Swedes love to spend time outdoors in the forest. A poll made by the Federation of Swedish Farmers – LRF indicates that as much as 94 % of all Swedes find it important to spend time in the forest. Six persons out of ten also know that forest provides renewable energy and that it is beneficial for the climate.
News Tom Tidwell brings 32 Years of Experience Working to Protect Our Nation's Forests WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Tom Tidwell will serve as the new Chief for the U.S. Forest Service.
In traditional beliefs the bee is God-blessed. Associated with hard work and fertility, bees mark the transition to nature’s awakening, and their product – honey is a divine gift providing the best of nutrition and health benefits.
News According to the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the use of timber in the French building sector is to be raised tenfold by 2020.
3rd International Conference on Problems of Wood Processing - Wood Machining, Energetic and Logistic Aspects 2009.06.18 University of West Hungary Faculty of Wood Sciences Mechatronika labor („G” building), Sopron
The timber market in the first quarter of 2009 was in retreat across the Continent, according to delegates at the latest assembly of the European Timber Trade Association (FEBO). But they predicted that restocking would now start to pick up and were hopeful that business would stabilise through the rest of the year.
By Rayeesa Absal Abu Dhabi: Millions are commemorating World Environment Day around the world on Friday, with the common goal of standing united against climate change.
“It was terrible, but it was dazzling. I looked out of the window and saw a huge funnel that was swirling in the forest on the outskirts of the town. I got scared, but then I thought that it was so beautiful. I told my husband to come to the window to look at the twister. All of a sudden, the funnel started moving towards us. The wind was lifting cars and small garages in the air, overturning garbage cans. The trees were cracking into parts like matches,” Galina Starchenko, a resident of the town of Krasnozavodsk in the Moscow region said.
A new report released on May 26th at a major ITTO-RRI conference in Cameroon finds that Africa is moving much slower on tenure reform than other regions.
OSLO : Scientific organisations are working to link up thousands of computer databases of animals and plants into a one-stop "virtual observatory" that could be similar to global systems for monitoring the weather or earthquakes.
Spain would need seven times as much woodland as it currently has in order to absorb all the carbon dioxide emitted annually, 11% of which comes from car exhausts.
News By John Garth Three families of European beavers were released in a Scottish forest today nearly five centuries after the species was hunted to extinction.
A scheme to revive ancient forestry management techniques using Highland cows is to begin in the Trossachs.
A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere.
Environment: Europe’s amphibians and reptiles under threat One fifth of Europe’s reptiles and nearly a quarter of its amphibians are threatened, according to new studies commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature).
Man saved his son from certain death when he helped him fight off a man-eating tiger. Abul Hossain Gazi from Bangladesh's Khulna district had accompanied his son and six others fishing in the Sunderbans yesterday, the largest mangrove site in the world.
The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of Japan announced on January 22, 2009, that it has successfully developed a high-performance adhesive agent from the lignin contained in wood, in partnership with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Nagaoka University of Technology.
Poland's jobless rate dropped to 11 percent in April from 11.2 percent the month before, according to government statistics released Friday.
