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Kwon, Cheemin (FOEL)

From: Kwon, Cheemin (FOEL) Sent: 22 August 2007 11:40 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: FAO INFOSYLVA 2007-17

N. 17 2007

Vacancies: Forestry Officer (Arid Zones) http://www.fao.org/VA/PROF/1833fom_en.htm

Senior Forestry OfficerSupport to Agriculture and Forestry Development Project (SAFDP) http://www.fao.org/VA/PROF/Project/TC/TCES_186_07_PRJ.htm

Forestry Officer (Forest Monitoring and Assessment) http://www.fao.org/VA/PROF/Project/FO/FOMR_183_07_PRJ.htm

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Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 13-20 August 2007 Australia: Council accused of destroying rare forest http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/council -accused -of -destroying -rare -forest/2007/08/19/1187462087955.html

Botswana: Forests policy to improve lives http://www.gov.bw/cgi -bin/news.cgi?d=20070816&i=Forests_policy_to_improve_lives

Cameroun: Centre - 27070 ha de forêt au profit de la commune de Yoko http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708170722.html

La forêt camerounaise sort du boisseau http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708170788.html

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Découverte d'une forêt riche en biodiversité à l'Ouest du Lac Tanganyika http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708150479.html

Equateur - la population de la forêt de Lomako monte au créneau http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708160230.html

Côte d'Ivoire: Acacias Come to the Service of Mangroves http://allafrica.com/stories/200708130270.html

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Abengourou - 100 hectares de forêt reboisés à Affalikro http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708201220.html

Ecuador : Los cofanes recibirán 30 000 ha de bosque http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=131477&id_seccion=8

France: Les agrocarburants présentent un bilan écologique médiocre http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1 -0,36 -945208,0.html

Un mécanisme doit rétribuer la préservation de la forêt http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/economie_terre/273303.FR.php

Greece: Forest fire grips Athens suburbs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6950662.stm

Huge Athens Forest Fire Burns 25 Homes http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,, -6856516,00.html

Guinea : Union Européenne - 63 Millions d'Euros pour désenclaver la Forêt ! http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708180017.html

India: Activists assail India's forest mining push http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20070816102201811C607097

Kenya: State Earns Sh198 Million From Forests http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150794.html

EU Donates Sh43.6m to Save Environment http://allafrica.com/stories/200708131637.html

Republic of Korea: Foreign Cicadas Irritate Residents http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/08/113_8520.html

Hungary: Estudian antiguo bosque fósil en Hungría http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/Article.asp?ID=%7B6F2400C3 -8FC8 -4984 -BD93 -1F7FF1DAB9CE%7D&language=ES

Mozambique: Illegal Logging Still Rife in Nampula http://allafrica.com/stories/200708131376.html

Myanmar: Une société japonaise aide le Myanmar à instaurer un projet de boisement http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2007 -08/19/content_474961.htm

Nigeria: Bill to Control Oil Spills, Protect Wildlife Scales Through First Reading http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150020.html

Peru: En el Bosque la gente se muere de sed http://www.larepublica.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=173185&Itemid=0

Russia: Siberian forest plays its part in tracking climate change

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South Africa: Forestry Expansion 'Unsustainable' http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150184.html

Uganda: Danida Gives Sh2.4b for Forest Reserve http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150270.html

Sh127b for Planting Trees http://allafrica.com/stories/200708160087.html

Students Press Government to Avert Desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/200708141222.html

USA: Groups Try to Block N.H. Logging Plan http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/17/ap4030829.html

SoCal Wildfire Grows, Evacuations Urged http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/20/ap4034026.html

------Press review/ Revue de presse/ Informe de prensa: 6-13 August 2007

Bhutan: Forest ranger accused of using timber illegally http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8878

Brazil: Brazilian ministers claim victory in war on illegal logger http://www.guardian.co.uk/brazil/story/0,,2147661,00.html

Cameroon: Children to Take Charge of Environment Issues http://allafrica.com/stories/200707310644.html

Canada: Leonardo DiCaprio s’en prend à l’industrie de la forêt canadienne http://argent.canoe.com/infos/canada/archives/2007/08/20070809 -085831.html

B.C. forest fires slowly being contained http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070807.wbcfirez0807/BNStory/National/home

Mountain-pine-beetle invasion retreats in Alberta, experts say http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070810.wbeetles10/BNStory/National/? page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070810.wbeetles10

China: Sino-Forest profits rise on standing timber sales http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=marketsNews&storyID=2007 -08 - 13T120533Z_01_N13252619_RTRIDST_0_SINOFOREST -RESULTS.XML

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lost forest reveals new species http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6936799.stm

Découverte d'une forêt riche en biodiversité à l'Ouest du Lac Tanganyika http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200708110064.html

Croatia :

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Dubrovnik escapes Croatian forest fire http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20149993/

Ethiopia: Forests for Biofuel - a Dubious Swap? http://allafrica.com/stories/200708080781.html

Ghana: Police cautioned against supporting illegal timber operators http://www.accra -mail.com/mailnews.asp?id=2081

Lets Sustain Our Forest Resources http://allafrica.com/stories/200708100734.html

Guyana: Kwebanna, Batavia to tap forestry management project http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=56526516

Hungary: Ancient forest found in Hungary http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6942733.stm

El bosque de ocho millones de años http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/science/newsid_6943000/6943967.stm

India: Maoists blow up forest office in Lalgarh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata/Maoists_blow_up_forest_office_in_Lalgarh/articleshow/2256359.cms

Italy: The forest fires in Italy are being blamed on corrupt landowners. But some arsonists do it just for kicks. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2145957,00.html

Kenya: Fragile Imported Furniture Chokes Market http://allafrica.com/stories/200708061778.html

Pan Paper to Spend $1.19m On Tree Planting http://allafrica.com/stories/200707310612.html

Our Land is Dying http://allafrica.com/stories/200708130298.html

Malaysia: Government Committed To Sustainable Forest Management http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=278553

Montenegro: Incendies de forêt au Monténégro: l'Il-76 russe achève sa mission http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070808/70617704.html

New Zealand: Forest owners begin billboard campaign http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4151852a7693.html#Scene_1

Nigeria: Prosecute Forest Destroyers – Emir http://allafrica.com/stories/200708070240.html

Peru: Carnegie Group Reveals Damage Done to Peru's Rain Forest http://www.livinginperu.com/news -4449 -environmentnature -carnegie -group -reveals -damage -done -perus -rain -forest

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Seeing and saving Peru's rain forest firsthand http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/latinamerica/articles/2007/08/12/seeing_and_saving_perus_rain_forest_firsthand/

South Africa: Infernos Burn Hole in SA Lumber Supplies http://allafrica.com/stories/200707310291.html

York Timber Estimates Veld Fires Cost It R103m http://allafrica.com/stories/200708030123.html

SA counts cost of forest fires http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=316205

Tanzania: Illegal Logging - Dar Now Sending Team to 'Buyer' Countries http://allafrica.com/stories/200707310605.html

Thailand: Irrigation Dept calls emergency meeting http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=120835

Uganda: 500 Encroach Kibaale Forests http://allafrica.com/stories/200708060272.html

Hands Off Our Natural Forests http://allafrica.com/stories/200708060321.html

NFA Challenges Museveni On Forest Evictions http://allafrica.com/stories/200708030722.html

Kiboga Forest Encroachers Evicted http://allafrica.com/stories/200708130372.html

USA: U.S. judge removes 3 Ecuadorans from rain forest contamination lawsuit against Chevron http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/09/business/NA -FIN -US -Chevron -Ecuador.php

Europe: EU plans coalition to help fight fires http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/08/11/eu_plans_coalition_to_help_fight_fires/

Africa: Biofuels Can Allow All Humanity to Prosper http://allafrica.com/stories/200707310628.html

Lost forest in Africa yields new species http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007 -08/09/content_6018981.htm

Borneo: Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants http://www.innovations -report.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/bericht -88726.html

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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, fran espagnol.

INFOSYLVA es el servicio de información suministrado por el Departamento Forestal de la FAO con noticias sobre las actividades forestales, en ingl 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: [email protected] FAO forestry newsroom: www.fao.org/forestry/newsroom/en/news/index.html

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