[MPWG] forwarded: FAO forestry news

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Tue Mar 29 07:55:18 CST 2005


N. 1                03/2005
 
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Dear forestry colleagues;
FAO is  offering periodic e-bulletins with news from FAO and selected non-FAO 
news  clippings related to forestry that are available in English, French or  
Spanish.  FAO news items are available in all three languages.   Non-FAO news 
clippings are available only in their original  language.

Estimados colegas del sector forestal:
La FAO brinda  periódicamente boletines electrónicos con noticias  de la FAO 
y noticias  seleccionadas no pertenecientes a la FAO de recortes de prensa 
relacionados con  el sector forestal que se hallan disponibles en inglés, francés 
o español. Las  noticias de la FAO se hallan disponibles en las tres lenguas. 
Las noticias de  recortes que no proceden de la FAO se hallan disponibles 
sólo en su lengua  original.

Chers collègues des forêts;
La FAO publie des   bulletins électroniques périodiques  sur l’actualité de 
la FAO ainsi que  des coupures web  sur l’actualité d’autres organismes s’
occupant des  forêts, en anglais, en français et en espagnol. Les informations sur 
la FAO sont  disponibles dans les trois langues, alors que les coupures web 
sur les autres  organismes ne sont disponibles que dans la langue originale. 

New website on forest  invasive species
24 March 2005, Rome - A new website on forest  invasive species in Africa 
will enable countries to share information on  outbreaks and on ways to tackle 
them.
_http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100308/index.html_ 
(http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100308/index.html) 

Economic viability,  critical requirement for sustainable forest management
17 March 2005,  Rome - Economic viability, including the environmental and 
social benefits  deriving from forests, is a pre-requisite for wider adoption of 
sustainable  forest management practices, FAO said today.
_http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100241/index.html_ 
(http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100241/index.html) 

Forest fires,  tsunami, deforestation and Millennium Goals
15 March 2005 -  International cooperation on forest fires, combating 
deforestation, and the role  of forests in post-tsunami rehabilitation and in 
achieving the Millennium  Development Goals are among the issues being discussed at 
high-level meetings at  FAO this week.
_http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100228/index.html_ 
(http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100228/index.html) 

Nobel Peace laureate  Wangari Maathai to address high-level FAO meeting on 
forests
14 March  2005, Rome - Wangari Maathai, who received the Nobel Peace prize 
last year for  her dedication to the conservation of the environment by planting 
trees all over  Africa, will address a high-level FAO meeting on forests 
tomorrow in Rome.  
_http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100219/index.html_ 
(http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100219/index.html) 

 
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News clippings: 21-28 March  2005

Canada:
_http://radio-canada.ca/regions/colombie-britannique/nouvelles/200503/26/001-f
eux_foret.shtml_ 
(http://radio-canada.ca/regions/colombie-britannique/nouvelles/200503/26/001-feux_foret.shtml) 
La  saison des feux de forêt pourrait faire rage plus tôt

Chile:
_http://www.enn.com/aff.html?id=486_ (http://www.enn.com/aff.html?id=486) 
Inauguration  Opens Nearly 150,000 Acres of Protected Chilean Rainforest

China:
_http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/23/content_2734804.htm_ 
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/23/content_2734804.htm) 
Forest  fire monitoring equipment debuts in Beijing

Democratic Republic of the Congo
_http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200503230279.html_ 
(http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200503230279.html) 
La  forêt de la province Orientale exploitatées anarchiquement

Costa Rica:
_http://www.misionesonline.net/paginas/noticia.php?db=noticias2005&id=4349_ 
(http://www.misionesonline.net/paginas/noticia.php?db=noticias2005&id=4349) 
Coordinan  estrategias con Costa Rica para la preservación ecológica

India:
_http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=03272_ 
(http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=03272) 
Assam  govt gearing up to protect forest

Indonesia:
_http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4376381.stm_ 
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4376381.stm) 
Aceh  regeneration fuels logging threat 

Japan:
_http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:423ed980:8cef8e9ec2cca?ty
pe=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7960090_ 
(http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:423ed980:8cef8e9ec2cca?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_
ZA&storyID=7960090) 
Japan  firm sponsors Madagascan forest project

Kenya:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240822.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240822.html) 
Ogieks  in Bid to Block Mau Forest Allocations

Malaysia:
_http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/NST32287051.txt/Articl
e/indexb_html_ 
(http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/NST32287051.txt/Article/indexb_html) 
Logging  posing threat to forest reserve

_http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/22/nation/10479851&sec=nati
on_ 
(http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/22/nation/10479851&sec=nation) 
Sabah  on alert for possible forest fires

Panama:
_http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4333617.stm_ 
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4333617.stm) 
Builders  threaten Panama forests 

The  Philippines:
_http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=31745_ 
(http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=31745) 
Anti-logging  measure hits charcoal trade

Russia:
_http://www.times.spb.ru/archive/times/1056/news/n_15256.htm_ 
(http://www.times.spb.ru/archive/times/1056/news/n_15256.htm) 
Ecologists  Ask Firms To Act to Save Forests

Rwanda:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503180469.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503180469.html) 
Umutara,  Kigali-Ngali to Have Bamboo Woodlands

South Africa:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240293.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240293.html) 
Yorkcor  Doubles Profit As Timber Demand Shoots Up

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503220495.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503220495.html) 
Communities  Receive Training in Forestry Management

Uganda:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503281127.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503281127.html) 
Otafiire  Orders Wetland Occupants to Vacate

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503281123.html_ (http://allafrica.com/stori
es/200503281123.html) 
Evicted  Forest Encroachers in Misery

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503280979.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503280979.html) 
Will  Energy Saving Stoves Make Bushenyi Green Again?

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240460.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240460.html) 
Tree  Talk Tipped for Award

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503211423.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503211423.html) 
Environmental  Abuse High in Moyo District

_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503210497.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503210497.html) 
Forests  Contribute $190m to Livelihood

USA:
_http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/23/greenhouse.gases.ap/index.html_ 
(http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/23/greenhouse.gases.ap/index.html) 
Government  to track greenhouse gas reductions

_http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050328-075730-7518r.htm_ 
(http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050328-075730-7518r.htm) 
Demand  for U.S. recycled paper increases

Zambia:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503210640.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503210640.html) 
Deforestation  On Mbabala Island Worries Sakeni

 
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News clippings: 14 to 21 March  2005

Argentina:
_http://www.ipsnoticias.net/interna.asp?idnews=33202_ 
(http://www.ipsnoticias.net/interna.asp?idnews=33202) 
Más  soja, menos bosque y nada de agua

Canada:
_http://radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/nouvelles/200503/17/016-chaire-fore
t.asp_ 
(http://radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/nouvelles/200503/17/016-chaire-foret.asp) 
Création  d'une chaire de recherche sur la forêt boréale

_http://radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/nouvelles/200503/17/009-foret-certi
fication.asp_ 
(http://radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/nouvelles/200503/17/009-foret-certification.asp) 
La  forêt québécoise à l'heure du développement durable

China:
_http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/19/content_2717353.htm_ 
(http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/19/content_2717353.htm) 
Ancient  poplar forest in Xinjiang to open to visitors

Colombia:
_http://semana2.terra.com.co/opencms/opencms/Semana/articulo.html?id=85367_ 
(http://semana2.terra.com.co/opencms/opencms/Semana/articulo.html?id=85367) 
Ya  son más de 900 las hectáreas de bosque quemadas en los últimos tres  días

Ghana:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503070959.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503070959.html) 
Chainsaw  Operators Deforest Amobaka Off Reserves

Kenya:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503140153.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503140153.html) 
Logging  Threatens Cultural Forests

Malaysia:
_http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/20/nation/10469175&sec=nati
on_ 
(http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/3/20/nation/10469175&sec=nation) 
Sustainable  forest projects eligible for EC-UNDP grants

Morocco:
_http://www.lematin.ma/journal/article.asp?id=regio&ida=45497_ 
(http://www.lematin.ma/journal/article.asp?id=regio&ida=45497) 
Journée  mondiale de la forêt : Plantation de 8000 arbres

Mozambique:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200503180344.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200503180344.html) 
Foreigners  Damage Forest Resources in Zambezia

Thailand:
_http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Outlook/19Mar2005_out65.php_ 
(http://www.bangkokpost.com/en/Outlook/19Mar2005_out65.php) 
Saving  the forests

Spain:
_http://www.abc.es/abc/pg050321/prensa/noticias/Sociedad/Medio_Ambiente/200503
/21/NAC-SOC-089.asp_ 
(http://www.abc.es/abc/pg050321/prensa/noticias/Sociedad/Medio_Ambiente/200503/21/NAC-SOC-089.asp) 
En  España perdemos cada año 75.000 hectáreas de arbolado a causa de los  
incendios

US:
_http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050321/NEWS/503210336_ 
(http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050321/NEWS/503210336) 
As  U.S. Forest Service celebrates 100 years, it seeks a path to the  future

Vietnam:
_http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=143
426_ 
(http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=143426) 
Viet  Nam attends FAO conferences on sustainable forest development

Others:
_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4365393.stm_ 
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4365393.stm) 
Palm  Sunday plan to save parrots 

_http://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/425027.htm_ 
(http://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/425027.htm) 
Nobel  laureate in Congo forest appeal

_http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1442231,00.html_ 
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1442231,00.html) 
Top-level  study of rainforests' secrets

_http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/03/21/ciencia/1111410270.html_ 
(http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/03/21/ciencia/1111410270.html) 
El  mundo pierde cada año una superficie de bosque equivalente a Portugal

_http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=283654_ 
(http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=283654) 
La  forêt, arme de guerre, arme de paix

 
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