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 _________________________________________________________________________________ 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