Total felling in Norway in 2009 was only 6.8 million m3. This is the lowest figure in 34 years. The main reason is the slack in the construction industry as a result of the financial crisis.
London - Reports indicate that one of the world's highest number of wild cat species has been recorded on film in India's Eastern Himalayan rainforest.
Eastern North American songbirds are a pretty adaptable bunch, says a scientist who discovered some remarkable changes in their wings over the last 100 years.
Animal protection and wildlife conservation organizations applaud European Parliament defence of endangered animals (ForestPress) Strasbourg, France – The future for some of the world’s most threatened animals may become a little less precarious thanks to the European Parliament. The Parliament sent a strong message that Europeans want more protection for threatened species such as polar bears, sharks and bluefin tuna and that protection must be maintained for threatened species such as elephants and crocodiles.
Rome - Finland and FAO engaged to develop open source land registration software The Open Source Cadastre and Registration (OSCAR)
Budapest, HUNGARY – UNEP has declared 2010 as the international biodiversity year, at the same time 2010 is the European year for fighting against poverty and social exclusion. The international network, CEEweb for Biodiversity has started a joint project with social NGOs for commonly handling social and environmental problems.
Geneva - Over the last ten years, China has moved from being a modest player in the world’s forest products markets, to becoming one of the leading exporters of manufactured forest products and a major trading partner of both Europe and North America. This is one of the main findings of the UNECE/FAO publication,
News 2010 Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Restoration Activities on All Priority Forestlands (fpl.fs.fed.us)
Common Crane Grus grus has been chosen as the Bird of the Year, following the result of a poll conducted by (BirdLife in Armenia) and LOLO, a famous children journal.
In 2009 the German wood pellet production increased slightly up to the mark of 1.6 Mio. t. Compared to 2008 this was an increase of about 100,000 t.
London: A scientific study for the Forestry Commission, UK, has suggested that the creation of new forests and woodlands across Britain will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10% and protect communities at risk of flooding.
A subspecies of red fox living in California's Sacramento Valley -- long believed to be a non-native pest -- is in fact native to the area, scientists say.
TOKYO — The government plans to boost Japan’s timber self-sufficiency rate to 50% from the current 24% over the next 10 years by promoting forest road development to cut timber production costs, government sources said Friday.
The Irish Forestry and Forest Products Association (IFFPA), has welcomed the Government commitment to invest an extra €3 million in the forestry and bio-energy sector next year, as announced in the budget.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), today released The Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Ecosystems today at the climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark.
MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday urged the international community to take joint measures against global climate change.
Australia is pushing to exempt carbon emissions caused by drought and bushfires from any carbon pollution reduction scheme
Forest owners and the EU Commissioner Mrs. Mariann Fischer-Boel gathered together around a Christmas tree on 4th of December. CEPF President Mr Christer Segerstéen presented the tree as a living symbol of European forests, but also a symbol for the future of the European Union.
