News California wildfires (CNN)
05-08-2015. - Flames fueled: The Rocky Fire -- the largest of the nearly two dozen fires torching California -- destroyed 24 homes and 26 outbuildings as it continued to burn yesterday for a sixth day.
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News American doctor defends lion hunt, says he followed rules (AP)
Aug. 4, 2015 – PITTSBURGH - An American doctor accused of killing a lion in an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe said Tuesday that he had complied with all rules and regulations, filled out all the necessary paperwork and obtained the correct permits.
News California Statewide Fire Summary (calfire.ca.go)
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 There are 22 active fires across California, with over 10,000 firefighters battling them.
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Dear Members of the CIC,
Many of you will have heard of the incident of the killing of Cecil the lion near Hwange National Pk in Zimbabwe recently. We are happy to share with you a blog post on the IIED website, written by Rosie Cooney, Chair of the Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group of IUCN (SULi) with input from a number of experts within SULi.
News North Korea to fight food insecurity and natural disaster with trees (worldagroforestry.org)
by Sander Van de Moortel · August 4, 2015 Experts in DPR Korea intend to restore the quality of forest lands, alleviate wide-spread food insecurity and reduce the frequency of natural disasters in the country through an ambitious programme of agroforestry—the use of trees on farms and in the landscape.
News Oxford College prof. looks at tick populations (covnews.com)
August 2, 2015 - Even the thought of them can make people’s skin crawl.
News African Golden Wolf: Scientists Discover ‘New’ Canid Species (sci-news.com)
Jul 31, 2015 - African and Eurasian golden jackals are genetically distinct lineages, according to a research team led by Dr Klaus-Peter Koepfli from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Dr Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles.
News Thousands evacuated as largest of California wildfires spreads (CNN)
August 2, 2015 - By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Michael Martinez, Thousands of California acres are ablaze as firefighters battle at least 21 wildfires throughout the state, but while many of those fires are small or mostly contained, the wind and heat that are spreading the Rocky Fire in Northern California -- and the area's steep terrain -- are causing the most concern.
News Firefighter killed, hundreds flee as California blazes burn (AP)
By JEFF CHIU and HAVEN DALEY Aug. 1, 2015 - LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes as an army of firefighters continue to battle them from the air and the ground.
News Zimbabwe calls for extradition of Cecil the lion's killer (Reuters)
HARARE | By MacDonald Dzirutwe 31-07-2015 - The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion was a "foreign poacher" who paid for an illegal hunt and he should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face justice, environment minister Oppah Muchinguri said on Friday.
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GFW goes mobile, putting forest information in the palm of your hand (globalforestwatch.org)
31-07-2015 - By Carolyn Ciciarelli, Sarah Mann, Octavia Payne, Alyssa Barrett Global Forest Watch (GFW) enables anyone with a computer and an internet connection to access the best available forest information.
News Cecil the lion: Zimbabwe hunter bailed over killing (bbc.com)
29-07-2015 - Twitter: A lion is dead-tragic ... Millions of babies are dead ... Nothing
News Migrating Monarchs (ForestPress)
Posted by Karin Theophile, International Programs, U.S. Forest Service, on July 21, 2015 Last month, beautiful monarch butterflies floated across Chicago’s skyline as a part of their annual migration.
News The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, Denmark has been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage (ForestPress)
24 July 2015 - Par force hunting landscapes were designed by absolute rulers throughout the 17th to 19th centuries in direct connection with their castles and parks.
News Forest industry joins CCFM on skills award for aboriginal youth (fpac.ca)
July 10 2015, Ottawa, ON - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is joining the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) to open up nominations for two Skills Awards for Aboriginal Youth as part of an effort to encourage more Aboriginal workers to consider a career in the forest sector.
