Read at : FAO INFOSYLVA 2008-6
“Kwon, Cheemin (FOEL)” <Cheemin.Kwon@fao.org>
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Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 8-14 April/Avril/Abril 2008
Angola:
U?ge - Environment Preservation Recommended
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804101253.html
Argentina:
El Senado tratara la proxima semana la ley del bosque platense
http://www.aninoticias.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=12391
La proteccion del bosque nativo tiene media sanci?n
http://www.eldiariodeparana.com.ar/textocomp.asp?id=142819
Australia:
ASEAN ministers discuss forest fire haze
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2211451.htm?tab=asia
Australian PM proposes co-op with China in tackling climate change
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/12/content_7965906.htm
Carbon scheme will help save Aceh forest
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200804/s2214030.htm
Brazil:
Brazil opens condom factory to help preserve the Amazon rain forest
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/08/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Condom-Factory.php
Canada:
Greenpeace warns of ‘carbon bomb’ from logging practices in boreal forest
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=b7595e7b-ec99-45bd-8517-31834c1955db
Cambodia, Vietnam:
Cambodia, Vietnam exchange methods on protecting forests, wildlife
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6389505.html
China:
Forest fire in Shangrila still out of control
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/09/content_6603604.htm
Chinese vice premier orders tougher measures for forest fire prevention
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/10/content_7955040.htm
Forest fire retreats in southwest China, after raging for one week
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/13/content_7967806.htm
Gabon:
DLH acquires forest concession in Gabon
http://www.ihb.de/wood/news/DLH_forest_concession_Gabon_16766.html
Greece:
EU to give Greece 90 mln euros for forest fires
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL08789646
India:
Govt reports marginal decline in forest cover
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=35401
Indonesia:
Indonesia failing to stop forest destruction: Greenpeace
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jW3yboj1FSvJ3XjTqXVsVVTHrlZA
Kenya:
Civic leader sounds the alarm on forest
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=120877
Rare Monkey Species Threatened With Extinction
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804110188.html
Mauritius:
Slowing Deforestation May Be Worth $Billions
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804081075.html
Mexico:
Incendio consume mas de tres hectareas del Bosque de Chapultep
http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2008/04/08/221259/
Namibia:
Community Forestry Project in Omaheke
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804080639.html
New Zealand:
Owners ‘de-forest’ replanted land
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10502716
Paraguay:
Agrot?xicos y corrupci?n amenazan extinguir bosque atl?ntico
http://www.jakueke.com/articulo.php?ID=6981
Russia:
Russia Plans Timber Tracking to Control Illegal Logging
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008/2008-04-10-02.asp
UK:
Campaign to save forest reptiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/7344063.stm
Vietnam:
Seventy-five forest fires flare in a day
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01SOC100408
Ecological tourism development to protect forest biodiversity
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2008/04/777802/
Amazon:
Amazon alliance to help forest communities
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/08/eabrazil108.xml
Rainforests:
Valuing the rainforests
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/09/Rainforestcapital/index.html
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Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 31 March -7 April/Avril/Abril 2008
Bangladesh:
Environmental groups concern over seismic survey at Lawachhara forest
http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200804074087/environment-news/environmental-groups-concern-over-seismic-survey-at-lawachhara-forest.html
Bulgaria
Annual Forest Week tree-planting campaign starts
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/annual-forest-week-tree-planting-campaign-starts/id_28640/catid_66
Canada:
Forest industry seeks aid from province
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/17587.cfm
China:
China’s top leaders join Olympics planting day
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/05/content_7923337.htm
Forest fire quenched in north China’s Inner Mongolia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/05/content_7922871.htm
Forest fires kill 82 in China in first quarter
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/04/content_7916969.htm
Republic of Congo:
Congo : L’exportation du bois gangren?e par la fraude
http://www.gaboneco.com/show_article.php?IDActu=6810
Ghana:
Farmers Resist Newmont Operations in Ajenua Bepo Forest
http://allafrica.com/stories/200803311331.html
India:
Insurance for Orissa forest officials in Maoist-hit areas
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Insurance_for_Orissa_forest_officials_in_Maoist-hit_areas/articleshow/2920998.cms
Indonesia:
Greenpeace campaigner: Peatland forest destruction continues in Indonesia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/07/content_7935938.htm
Lebanon:
Forest group announces results of preservation project
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=90697
Liberia:
Experts Discuss Forest Management
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804030790.html
Global Witness Warns Over Rush To Log Forest
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804021071.html
Hailing the Forest Sector Discourse
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804030990.html
Nigeria:
Country’s Forest Could Go By 2020
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804070454.html
The Philippines:
From raw lumber to value addition
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2008/04/07/feat/from.raw.lumber.to.value.addition.html
Uganda:
Implement National Biomass Energy Strategy
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804031101.html
Amazon:
Fires main threat to Amazon in drier climate: study
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKL0646074720080407
Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-carter_amazon.html
Books:
Publisher creates ‘green’ books
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7334417.stm
Climate change:
Forest dwellers from 11 nations form alliance over climate change
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/04/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Forest-Dwellers.php
The great carbon con: Can offsetting really help to save the planet?
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-great-carbon-con-can-offsetting-really-help-to-save-the-planet-803933.html
Un bosque para neutralizar las emisiones de CO2
http://elmundomotor.elmundo.es/elmundomotor/2008/04/04/usuarios/1207305278.html
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