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Issue date: 
Feb. 3, 2011

Inadequate reforestation goes from bad to worse

British Columbia is blessed by nature with a vast, ecologically rich forest estate that also has been a source of sustained economic wealth for more than a century. But today there are troubling signs that the most important of natural assets is facing challenges never before seen.

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03 Feb 2011

Renewable energy could power the world by 2050, says WWF report

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All of the world’s energy needs could be provided cleanly, sustainably and economically by 2050, according to a major, two-year study by the WWF.

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February 03, 2011

UN report lauds India for adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year

Asia is leading afforestation activity in the world with a significant contribution from India which is adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year, a senior UN official said. "I would highlight India, which still has important population growth. The forests in India are growing at 300,000

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3rd February 2011

Government 'failing on illegal logging pledge' - Caroline Lucas


A note from the editor: Ms. Lucas is still continuing her misleading campaign... Why? Read here...

Issue date: 
05 February 2011

'Major shift' needed to halt deforestation

A paradigm shift in global forest management is needed to halt tropical deforestation, said Global Witness at the start of the UN’s International Year of Forests. The status quo effectively legalises the destruction of natural forests by logging operations, subsidised by tax-dollars. Without efforts to overturn this, international action to prevent irreversible climate change will founder and the livelihoods of over a billion forest-dependent people will be at risk.

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04 Feb 2011

Government's forestry plans threaten to fell biomass ambitions

As with many environmentalists, the protests against the government's plans to sell off the bulk of the UK's forest estate have struck something of a nerve with me.

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February 3rd, 2011

Join the Canadian Institute of Forestry

The Canadian Institute of Forestry has launched a membership drive to reach out to potential new members.

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February 02, 2011

If money grew on trees

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04.02.2011

''Al Jazeera'' reports on Latvia's rapid deforestation

he London based Qatari news channel ''Al Jazeera English'' has aired an investigative report on Latvia's rapid deforestation, blaming state-owned joint-stock company Latvijas Valsts mezi (Latvian State Forests, LVM) on cutting down the country's forests.

Issue date: 
2 February 2011

International Year of Forests launched

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