Christmas event held Darányi Ignácz hall.
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Pocketing worked for the forest supervisor (ForestPress)
17 December 2015 - 50 thousand forints would have turned a blind eye Nagyatád (South Hungary) a forest supervisor. The victim reported him to the cops.
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Corruption, poverty hinder fight to save Africa's forests (reuters.com)
12-12-2015 - ZINGUINCHOR, Senegal | By Emma Farge When Idrissa Balde, mayor of a small community in southern Senegal, blew the whistle on illegal logging in a nearby forest reserve, he says the government agent charged with protecting the trees proposed a deal to keep him quiet.
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This Anti-Hunter Was Accidentally Shot in the Face While Trying to Save Ducks (wideopenspaces.com)
Posted by Eric Nestor 7-12-2015 - This duck hunting protester in Australia was wading through a duck hunt in order to save hit ducks.
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Forest landscape restoration (FLR) can be a major weapon in the battle against climate change
07-12-2015 - FLR can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation by increasing the productivity of landscapes and by enhancing the resilience of forest ecosystems and reducing the vulnerability of forest-dependent communities.
News Indian plane tips over after herd of wild boars invades airport runway (rt.com)
05-12-2015 - Passengers on India’s SpiceJet flight got a huge scare, when their plane landed at Jabalpur airport to suddenly swerve to the side - as a herd of at least 30 wild boars ran out for a stroll across the runway.
Press review Eight Facts About Mountain Goats You Should Know ( nationalforests.org)
28-11-2015 - Mountain goats are actually not goats.
Research New, presumably tick-borne bacterium discovered in an Austrian fox
November 27, 2015 - sciencedaily.com - Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien Ticks can transmit various diseases to people and animals.
News Climate study finds evidence of global shift in the 1980s (phys.org)
26-11-2015 - Planet Earth experienced a global climate shift in the late 1980s on an unprecedented scale, fuelled by anthropogenic warming and a volcanic eruption, according to new research published this week.
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Half the world's natural history specimens may have the wrong name (ox.ac.uk)
18-11-2015 - As many as 50% of all natural history specimens held in the world's museums could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Five Steps to Enjoy National Forests on Off-highway Vehicles (nationalforests.org)
July 13, 2015 - by Dave Halsey Contributing Writer for the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC), Dave Halsey outlines the steps to a fun visit to our National Forests with off-highway vehicles.
News A Giant Christmas Tree’s 4000 Mile Journey from Alaska to Capitol Hill (ForestPress)
Posted by Robert Westover, U.S. Forest Service, on November 9, 2015 at 11 For over 90 years the majestic Lutz spruce stood silently in the Chugach National Forest near Seward, Alaska.
News Celebrating Falconry (ForestPress)
Traditional morning gathering of falconers in the inner yard of the Eckartsau Castle 12-11-2015 - CIC President of Honor, Dieter Schramm, awarded the title of President of Honor of ÖFB 12 November 2015
