A timber mill on the north coast of New South Wales is the first in Australia to use forest waste to generate electricity. Big River Timbers near Grafton has secured government funding for the project, which it says will halve its $500,000 power bill.
By John Burton Singapore – The UN’s top environment official has backed a European Union plan to require the blending of plant-based biofuels into transport fuels despite environmental groups’ concerns that it could lead to increased deforestation in south-east Asia and Brazil.
News By Shelley Boettcher Sustainable plant is used in flooring, furniture and now clothes Canada's jumping on a new green bandwagon, but these days, it's not just about recycled paper, beleaguered former environment ministers or pop bottles turned into fleece jackets.
News BY EMI ENDO They cool down streets, remove tons of air pollution, boost property values and can even reduce asthma rates. That's why trees - a million of them - will be a part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sweeping plan to prepare the city for future population growth.
It's believed the majority of the countryside fires in the south and west of the country over the weekend were started deliberately. Firefighters in Galway have been struggling to bring the numerous forest and bog fires under control.
News By Christian Tsoumou BRAZZAVILLE - The British government has donated 50 million pounds to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Congo Basin, the world's second largest rainforest, a British diplomat said on Wednesday.
News By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright 23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died.
Dear Forests-L reader, I would like to inform you about a recent series of CIFOR publications on forest rehabilitation (three in Asia and two in Latin America) that may be of interest to your readers/ members. These include the following:
News The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized seven winners of its ‘Champions of the Earth Award’ at a ceremony in Singapore where the agency’s chief praised the activists’ efforts to fight for change.
News A beaver living wild in part of rural Perthshire for the past several months has been captured. It was thought beavers were on the loose after trees started to disappear at a fishery, with the trunks gnawed in two, and then a lodge later emerged.
News The building and renovation boom in Sweden has resulted in an acute shortage of building materials. Prices are increasing and delivery delays are getting longer and longer.
News UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS SEEKS TO FINALIZE NEW INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT AT HEADQUARTERS 16-27 APRIL Over 500 delegates from Governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society are participating in the United Nations Forum on Forests next week at United Nations Headquarters.
News Acrocephalus griseldis BAGHDAD, Iraq - The wildlife conservation movement that has started to emerge in Iraq took off today with the publication of "Field Guide to the Birds of Iraq" in Arabic. Despite ongoing conflict across the country, the unique guide shows that no species has gone extinct in the Mesopotamian marshes since the last assessments were conducted in the 1970s.
News EPHRATA, Wash. — Most of a group of 20 endangered rabbits that were reintroduced to the wild with great fanfare last month have been killed by predators, state officials said.
ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION You are cordially invited to the launching event during the 7th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests of “The Joint CPF Initiative on Science and Technology – Supporting the Intergovernmental Process by Effectively Linking Science and Policy”
News The 24th issue of MEA Bulletin includes reports on the 51st meeting of the Executive Committee for the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol and a roundtable organized by the Convention on Biodiversity for experts on the interlinkages between biodiversity and climate change.
BELGRADE - Serbia's customs authorities seized a shipment of 98 rare butterflies from the Solomon Islands intended for illegal sale, the country's environment protection office said on Tuesday.
News Moscow - Aerospace monitoring has shown that the aggregate volume of illegally produced timber in Russia last year amounted to 1.02 million cubic meters, an official said. A preliminary sum of forfeit to be demanded from forest fund users reached 1.77 billion roubles, deputy director of the Federal Agency for Forestry Mikhail Giryayev said.
