Press room International Day of Forests (ForestPress)
23 February 2015 - Forests and trees sustain and protect us in invaluable ways.
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Press review Climate-denying scientist got piles of money from fossil fuel interests (The New York Times)
By John Light on 23 Feb 2015 - Wei-Hock “Willie” Soon has long been a favorite among the climate-denier crowd.
Press room Economics of climate change mitigation options in the forest sector
20 February 2015 - FAO - Intrenational online conference 6-27 February 2015
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15th Meeting of the CIC Coordination Forum for Central Eastern Europe in Arad (ForestPress)
9, February 2015 - Romania The 15th annual meeting of the Coordination Forum for Central and Eastern Europe of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) was held from 8-9 January 2015 in Arad, Romania.
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'Prince of Poachers' is first person to be convicted with the help of DNA from red deer he killed (The Telegraph)
04 Feb 2015 - 'Legendary' poacher caught for first time in 27 years after police call in forensic scientists to examine remains of hind
Press room Celebration of the 2015 International Day of Forests
29January2015 - The Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the Secretariat of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) have the honor to transmit the following information in re lation to the 2015 celebration of the International Day of Forests (IDF).
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Pollution damaging English economy, public health – experts (Reuters /RT)
January 27, 2015 - Russell Cheyne Pollution in England is damaging its economy, an independent advisory group has warned, as it urged the government to rethink its attitudes to environmental wellbeing.
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Frackdown: Government concedes to national park fracking ban (RT)
January 27, 2015 - In a victory for the Labour Party and other opponents of fracking, the Conservative-led coalition has announced that fracking will be banned in all national parks.
Press room XIV World Forestry Congress
7–11 September 2015, Durban, South Africa
News Obama's Alaska move triggers fight (CNN)
By Eric Bradner January 25, 2015 - President Obama has announced plans to designate 12 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for conservation.
News South Africa says record number of rhinos poached in 2014 (AP)
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Jan. 22, 2015 JOHANNESBURG — A record 1,215 rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2014, the latest grim statistic in an increasingly desperate struggle to stem a surge in the killing of rhinos for their horns, officials said Thursday.
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Ebola leaves hundreds of thousands facing hunger in three worst-hit countries (ForestPress)
17 December 2014, Rome - Lack of access to food in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone could threaten over one million people
News New avian influenza’s rapid spread to Europe threatens poultry sector especially in low-resourced countries (ForestPress)
24 November 2014, Rome/Paris - FAO and OIE urge at-risk countries to step-up prevention efforts through increased bio-security
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Join the CIC at the World Parks Congress in Sydney!
1 September 2014 - In just over two months the CIC will be participating in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Parks Congress.
Press room Genomics and the conservation of conifer genetic resources
ProCoGen Dissemination Workshop 1st-3rd September, 2014 Kámoni Arboretum Szombathely, Hungary
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Growing Chinese presence a wake-up call for African natural resource managers (cifor.org)
13 Aug 2014 - BY Thomas Hubert BOGOR, Indonesia — The recent surge in Chinese investment in Africa has exposed the need for local policymakers to boost regulation and administrative capacity if they are to manage their forests and other natural resources sustainably, a recent study of Zambia shows.
News German STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® championship – 2014 (ForestPress)
08-02-2014. - What a thight result!
News The Official STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® Series – Germany
08-01-2014 - This is what the athletes will be fighting for at the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® German Championship 2014 in Munich!
