The German timber industry reported sales increases of 9.5% (EUR18.94 billion), said EUWID. President of the German Association of Wood Working and Plastics Industries (HDH), Dirk-Uwe Klass, announced the results during the association·Żs annual press conference in Cologne on 30 August.
More than 200 forest fires over two days have destroyed homes and ancient woodland, and threatened a world heritage site in Lebanon. The blazes, which firefighters say were most likely caused deliberately, raged near Deir al-Qamar on Tuesday, an ancient Christian town and Unesco world heritage site.
News Dear Colleague, Welcome to the September ‘07 illegal logging email from Chatham House. We send these emails regularly to keep you informed of updates to the illegal logging website and our current work. Forest Governance Stakeholder Update Meetings – Beijing The next International Forest Governance Stakeholder Update meeting in Beijing will be held on the 1st and 2nd November at the Oriental Garden Hotel. The event will focus on industry tools for removing high-risk wood from supply chains and policy, research and civil society developments in the region.
Ivar Legallais-Korsbakken, Norway, was elected as the new chair of the International Family Forestry Alliance at the Annual meeting in Hunting and Fishing Museum in Munich 3 October 2007. Peter de Mars, Canada, was elected as new vice chair. Bob Simpson, USA, who wanted to step down as chair, had accepted and was elected as member of the new board. Antti Sahi Finland was re-elected as Board member and Sabine Bresemann, Germany, was elected as new member into the Board.
News JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesia, which is losing its forests faster than any other country, hopes to plant 79 million trees in a single day ahead of a major U.N. climate change meeting this year, a Forestry Ministry spokesman said Friday.
Starting a new sequence of programs, called “Week of Forests in Hungary” with the involvement of the state forestry shareholding companies was decided in 1996, during the statutory meeting of the “Forest School” Section of the Hungarian Association of Forestry. The professional organizer is the Forest School Section, while the implementing is done by the section members working at the forestry shareholding companies.
In August this year the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) released the updated Bulgarian-English version of its “Important Bird Areas in Bulgaria” inventory. The previous edition was compiled in 1997. Besides being an updated and completed version, the new inventory presents the important bird areas in Bulgaria in the light of the European Natura 2000 ecological network.
News The 21st century will be the “era of renewable timber”, architect Alex de Rijke told delegates at the Building With Wood conference. Mr de Rijke was one of 27 speakers who addressed the conference, which attracted over 260 building professionals to the University of Exeter, and said that the move towards the greater use of timber was being driven by the “global energy crisis”.
News Wood pellet heating, the future market Just prior to Interpellets 2007 and taking place for the seventh time, is the Industry Forum Pellets on 9th and 10th October 2007.
Jozsef Bodig, 73, passed away Sept. 12, 2007, at his residence. In Fort Collins. CO, USA He was born in Gonc, Hungary, on Jan. 20, 1934. He spent his younger years in Gonc before working as a pattern maker in a steel mill in Diosgyor. He finished high school in an accelerated program and enrolled at the University of Sopron in a forest engineering program.
European Forestry Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO/ECE, Forest Communicators Network Timber Committee, Economic Commission for Europe Meeting of the Forest Communicators Network October 9 – 11, 2007, Bled/Slovenia Preliminary AGENDA as of 23 August, 2007 Monday, 8 October Arrival of participants. Transfer from Ljubljana (Airport Brnik) to Bled.
LONDON - Sherwood Forest, home to Britain's legendary Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor, needs money – 50 million pounds (US$100 million) to be precise.
UNITED NATIONS, Leaders from 11 tropical nations, including Brazil and Indonesia, reaffirmed their commitment on the sidelines of a UN summit on climate change to conserve their forests but warned they faced a hard task.
News Ambitious plans for the biggest ever investment in new mountain bike facilities in Sherwood Pines Forest Park have been unveiled today. The Forestry Commission is to undertake a ?300,000 scheme to create a National Centre of Excellence for Off-roading in the 3,000-acre beauty spot, near Clipstone, Nottinghamshire.
News Canada's Forest Products Industry a Global Leader in Sustainability Forest Management and Environmental Performance. Canada is Proud Home to nearly 45% of the World's Certified Forests OTTAWA, - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today re-affirmed that Canada is a global leader in sustainable forest management, having retained 91% of its original forest area, more than any other country in the world, while having had a large and thriving forest products industry for more than a hundred years.
News Hohhot - The forest fire raging in northeast China's Greater Hinggan Mountains, the country's largest forest zone, since Thursday morning has been "brought under control," fire fighters said on Sunday.
Manila – Efforts to protect rain forests in the Philippine from illegal logging received a boost from a $1.5m (?740,000) corporate donation, an environmental group said yesterday. Conservation International said its partnership with Japanese vehicle manufacturer Toyota would provide funds over the next three years to help restore north-eastern forests in an area larger than Switzerland.
News WILKES-BARRE - A black bear that regularly attracted gawkers during its forages through a restaurant's Dumpster in Carbon County was illegally killed with a crossbow, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said. The bear, weighing nearly 600 pounds, was at least 10 years old, wildlife conservation officer Dave Allen said.
