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INFOSYLVA is an information service provided by the FAO Forestry Department with news on forestry in English, French and Spanish.
INFOSYLVA est le service d’information du Département des forêts de la FAO, qui fait le point de l’actualité dans ce secteur, en anglais, français et espagnol.
INFOSYLVA es el servicio de información suministrado por el Departamento Forestal de la FAO con noticias sobre las actividades forestales, en inglés, francés y español.
Cheemin Gloria Kwon
Information and Documentation Officer
Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Tel: (39-06) 5705-4464
Email: cheemin.kwon@fao.org
FAO forestry newsroom: http://www.fao.org/forestry/newsroom/en/news/index.html
Here is the 2007-11 newsletter of INFOSYLVA :
Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 14-28 May 2007
Cameroon:
Des Pygmées dans la forêt des désillusions
http://www.syfia.info/fr/article.asp?article_num=4696
Canada:
Des scientifiques appelent le Canada à protéger sa forêt boréale
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/en_francais/story.html?id=7d4deb6f-ca6a-4fc5-970a-e0759861c468&k=35123
France :
L’hectare de forêt se vend près de 5.000 euros
http://www.lesechos.fr/patrimoine/immobilier/300169376.htm
Ghana:
Threats of Desertification Must Be Taken Seriously
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705211574.html
India:
Degraded forest land may be leased to industry through creation of special economic zones
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/VIEW_Degraded_forest_land_may_be_leased_to_industry_through_creation_of_special_economic_zones/articleshow/2069870.cms
Indonesia:
Indonesian hardwood on brink of extinction: activists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070525/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironment_070525102525;_ylt=AqKeHwQSqo9cCdAay2s_xT7POrgF
Japan:
6 arrested in bid-rigging for forest road projects
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200705250110.html
Kenya:
Sh28 Million to Be Spent On Water Source
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705231119.html
Republic of Korea:
Citizens, environmental groups concerned over spraying
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/212219.html
Malaysia:
Malaysia Uproots Forest to Build Graveyard
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-05-25T082650Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-299856-1.xml&archived=False
Mexico:
Promueve la Conafor cuidado del bosque y recursos naturales
http://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/archivo/130657.promueve-la-conafor-cuidado-del-bosque-y-recu.siglo
New Zealand:
Concern as forest area shrinks again
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4072731a3600.html
Nigeria:
Multi-Billion Dollars Alternative Fuels Initiative Threatened
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705150550.html
Uganda:
Bidco Drops Bid for Bugala Forests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705250010.html
Cabinet Suspends Mabira Giveaway
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220121.html
Earning Billions While Preserving Forests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220007.html
Farmers Earn Sh5 Million From Carbon Credit
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705231103.html
Forestry Officials Intervene in Land Row
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705210075.html
Govt Calls Off Mabira Forest Give-Away
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220133.html
Maathai Pleads for Forests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705180210.html
Mukono Leaders Offer Metha Land
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705160063.html
Nobel Laureate Warns On Forests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705170665.html
Rotarians Join Crusade to Save Forests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705210430.html
Zimbabwe:
Forestry Commission to Purchase Mobile Sawmills
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705220518.html
Other:
UN Wins Pledges to Plant Billion Trees
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705250585.html
Maathai Wants a Billion Trees to Be Planted
http://allafrica.com/stories/200705221423.html
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