INFOSYLVA is an information service of news clippings provided by the FAO Forestry Information Centre with news on forestry in English, French and Spanish.
INFOSYLVA est un service d'information à partir de coupures de presse, mis à disposition par le Centre d'Information sur les Forêts de la FAO et qui fait le point de l'actualité dans ce secteur, en anglais, français et espagnol.
INFOSYLVA es el servicio de información de recortes de prensa suministrado por el Centro de Informacion Forestal de la FAO con noticias sobre las actividades forestales, en inglés, francés y español.
N. 21 2008
Forthcoming Events
UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event - Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Events/COP14-ForestDay/forest_day2008.htm
New publications Understanding forest tenure in South and Southeast Asia http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/j8167e/j8167e00.htm
Understanding forest tenure in Africa: opportunities and challenges for forest tenure diversification http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/i0161b/i0161b00.htm
Tenure security for better forestry ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai072e/ai072e00.pdf
FAO Beirut, UN and NGO team up against forest fires http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=97743
City wetlands face extinction due to heavy encroachment http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/City_wetlands_face_extinction_due_to_heavy_encroac hment_75109.shtml
UN: 'Carbon sink' Africa counters greenhouse gases' impact http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243243,un-carbon-sink-africa-counters-greenhouse-gases- impact.html
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Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 16 – 30 November 2008
Africa África ayuda a 'limpiar' el aire de la Tierra http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/11/25/ciencia/1227634653.html
Environmental restoration of the African Taita Hills http://www.helsinki.fi/news/archive/11-2008/20-14-16-04.html
Pour la restauration de la mangrove http://www.afriquenligne.fr/actualites/environnement/environnement:-pour-la-restauration-de-la- mangrove-2008112416691.html
Trade carbon for food security http://allafrica.com/stories/200811280705.html
Australia Greens claim forestry cop out http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5177525/greens-claim-forestry-cop-out/
Brazil Amazon deforestation accelerates http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7756241.stm
Brazil Amazon destruction rises after 3-year fall http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AR5W420081128
Brazil cracks down on Amazon loggers after riot http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ7GT20081127
Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1122-brazil.html
Brazil to use body-heat sensing technology to find uncontacted Amazon tribes http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1119-brazil.html
Brazil uses radar to protect isolated tribes http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/brazil-tribes-amazon-forest
Indians, blacks push for more say in Brazil's agenda http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AK61X20081121?pageNumber=1&virtual BrandChannel=0
Mob attacks offices over Brazil logging crackdown http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AO04Q20081125
Police break up riot over logging http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/26/amazon-deforestation-protest-paragominas- ibamaamazon-deforestation-protest-paragominas
Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081119-lost-cities-amazon.html
Troops sent to Amazon after violent protests at Brazil logging crackdown http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/25/brazil-forests
Cameroon Nace un nuevo parque nacional para proteger al más escaso de los grandes simios http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/11/27/ciencia/1227777554.html
Canada 1 milliard pour la forêt http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/quebec2008/2008/11/21/018-adq-foret.shtml
Climate change still a concern despite economy http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081126/climate_change_081126/20081126?hub= BritishColumbiaHome
Diverses solutions pour mettre fin à la crise forestière http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/dossiers/elections-quebecoises/200811/15/01-801138-diverses- solutions-pour-mettre-fin-a-la-crise-forestiere.php
Forêt et agriculture http://www.lbr.ca/article-2-9845.html
Help forestry industry, B.C. urges Ottawa http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081124.wbccampbell24/BNStory/National/?p age=rss&id=RTGAM.20081124.wbccampbell24
Le RAC participe à un colloque sur la sylviculture http://www.forum17.com/article-276161-Le-RAC-participe-a-un-colloque-sur-la-sylviculture.html
Les propriétaires de lots boisés ne doivent pas être ignorés http://letoileshediac.jminforme.ca/article/486052
McGuinty not worried B.C. forestry complaints will undermine auto aid http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081125/national/ont_auto_aid_1
Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forest http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI5IZ20081119
Students learn value of reforestation http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=5f9b8bc4-ccc9-4d1f-ade8- c933a50eb0c7&k=98875
Chile 4.000 empleos se han perdido en el sector forestal en Chile http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2108&Itemid=30
China China's crops at risk from massive erosion http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AK1J220081121
China sowing forests in tree-starved areas http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/11/26/China_sowing_forests_in_tree-starved_areas/UPI- 57431227719687/
Desertification causes yearly loss of 54 billion yuan in China http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6541192.html
Poplars planted near Great Wall boost Chinese Region’s rainfall http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=a8r1AfgJ1.FM
Soil erosion threatens land of 100m Chinese, survey finds http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/21/china-soil-erosion-population
Colombia Just saying 'no' is not enough http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/19/colombia-cocaine-rainforests
Illegal drug use destroys rainforests http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1118-cocaine.html
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Violence Reaches Endangered Mountain Gorillas http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/world/africa/18congo.html?ref=earth
DR Congo restores control of Virunga National Park http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6541335.html
Rangers return to Congo gorilla park after a year http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AK61620081121?pageNumber=1&virtual BrandChannel=0
Finland Forest industry is the top user of mobile technology in Finland http://www.forest.fi/smyforest/foresteng.nsf/fa89b3360d6db5b2c22573a6005059ec/17af8d62b191159 3c225750c003bb869?OpenDocument
Has WWF lost its trust in the FSC? http://www.forest.fi/smyforest/foresteng.nsf/fa89b3360d6db5b2c22573a6005059ec/5e33a10faa10d14 ac2257504003eac68?OpenDocument
New kinds of forestry plans to be in use in 2010 http://www.forest.fi/smyforest/foresteng.nsf/fa89b3360d6db5b2c22573a6005059ec/e38502118a5d9ba 4c225750f00307709?OpenDocument
France France gives Indonesia 200 mln dollars to fight climate change http://www.ttc.org/200811251250.mapcobv25969.htm
Ile-de-France : Le Préfet installe la nouvelle Commission régionale de la forêt et des produits forestiers http://www.newspress.fr/communique_209476_631.aspx
Interview Ségolène Royal http://www.le-mag.fr/actualites-agricoles/articles/Interview/S-Gol-Ne-Royal-881-39-1.html
Un plan regional en faveur des forêts et des bois http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/dossiers/journal/index.php?dep=86&num=1016070
Haiti How Haiti hopes to break the cycle of disaster: restoring its lost forests http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/23/forests-flooding
India Devotees causing deforestation in Gujarat http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-51031.html
India's 'death road' exacts a heavy toll http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7522166.stm
Indonesia Borneo's moment of truth http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/borneo/white-text
Indonesia to plant 100 million trees this year http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI2S920081119
Trees for kids: Indonesia's way of beating global warming http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AN2CO20081124
Ireland Mechanized logging under consideration http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/11/17/local/60lo_081117_logging.txt
Japan How Japan plans to meet Kyoto emissions-cut goal http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AG1HK20081117
Jordan Jordan grapples with water crisis http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081127/sc_afp/unclimatewarmingjordanwater;_ylt=AgeD0wllBxdGO1b oKQ1K9xZpl88F
Kenya Growing Money on Trees? http://www.ratio-magazine.com/20081121305/Kenya/Kenya-Growing-Money-on-Trees.html
Madagascar South Korea to lease half of Madagascar's arable land for corn, oil palm production http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1119-madagascar.html
Malaysia Brainstorm on preserving Belum-Temengor rainforest http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/17/nation/20081117173653&sec=nation
Face to face with orangutans http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/ci_10958002
La industria forestal de Malasia busca socios industriales y comerciales http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2100&Itemid=30
Malaysia's indigenous people to get land rights for first time http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1119-malaysia.html
Pressure mounts on palm oil producers http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/rup152/Article/index_html
Netherlands Watterboxx grows forest in the desert http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20081117/tts-forest-in-the-desert-993ba14.html
Nigeria Country solicits IFAD’s assistance over desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/200811280725.html
Desertification: 35 million affected in the North http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200550.html
Papua New Guinea Conflict in PNG between govt and landowners over REDD carbon trading http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1117-png.html
Paraguay Deforestación acosa a indígenas ayoreos http://www.biodiversidadla.org/content/view/full/45751
Last uncontacted tribe in Paraguay rapidly losing homeland http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1119-paraguay.html
Portugal Ordenan la quema de una carga de madera de Portugal afectada por el ‘nematodo del pino’ http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2085&Itemid=30
Spain Caen un 25 por ciento los incendios forestales en Castilla-La Mancha en época de riesgo alto http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2127&Itemid=30
Confemadera exige al gobierno deducciones fiscales y apoyo para la creación de Clusters http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2123&Itemid=30
Confemadera promociona la Formación Profesional en los centros educativos de toda España http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2122&Itemid=30
El Cabildo de Gran Canaria destinará 6,8 millones de euros a reparar los daños del incendio forestall http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2070&Itemid=30
El Cabildo de Tenerife cerró la campaña forestal de 2008 con un incendio y 34 conatos http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2106&Itemid=30
Hunosa destinará 1.700 hectáreas de monte a producir biomasa para su térmica http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2103&Itemid=30
La Red Iberoamericana de Bosques Modelo pide que los gobiernos reconozcan su relevancia política http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2111&Itemid=30
Sudan Another Darfur casualty: trees http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/another-darfur-casualty-trees/
Darfur: trees fall as brick houses rise http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/darfur-trees-fall-as-brick-houses-rise/
Over 2 billion needed for aid to Sudan: UN http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/242582,over-2-billion-needed-for-aid-to-sudan-un.html
Switzerland Le bois, une énergie qui se développe partout en Suisse http://www.24heures.ch/vaud/bois-energie-developpe-suisse-2008-11-23
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Macedonians plant six million trees in single day http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI49U20081119
Tunisia Head of State plants olive tree on the occasion of National Tree Day http://allafrica.com/stories/200811170873.html
Uganda Country faces timber shortage http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200052.html
Don’t cut the tree you stand on http://allafrica.com/stories/200811250031.html
Forest manager resigns http://allafrica.com/stories/200811270036.html
Investors seek to avert timber crisis http://allafrica.com/stories/200812010109.html
Mpigi to fight forest encroachers http://allafrica.com/stories/200811270110.html
Museveni stops sale of forests http://allafrica.com/stories/200811240004.html
Tobacco blamed for deforestation http://allafrica.com/stories/200811270041.html
Tobacco garmers deplete trees http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190633.html
United Kingdom Anger over plans for New Forest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7741197.stm
Forest dwellers fight draft plans http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7741303.stm
Forestry proposals leave a question-mark over public access http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.2470703.0.Forestry_proposals_leave_a_questi onmark_over_public_access.php
Forestry sector still eyes growth http://business.scotsman.com/business/Forestry--sector-still-eyes.4741488.jp
Fury over plan to lease swathes of forest to business http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2470044.0.fury_over_plan_to_lease_swat hes_of_forest_to_business.php
Leasing quarter of Scotland's forests 'would raise £200m' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5226713.ece
United States of America Arden más de 3.000 hectáreas en California http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2059&Itemid=30
Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18trees.html?_r=1&ref=earth
Burned out California wildfire evacuees return http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/18/usa-natural-disasters-fire-california
California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AG0Z320081119?pageNumber=1&virtual BrandChannel=0
California joins effort to fight global warming by saving rainforests http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1119-redd.html
Changing Californian climate 'will make wildfires worse' http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/19/climatechange-usa
In the West, Beetles Become Business Opportunities http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/beetles/?scp=8&sq=forest&st=cse
Plummeting lumber values having affect http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/outdoors/s_598769.html?source=rss&feed=3
Project would remove dead trees along forest roads http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/11/28/local/65lo_081128_trees.txt
Schwarzenegger's bid to save the rainforest http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2008/nov/21/forests-conservation
U.S. and Indonesia link up on forest carbon credits http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI3BK20081119
World ¿A quién pertenecen los bosques del mundo? http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2093&Itemid=32
Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1126-agroforestry.html
Carbon trading to fight deforestation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Earth/Carbon_trading_to_fight_deforestation/articleshow/3721379.c ms
Climate Change and indigenous groups http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/25/fea02.asp
Climate change puts forests and people at risk, adaptation needed to avert crisis http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200811281902.htm
Combustibles realmente económicos a partir de la celulosa http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2125&Itemid=31
Coordinated effort needed to cut deforestation via carbon markets http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1118-redd.html
Forest protection plan could displace millions, say campaigners http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/24/forests-climatechange
Forests under threat from climate change http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ7EN20081127
Forestry group lobbies for carbon credits http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Earth/Forest_lobbies_for_carbon_credits/articleshow/3764412.cms
“Green" palm oil sales expected to pick up http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4AO2RQ20081125
Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1126-redd.html
Hyundai Initiates CO2 Offset Program for all 2009 Genesis Sedans http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Hyundai-Initiates-CO2-Offset- Program/story.aspx?guid=%7B66F3DB16-7AA3-4A93-82B2-73B6F7199FB4%7D
ImageTree and CATHALAC collaborate to build carbon-credit ecomarket infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ADDING-MULTIMEDIA-ImageTree-CATHALAC- Collaborate/story.aspx?guid=%7BA8423D3E-C7BB-47B9-838C-89BCCEF594F3%7D
La crisis financiera podría allanar el camino para una economía más verde inspirada en la naturaleza http://www.portalforestal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2062&Itemid=31
Les travailleurs oubliés http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/est-quebec/2008/11/25/002-film-sylviculture.asp
Los conflictos por el control de los recursos naturales http://elmercuriodigital.es/content/view/14613/146/
New carbon standard set for forestry trading http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AH00L20081118
New rules establish market for saving rainforests through carbon trading http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1118-vcs.html
New standard to help forestry projects enter carbon market http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2230705/forest-offset-credits-valid
People 'must be willing to make sacrifices to cut climate change' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3521567/People-must-be-willing-to-make-sacrifices-to- cut-climate-change.html
Plans to protect forests could do the opposite, warns Friends of the Earth http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/25/friends-earth-forests
Politics and technical concerns thwart efforts to use carbon markets to halt deforestation http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/bc-pat112108.php
Rainforest nations want coordinated carbon effort http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AH7DX20081118
Technology used in forestry could lead to more crater discoveries http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/11/25/edm-alberta-meteor-technology.html?ref=rss
Temperate Rain Forests http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/rainforests- temperate/hohrivervalleymosstree2.html
Trees and Consumption: A Forest of Calculations http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/trees-and-consumption-a-forest-of- calculations/?scp=2&sq=forest&st=cse
Trees to fight warming? Insurers ponder risks http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AQ0HY20081127
Urban trees enhance water infiltration http://www.publicworks.com/article.mvc/Urban-Trees-Enhance-Water-Infiltration- 0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO
Woodland prices double in five years http://business.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=b izonline&tCategory=business&itemid=NOED28%20Nov%202008%2008%3A42%3A39%3A203
Woodlands remain a good investment as prices soar http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/11/28/113283/woodlands-remain-a-good-investment-as-prices- soar.html
World's forests face climate-change crisis http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16157-worlds-forests-face-climatechange- crisis.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
World's forests may be devastated by climate change http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-52848.html
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