Strategic Review and Plan 2007-2008 Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission The Timber Committee Special Session on the Strategic Review and Plan of the UNECE/FAO Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry Geneva 28 – 30 April 2008
News TRURO The world’s oldest species of tree has surprised botanists by producing seeds in Britain. The 2 million-year-old Wollemi Pine was thought to be extinct – and had been identified only from fossils – when a crop of 100 trees was found in Australia in 1994.
Maybe a national forest's wind can be put to good use That's what's its all about when it comes to one of the more controversial uses of real estate: so-called wind farms.
News Forestry professionals and the wider public will have a great opportunity to see working horses in action as part of a commercial timber harvesting operation at the award winning Borders Festival of the Horse this May.
EIA films examining the human stories behind illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia have picked up two prestigious awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival. The short films, “'5x5, Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia” were awarded Best Cultural Message and Best Film for a Government Agency at the Montana festival.
WASHINGTON, - Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell today announced the award of $54 million in grants today to permanently protect thirty-five working forests across thirty-two states.
The Russian Government provided for funds to be allocated to the Russian Federation’s constituent entities for the purpose of building forest roads; the initial installments may arrive to the regions in August-September this year, as the prime-minister Victor Zubkov reported at the international conference “Development of RF Forestry”, held within the framework of the Timber Industry Development Council under the RF Government.
For example, Koskisen Oy provides in-house training to some 50 persons every year, says Mr. Esa Kallinen, the company’s human resources manager. The wood-working sector, which transforms roundwood to sawn timber, plywood or furniture, does not interest very much Finnish youngsters. According to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Education, on any level of the education system, too few young people complete a qualification or receive a degree in the sector. The wood-working sector needs 1,300–1,400 new employees every year, but only 700 young people complete a relevant course of study.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canada must prepare for the impact of global warming on its forests, such as increased fires in the west and ice storms in the east, the country's forest ministers said.
From our point of view, the primary objective is to clearly draw up the mission of state forest management, to disclose the resources of the affiliates and configuring their integrated operation, and to consolidate their management.
The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF), along with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), co-hosted a side event entitled “Regional forest cooperation – Reaching the 2010 Biodiversity Target and the UNFF Global Objectives on Forests by 2015,” during the 18th meeting of the CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, in Rome, Italy.
”The decision reflects the high regard to nature conservation”, says Mr. Ilkka Heikkinen, Director of nature conservation in the Ministry of the Environment. On Tuesday, the Finnish Government decided on the central government spending limits for the next four years. The funding framework for the forest biodiversity programme for Southern Finland, Metso Programme was on the agenda, too. The pilot phase of the programme ended recently.
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News Member states are teaming up with MEPs in pressuring the Commission to include binding sustainability criteria in a revision of EU-wide specifications for transport fuels.
News Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus ) A small black and yellow bird is heading for British gardens in search of food in what could be the largest invasion of siskins for many years, the British Trust for Ornithology said.
News The Russian veterinary service has registered rabies in a group of 46 reindeers which suddenly died this month in a farm in the Komi Republic. According to Rosbaltnord.ru, the 46 animals which died in the “Severny” farm in Usinsk, the Komi Republic, all had rabies.
In 2006, the European Parliament asked the Commission to carry out a study "on the main causes of forest dieback in the European Union, with particular reference to fires and atmospheric pollution, and of possible ways of reducing their occurrence".
By : Desmond Davidson KUCHING: Constant changes introduced by the European Union are making it difficult for timber exporting countries like Malaysia to comply with its timber procurement policies.
