Stumps contain more than 20 % of all biomass of coniferous trees, says the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The university will make an extensive investigation and invest in research to find out the positive as well as the negative consequences of stump extraction.
Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition Horst Seehofer Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Foreword Facts and fi gures are clear and unequivocal.
News A new type of mushroom unique to the Losa valley to the north of Burgos province has been identified by experts from Sestao's Natural Sciences Society.c "I've been looking at it for twenty years, convinced that it belonged to a different species" explained one of them, José Luis Pérez Butrón.
News The Russian National Council of Forestry Certification has submitted the Russian National Forest Certification System for PEFC endorsement. Its full documentation is available at the PEFC Council website www.pefc.org for public consultation and all interested individuals and stakeholders groups are invited to comment on the system by 30 March 2008.
EOL - Encyclopedia of Life WASHINGTON — The first 30,000 pages of the online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled Wednesday as part of an ambitious project to catalogue the 1.8 million species known on Earth.
Commercial forestry, often slated as monoculture, may have an important role to play in maintaining biodiversity. This beneficial effect occurs in nearby fields grazed by livestock, rather than the forest itself. This surprising finding could be important for the conservation of grassland species, which have declined dramatically over the past 100 years as agriculture has intensified in Europe.
News VIENNA - Austria's brown bear population is facing extinction as only two of the animals -- both males -- are still alive out of a population that had numbered at least 35, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.
News Foto:ForestPress Forestry company Egererdő Zrt, which manages Hungary's largest uninterrupted foresty area in the northern part of the country, has asked for help from prosecutors, lawmakers and national tax office APEH against organized crime gangs stealing wood. Illegal loggers are causing tens of millions of forints in damage to the company annually, in addition to incalculable damage to the environment and ecosystem, writes stop.hu, based on a report by the MTI.
Ghana is currently negotiating a timber trade agreement, the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), with the European Union, its biggest export market for timber. The agreement which is likely to be reached by early this year will reduce illegal logging, reverse the devastation of the country’s forests and halt the slide in timber sales to Europe.
We recently bid farewell to Mr. Pekka Patosaari who retired from the UN on 31 December 2007 following a long distinguished career in international forestry.
Press review The digital version of the Erdészeti Lapok (Forestry Journal) issued in 1863. January has been completed It was brought up years ago that the earlier issues of the Forestry Journal – which was founded in 1862, Selmecbánya, by Károly Wagner - should be made accessible also for the general public.
By Tim Hirsch In Environment reporter, Brasilia Suppliers of illegally logged timber could be prosecuted in the countries where it is sold, under new proposals. The move is being tabled at a gathering in Brazil of legislators from the Group of Eight (G8) richest economies and five key developing countries.
OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — Washington state investigators say poachers apparently are using cars to run down deer near Ocean Shores Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Brad L. Rhoden says a search warrant was served on Wednesday, and the meat and hides from about four illegally taken deer were found at a home in the coastal town.
At a conference in Madrid earlier today, PP leader Mariano Rajoy promised that 500 million trees would be planted over the next four years if his party wins the 9th March general election.
Deadly fish, exotic ladybirds and huge jellyfish are just some of the invasive species which threaten the environment and economy in Europe. So warn researchers who have compiled the first comprehensive database of Europe’s invaders and alien species.
By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON - A Bush administration spending plan that would slash money for the Forest Service could lead to massive layoffs at the agency charged with managing 193 million acres of national forests, Democratic lawmakers said yesterday.
CEPF acquires World Bank project on private and community forestry in Albania, Macedonia and Serbia.
By Steve Connor, Science Editor Anna's hummingbird A small hummingbird has been found to "sing" through its tail feathers rather than its voice-box in the same way a wind musician plays a note on a clarinet.
