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FAO INFOSYLVA 2007-19

Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 10-17 September 2007

Brazil:
AMAZON FARMERS GROW GRAIN AND SAVE THE FOREST
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0918/p01s05-woam.html

Canada:
Alberta plans firewall to halt pine beetles
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070919.BCBEETLE19/TPStory/National

China:
Premier orders prevention against forest fires
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/18/content_6113054.htm

Tibet striving to curb desertification
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/19/content_6754752.htm

India:
‘Support of local people crucial in forest management’
http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/19/stories/2007091953910400.htm

Centre assures funds to Punjab to increase forest cover area
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=1642

Indonesia:
Carbon for forests will help Aceh recover from war, tsunami
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0918-aceh.html

Kenya:
Battle Lines Drawn as Plans to Revive Forest Farms Unveiled
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709110628.html

Mexico:
Buscarán que los bosques rindan 5% del PIB en 2015
http://www.milenio.com/mexico/milenio/nota.asp?id=550427

Uganda:
Deforestation Exacerbates Flooding
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709180091.html

Vietnam:
Priorities set for forestry development until 2015
http://www.vneconomy.com.vn/eng/?param=article&catid=08&id=736ec1f918db2b

Zimbabwe:
Border Timbers Fails to Meet Planting Targets
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709170242.html

Climate change:
Forest chief: Use trees to make ethanol, offset gas use
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/10/forests.ethanol.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

Forest countries seek carbon credits; World’s most polluted places named
http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1011159.shtml

Sorting the wood from the trees in climate change
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/sorting-the-wood-from-the-trees-in-climate-change/2007/09/14/1189276982691.html

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Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 3-10 September 2007

Brazil:
As Brazil’s rain forest burns down, planet heats up
http://news.trendaz.com/cgi-bin/readnews2.pl?newsId=997307&lang=EN

Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Congo fighting threatens gorillas
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/09/congo.gorillas.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

Holy See :
El Vaticano ‘adopta’ un bosque para compensar sus emisiones de CO2
http://www.ideal.es/granada/prensa/20070906/vivir/vaticano-adopta-bosque-para_20070906.htmlIndia:
Govt plans mega forest project
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_plans_mega_forest_project/articleshow/2353732.cms

Indonesia:
Indonesia says more money needed to stop deforestation
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2027346.htm?section=world

Pakistan:
Ban on forest cutting main cause of forest depletion in NWFP: Shah Raz Khan
http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16202&Itemid=2

APEC:
APEC charts paths for sustainable development
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/10/content_6092242.htm

Central Africa:
Prof. Wangari Maathai - ‘The Congo Forest Has Not Received Much Attention as it Should’
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709050769.html

Wangari Wants Trust Fund for Congo Basin Forest
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709050867.html