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Forthcoming FAO events
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FAO Forestry announcements
Anuncios del Departamento
Forestal de la FAO
Annonces du Département des
Forêts de la FAO
New publications from FAO
FAO Forestry vacancies
FAO in the news
Press review 01-15 June
Informe de prensa 01-15 Junio
Revue de presse 01-15 Juin
Dear reader,
Welcome to the new issue of Infosylva. Read about different
experiences, in Algeria, China and Iraq to combat
desertification, to generate energy and to provide food to
local populations. You will find an article about a nine-story
building in England, made almost completely of wood panels.
From the forests of Kenya, researchers have been looking for
plant species that could hold the key to human food security.
And in Cambodia, a simple, low cost water filter is helping the
rural poor of the country to improve their health prospects
and combat deforestation.
Enjoy your reading!
Estimado(a) lector(a),
Bienvenido(a) a la nueva edición de Infosylva. Usted
encontrará artículos sobre las experiencias de diferentes
países como Argelia, China e Irak para combatir la
desertificación, para generar energía y para proporcionar
alimentos a las poblaciones locales. Además un artículo sobre
un edificio de nueve pisos en Inglaterra, hecho casi
completamente de paneles de madera. De los bosques de
Kenia, los investigadores han estado buscando las especies de
plantas que podrían ser la clave para la seguridad alimentaria
humana. Y en Camboya, un simple filtro de agua a bajo coste,
está ayudando a la población pobre rural del país a mejorar
sus perspectivas de salud y combatir la deforestación.
Disfrute de su lectura,
Cher Lecteur, chère Lectrice,
Dans ce numéro, vous trouverez plusieurs articles sur les
différentes expériences de lutte contre la désertification en
Algérie, en Chine et en Iraq, dans le but de produire de
l’énergie et de fournir de la nourriture aux populations
locales. Vous pourrez lire un article sur un édifice de neuf
étages en Angleterre, presque entièrement construit avec des
panneaux de bois. Depuis les forêts du Kenya, les chercheurs
ont essayé d’identifier des espèces végétales qui pourraient se
révèler être des agents clés pour la sécurité alimentaire
humaine. Au Cambodge, un simple filtre d’eau à bat coût, aide
les communautés rurales pauvres du pays à améliorer leurs
prospectifs sanitaires et à combattre la désertification.
Nous vous souhaitons bonne lecture,
Vanda Ferreira dos Santos
Infosylva Editor
Forthcoming FAO events
June
A roadmap for ECE Forests in a Green Economy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 22 June 2012
Central Asian mountains on the road to Green economy: The Kyrgyz case of Learning and Good practices
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20 June 2012
Forests: 8th Roundtable - Integrating forests into the global agenda on sustainable development
Forests – The Heart of a Green Economy
High Level Round Table on the International Treaty
The future potential of European Mountain forests: challenges and solutions between Green Economy
and Climate Change - MANFRED Final Conference
Rome, Italy - 28 June 2012
The Landscape: Transformative Action thru Cross-Sectoral Coordination
Third Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership
What is YOUR priority action for the Forest Sector in a Green Economy?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 22 June 2012
September
The Lviv Forum on Forests in a Green Economy
Lviv, Ukraine – 11-14 September 2012
March 2013
World Teak Conference 2013
Bangkok, Thailand - 25-30 March 2013
Other forest related events
June
ACTO Member Countries vision of Amazon forests. Monitoring deforestation
Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices
Buen Vivir and Human Rights in the Face of REDD+
Forests and trees: serving the people of Africa and the world
Nairobi, Kenya – 25-29 June 2012
Let’s Go Land Degradation Neutral - The Role of SLM in a Green Economy
Mediterranean Forests for Development: a key for adapting policies, territories and societies to climate
change in the Middle East North African region
Towards a Green Economy Transition in Indonesia
July
Restoring Forests in Human Dominated Landscapes of the Wet Evergreen Region, South Asia
Kandy, Sri Lanka - 16-17 July 2012
World Forestry Center International Educators Institute (IEI)
Portland, Oregon, USA - 08-14 July 2012
September
PROFOREST Annual Training Programme 2012
Oxford, United Kingdom - 10-14 September 2012
October
VII Simposio Internacional sobre Manejo Sostenible de los Recursos Forestales (SIMFOR 2012)
Pinar del Río, Cuba - 23-26 October 2012
Eco Sociedad - Bosques, Ruralidad y Urbanismo
Chubut, Argentina - 03-05 October 2012
EFI 2012 Annual Conference
Istanbul, Turkey - 03 October 2012
Scientific Seminar in the connection to the EFI Annual Conference: Social Dimensions of Forests
Istanbul, Turkey - 04-05 October 2012
November
III Congreso Iberoamericano de Protección de la Madera- RIPMA
Concepción, Chile - 25-28 November 2012
International Conference on Advances in Plant Sciences
Chiang Mai, Thailand - 14-18 November 2012
IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference
Concepción, Chile - 05-12 November 2012
December
Illegal logging and legality verification - the FLEGT/VPA as new modes of governance
Copenhagen, Denmark - 06-07 December 2012
February 2013
Breeding for Value in a Changing World: Breeding and Genetic Resources of Southern US and Mexican
Pines
Jacksonville, FL, USA - 04-07 February 2013
FAO Forestry announcements
CPF releases sustainable forest management fact sheets
As the world celebrates World Environment Day and prepares to gather for the Rio+20 Conference, the
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), a voluntary arrangement consisting of 14 international
organizations, institutions and secretariats, releases eight fact sheets underlining the important role of
forests and sustainable forest management (SFM) for human well-being, sustainable development and a
green economy.
Forestry and the forest industry in a green economy
An effort is under way worldwide to better manage our planet's forest resources and better enhance
their role in mitigating climate change. Forest loss and degradation in developing countries account for
nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Monitoring and reducing these emissions has been the
key goal for the international community in climate change negotiations and is important for the
upcoming Rio+20 conference on sustainable development. Viet Nam is one example of a country that's
taking important steps to manage and expand its forest resources. Previous loss of forested areas has
been reversed and the country is now increasing forest area by about 1% every year.
Anuncios del Departamento Forestal de la FAO
La Asociación de Cooperación en materia de Bosques (ACB) ha publicado ocho boletines informativos
que subrayan el importante papel de los bosques y el manejo forestal sostenible
La Asociación de Cooperación en materia de Bosques (ACB) ha publicado ocho boletines informativos
que subrayan el importante papel de los bosques y el manejo forestal sostenible (OFS) para el bienestar
humano, desarrollo sostenible y una economía verde. En français, inglés y español.
Annonces du Département des Forêts de la FAO
Le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts (PCF) publie aujourd'hui huit fiches d'information soulignant
le rôle important des forêts et la gestion durable des forêts
Le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts (PCF) publie aujourd'hui huit fiches d'information soulignant
le rôle important des forêts et la gestion durable des forêts (GDF) pour le bien-être humain, le
développement durable et une économie verte. En français, inglés e espanol.
New publications from FAO
Supporting small forest enterprises - a toolkit for facilitators
Small and medium forest enterprises are critical to the poor. They generate local wealth, help to secure
local resources and environmental accountability, promote local creativity and help to preserve
indigenous cultures and market niches. The Forest Connect Alliance, led by the International Institute for
Environment and Development and FAO, work to better link small and medium forest enterprises to each
other, to markets, to service providers and to policy processes. The toolkit provides hands-on guidance,
followed by practical tips, on a range of activities for supporting forest enterprises at all levels.
FAO Forestry vacancies
Socio-economist
Press review 01-15 June
The articles do not reflect the views of FAO and some articles may no longer be available on the internet
after a period of time.
Algeria
Algeria, solar panels to stop desertification
ANSA, 06/06/12
The desert always seems to have the upper hand, despite nowadays thanks to sophisticated technology,
albeit very expensive, its relentless advance can be slowed down. Algeria has always lived with this
problem, especially in the southern regions of the country, where the battle to stop the desert from
moving ahead is a daily occurrence.
Australia
More criticism of forest value reports
ABC News, 04/06/12
Another report has criticised the work of Professor Jonathon West's group which was charged with
verifying the conservation value of Tasmania's forests.
Credits lost in tangle of Aceh's forest
The Sydney Morning Herald, 09/06/12
In 2007, young Australian entrepreneur Dorjee Sun began a mission to save the world. He criss-crossed
the globe with a documentary crew, inserting himself into climate change negotiations in a way that
eventually made him one of Time magazine's 'Heroes of the Environment'.
Bangladesh
PM for preservation of rare plants
Gulf Times, 06/06/12
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the people of Bangladesh to plant at least three
saplings and nurture those with care to preserve environment and ensure a pleasant future for the next
generation.
Brazil
Amazon deforestation at record low, data shows
The Guardian, 07/06/12
Rate of illegal logging has fallen, but critics claim Brazil has weakened protection measures by revising
Forest Code.
Amazon forest loss lowest on record
The Sydney Morning Herald, 09/06/12
Deforestation of the Amazon has fallen to its lowest levels since records began, according to data
recently released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Amazon: Is cocoa a sweet remedy for deforestation?
The Vancouver Sun, 14/06/12
A cooperative seeks to replant deforested areas and return cocoa production to it sustainable roots.
Brazil President Rousseff 'proud' of forest protection
BBC, 11/06/12
Brazil enjoys the "privilege" of having the world's biggest rainforest and can be proud of its conservation
efforts, President Dilma Rousseff has said.
Brazil, saviours of the Amazon
Forbes, 06/06/12
Following the passing of a much disputed and controversial forestry bill, the Brazilian government came
out on Tuesday with data showing how deforestation of the world’s largest rainforest is on the decline.
Forestry bill opponents don’t think that trend will last.
Brazilians debate how green they are
Bloomberg, 07/06/12
Brazilian alternative rock band Legiao Urbana had its heyday in the 1990s, but that hasn't stopped its
trademark song "What Country is This?" from living on. With a verse that warns "Brazil will get rich/We
will earn a million/When we sell all the souls/Of our Indians in an auction," the tune found its way onto
the pages of the leading business daily, Valor, this week.
Brazil's blueprint for reforestation
Ahead of the Rio+20 sustainable development talks Jonathan Watts visits a tree planting scheme that
aims to restore millions of hectares of forest to land scarred by logging and extraction.
Brazil’s wild West gets a law that makes everyone unhappy
Bloomberg, 01/06/12
Why can’t Brazil sort out the Amazon? This question was put to a Brazilian diplomat at a social event a
few years ago. “Have you been there?” was his response. “It’s a terrible place. Nobody wants to go
there. And more than 20 million people live there.”
Brazilian leader Rousseff's pardon for illegal deforesters condemned
Attack on president's environmental credentials comes weeks before she is due to host Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro.
Deforestation in Amazon drops sharply
Hispanic Business, 05/06/12
The deforestation rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to a minimum in recorded history, the
government said Tuesday, two weeks ahead of hosting the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development
(Rio+20).
Greenpeace says Brazil meatpacker hurting Amazon
Businessweek, 06/06/12
Greenpeace on Wednesday accused JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, of not honoring a 2009
agreement in which the Brazilian company pledged to protect the Amazon rainforest by not buying cattle
from suppliers who raise beef on illegally deforested land.
Low-carbon farming takes root in Brazil’s Amazon
Dawn, 12/06/12
Manoel Jose Leite, a small-scale organic farmer, is set to pioneer low-carbon agriculture in Brazil’s
Amazon rainforest, which for decades has been destroyed by expanding agribusiness.
Rainforest degradation in Brazil is slowing
Deutsch Welle, 10/06/12
Never before has so little rainforest been destroyed in Brazil's Amazon basin. The government has
claimed this success as its own, but critics say that is not the case.
Rio+20 Earth summit: Amazon deforestation
Although deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 80% since 2004, environmentalists fear recent
changes to the forest code will lead to further destruction. About 20% of the rainforest has already been
destroyed. Before this month's Rio+20 Earth summit, the Brazilian Amazon, home to 60% of the world's
largest forest and 20% of the Earth's oxygen, remains threatened by the rapid development of the
country.
Saving the rainforest — and making money off of it
Washington Post, 12/06/12
One of the greatest weapons against climate change sits on vast tracts of undeveloped Brazilian land.
The country is home to nearly half of Earth’s rainforests, gobbling up 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide
every year — a third of the United States’ 2010 greenhouse gas output. Maintaining, and expanding,
what the Economist aptly termed “the world’s lungs” will be essential to fighting global warming, not to
mention preserving biological diversity and water systems.
The battle for the Amazon heats up again
Time, 05/06/12
The Amazon rainforest is the most important patch of land on the planet. The trees have been called the
lungs of the Earth and that's far more than just a metaphor: they absorb more than 2 billion metric tons
of carbon dioxide per year, return oxygen in exchange and help regulate the climate of the Western
Hemisphere in the process. The forest itself is the hottest of biodiversity hotspots, home to countless
species of plants and animals that we have yet to discover — and even tribes of indigenous human
beings who have never been contacted by the outside world.
Cambodia
Cambodian lives and forests saved by award-winning water filter
Reuters, 01/06/12
A simple water filter made from rice husk is helping the poor of rural Cambodia improve their health
prospects and stem the deforestation that is destroying the nation's jungles.
China
China adds 60m hectares of forest area
China Daily, 04/06/12
China's total forest area has increased to 195 million hectares from 134 million hectares in 1992, marking
a net gain of 60 million hectares within 20 years, the State Forestry Administration (SFA) said Monday.
China's stony desert cover falls by 7.4 per cent in 6 yrs
Business Standard, 14/06/12
China has claimed considerable success in containing desertification as new data showed the country's
stony desert areas shrank to 12 million hectares by the end of 2011, down 7.4 per cent from 2005.
Chinese political advisor urges better afforestation efforts
Shanghai Daily, 05/06/12
China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Tuesday urged intensified efforts in afforestation, combating
desertification and promoting the country's ecological development.
Desertification remains a challenge despite shrinking stony arid areas
Global Times, 15/06/12
China's stony desert areas shrank to 12 million hectares (120,000 square kilometers) by the end of 2011,
down 7.4 percent from 2005, according to the State Forestry Administration (SFA) Thursday.
Deserts still menace rivers
Millions of hectares of stony desert areas prevail in parts of South and Southwest China, posing great
threats to the environment of the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, two of the country's main waterways, officials
said.
Nation boosts support for its forestry
China has strengthened its fiscal support for its increasing forest area, launched a number of national
ecological projects and implemented a nationwide compulsory tree-planting program to expand forests
over the past two decades, Yin Hong, deputy administrator of the State Forestry Administration, said at a
news conference on Monday in Beijing.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bureaucratic bungling finished rhino species: book
Reuters, 14/06/12
The last-ditch effort to save the animal in its final Congolese refuge is detailed in a new book, "The Last
Rhinos," by South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony, who died of a heart attack in early March
just weeks before it was published.
Eritrea
Popular afforestation campaigns underway in Gala-Nefhi sub-zone
All Africa, 05/06/12
The inhabitants of Gala-Nefhi sub-zone are engaged in popular afforestation campaigns with a view to
registering an exemplary accomplishment in this regard.
Fiji
Wallis and Futuna forestry duo visits Fiji
The Fiji Times, 04/06/12
Timber processing and sustainable management of forest resources of a Pacific island state is expected
to improve following the end of an assistance program facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific
Community.
France
France to ban a Syngenta pesticide to protect bees
Reuters, 01/06/12
France said it plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that is widely used
to treat rapeseed crops after scientists suggested it could pose danger to bees.
Gabon
Agriculture and forestry: Oil sector crowds out farming
Financial Times, 05/06/12
Gabon is blessed with a benign climate for growing crops and world commodity prices are soaring, yet it
grows and exports very little. Indeed, the country imports many foods, including maize, vegetables and
meat.
India
Farmers join hands to wrest back their land
The Times of India, 04/06/12
Farmers in the state are again up in arms against the law that empowered the forest department to
acquire farm lands adjacent to forest lands in the state. The Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of
Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003, also known as EFL Act, was seen as draconian by the 10,800 farmers
who were affected by it.
Forests off limits for all mining?
If the environment ministry's draft proposal for 'inviolate forest areas' is accepted, large swathes of
healthy forests, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and wildlife corridors, would
be out of bounds for all mining activities, and not just coal excavation.
Forest royalty: source of disharmony
Dawn, 14/06/12
Forest royalties are easy money. This is the reason local leaders of forest areas in Lower Chitral have a
good rapport with the timber mafia. They sell coniferous forests at very cheap rates with the nice excuse
of windfall extraction.
Madhya Pradesh forest department launches contract farming for locals to save forests
In a bid to discourage people from cutting fuelwood to eke out a living, Madhya Pradesh forest
department and Tamil Nadu based VKS farms private Limited (VKSFPL) have joined hands and set the ball
rolling to provide alternative means of livelihood- poultry (broiler) farming to such people by raising
infrastructures.
Maharashtra has lost 400 hectares of forest in 2 years
A staggering 400 hectares of forest have been wiped off the map of Maharashtra in two years (20072011), raising eyebrows about conservation strategies adopted by forest and environment authorities
here.
No forest land for mining: Alina Saldanha
Taking off from where her husband and former forests minister Matanhy Saldanha left, new incumbent
Alina Saldanha said she will not allow the use of forest land for mining purposes.
Plant a tree for a newborn: KMC begins green drive
The Indian Express, 05/06/12
Little Alekhya Bhadra, born on May 29, has a namesake at Horticulture Gardens in Alipore. It is a neem
sapling planted by his grandparents today as part of an afforestation initiative, Plant a Tree for Your
Newborn.
Rains bring down forest fires in Himachal Pradesh
Rain showers in Himachal Pradesh have not only brought the rising mercury down bringing relief from
scorching heat, but has also helped in dousing forest fires which had been reported from across the
state.
Tigers' presence may hit Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra's coupe working
When there is movement of tigers in Chorbahuli range of the Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary, should
Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) be allowed to extract teak and bamboo in the
adjoining compartments? conservationists have asked.
Tribals can help in forest conservation: Expert
Tribals living in the forests must not be compelled to leave their abode, AJT John Singh, well-known
conservationist associated with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said at a seminar organised in KCT college
here on Saturday.
Indonesia
Indonesia pushes for sustainable development in mining, palm and forestry sectors
The Jakarta Globe, 06/06/12
Indonesia’s mining, plantation and forestry sectors said they were committed to implementing
sustainable development practices at a stage-setting seminar on environmentally-conscious
development on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s REDD reality
The Jakarta post, 03/06/12
Indonesia is on the brink of transformation. Committing to a bilateral deal with Norway, it has run a
series of efforts to reduce emissions and introduced stronger forest governance under the Reducing
Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) regime, including halting the issuance of
forest-clearing permits for primary forests and peatland.
New satellites to help save Indonesian forests
Voice of America, 12/06/12
Virtual mapping has become a vital tool in forest conservation, allowing the public to see where
deforestation is occurring. In Indonesia, several environmental organizations are leading efforts with
new technology that they hope will pressure businesses and the government to stop illegal logging.
Possible solution for deforestation in Indonesia nears
The Jakarta Globe, 13/06/12
Hendra Gunawan, a taxi driver in Jakarta, received a frantic phone call from his 9-year-old daughter last
week. His daughter, who was home alone at that time, panicked as flood waters rose and entered their
home, located in the southern part of Bekasi. Hendra rushed home to secure his daughter and some of
his family’s belongings.
Iraq
Iraq 'green belt' front line in anti-desertification fight
Times, 11/06/12
Trees as far as the eye can see are the weapons one Iraqi province is using in the fight against
desertification.
Kenya
Forests vital for GDP growth, says Odinga
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said that Kenyan forests contribute 3.6 per cent of the country's GDP
with annual economic benefits from the Mau forest complex alone standing at Sh110 billion according to
a 2009 study.
Lebanon
A symbol of the nation, Lebanon’s cedar heavily threatened
The Daily Star, 04/06/12
Canada without the maple leaf. The United States without the bald eagle. More than mere symbols, they
are so much a part of those nations’ identity that their extinction would be considered a national
catastrophe. But that could be the fate of the cedar of Lebanon, as deforestation and global warming
threatens to wipe out the iconic tree which is depicted on the national flag and has been linked to the
country for thousands of years.
Libya
Celebrating World Environment Day 2012 with tree planting
To mark World Environment Day, the Libyan Ministry of Education and UNICEF came together with
children at a Tripoli elementary school to plant trees. The event raises awareness around sustainable
development in a country facing deforestation, decreasing water reserves, extensive waste dumping, and
the use of mainly non-renewable energy sources.
Malaysia
The best possible future we can leave our grandchildren
New Straits Times, 04/06/12
Parents the world over want to live in a way that ensures the best possible future for their children and
grandchildren. This must also be the goal for world leaders when we meet at the United Nations Rio+20
summit.
Mongolia
The demon of deforestation
The UB Post, 11/06/12
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, only 7% of Mongolia is forested.
Between 1990 and 2000 Mongolia lost an average of 81,900 hectares or 0.65% of its forest per year.
Between 2000 and 2010, Mongolia lost 13.1% of its forest, or around 1,638,000 hectares.
Niger
Niger's hunger-fighting trees
BBC, 14/06/12
Something new is taking root in a small and dusty corner of western Niger. The unremarkable looking
moringa tree has become a frontline weapon to fight the recurring droughts that have hit the West
African nation.
Nigeria
Senate raises alarm over desertification, erosion and flooding
Vanguard, 06/06/12
The Senate, yesterday, raised alarm over the growing rate of environmental threats of desertification in
the North, devastating hydraulic coastal erosion in the East and high level of flooding in the West.
Peru
Taming the heart of the Peruvian Amazon
BBC, 05/06/12
It was rainy season in the Peruvian Amazon and we were told there was little dry land in the region. This
was easy to believe, with the swollen river tossing whole trees like twigs down its miles-wide torrent. But
as our skiff rounded a tributary, a large swath of lawn emerged, dotted with tufts of springy grass. The
too-bright stretch of lime called to me from the boat, begging me to bound down its lush length.
Philippines
Provinces to benefit from forest land management project
Business World, 01/06/12
Several provinces will start to benefit from a forest land management project (FMP) after a loan
agreement with Japan was handed over on Tuesday to the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR).
Russian Federation
IKEA under fire for clearing ancient Russian forest
Forbes, 06/06/12
While home furnishings behemoth IKEA has been up to a lot of interesting, positive stuff as of late —
releasing a lovely PS collection, giving randy Chinese seniors a place to congregate, cracking down on
inadvertently raunchy product names in new markets, etc. — the company’s wholly owned production
subsidiary, Swedwood, continues to be plagued by controversy.
Warming Arctic tundra producing pop-up forests
The New York Times, 03/06/12
Even as insect infestations and other factors accompanying warming have led to the “browning” of some
stretches of boreal forest between temperate regions and the Arctic tundra, the tundra appears to be
greening in a big way, various studies have shown. The newest such work, focused on scrubby windswept
regions along Russia’s northwest Arctic coast, has found a particularly noteworthy shift is under way.
Sierra Leone
Gola forest co-management - a standard practice for conservation
The forest co-management program is aimed at instituting and maintaining a positive relationship
between the resources in the Gola Forest reserve and the surrounding communities. It involves a
strategic planning that would appropriately and sustainably combine and use available resources in the
reserve and allied customary laws to generate and optimize benefits for the communities, while at the
same time maintaining the forest's ecosystem.
United Kingdom
Bee number losses 'increasing'
BBC, 14/06/12
The annual survey by the British Beekeeping Association indicates that after several years of falls in the
numbers of colonies dying during the winter, losses have increased this year.
Diamond Jubilee: Scotland to get 20 new forests for Jubilee
The Scotsman, 01/06/12
A third of 60 new woods being created to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee are being planted in
Scotland. The 20 new native forests will spread from Stornoway to Stirling and from Dunbeath to
Dalbeattie.
Snakes alive! Why the adder is retreating from Yorkshire’s woods
Yorkshire Post, 05/06/12
A pioneering study carried out in Yorkshire’s forests is helping protect Britain’s only venomous snake
after a dramatic decline in adder populations. The research has been conducted in North Yorkshire
woodlands in a bid to establish the breeding patterns and preferred habitats of the snakes.
They chopped down trees and wore high heels: Remembering the wartime lumberjills of Dalby Forest
Yorkshire Post, 08/06/12
Armed with their crude axes and saws, they were like no Army ever seen in Britain before. The Women’s
Timber Corps, which was set up to provide a steady supply of wood during the Second World War, made
a vital contribution to the fight against Hitler.
Wood that reaches new heights
Among the many apartment buildings in the London borough of Hackney, the nine-story structure on the
corner of Provost Street and Murray Grove stands out, its exterior a mix of white and gray tiles rather
than the usual brick.
Women of the woods, come forward! Your place in history awaits
The Forestry Commission is looking for its wartime 'Lumberjills', who might have had Michael Palin ('I'm
a lumberjack and I'm OK...') in raptures.
United Republic of Tanzania
Forest Services Agency collects 60 billion
The Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) that has been in existence for barely a year, has started
operating with a bang after collecting 59.3bn. The TFS Chief Executive, Mr Juma Mgoo, told a news
conference in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday that the revenue was collected between July 1, last year, when
the agency was launched and May 2012 which was equivalent to 110 per cent of the target.
United States of America
A new forest on the way in Summit County
Summit Daily, 05/06/12
On Sunday, long-time Breckenridge resident Eric Pierson visited his 45-foot diameter plot in the clear-cut
area near Straight Creek outside of Silverthorne. There, he spent a leisurely afternoon flagging the
circumference and counting trees.
A wildlife rescue center for New York city
Since 2001, over 7,000 feathered and furry vagrants have passed through a cramped apartment on
Manhattan’s Upper West Side, with screaming babies stacked above solemn old-timers and sprightly
young fellows whistling aside the gravely ill. But as my colleagues Kelly Slivka and Kate Yandell report in
this video, this eclectic menagerie, known as the Wild Bird Fund, has now secured a 1,300-square-foot
independent space that opens on Saturday on Columbus Avenue.
Aerial firefighting in a transition period to a new era
The Missoulian, 10/06/12
More than half a billion dollars worth of new firefighting airplane contracts should come through later
this month, as the U.S. Forest Service heads into one of the hottest summers on record.
As massive fires hit Colo., NM areas, Forest Service chief pushes urgency of restoration
The Washington Post, 14/06/12
As firefighters battle blazes in New Mexico and Colorado that have forced evacuations and destroyed
hundreds of structures, the U.S. Forest Service chief is renewing his call to restore forests to a more
natural state, where fire was a part of the landscape.
Climate change will boost number of U.S. West's wildfires
Reuters, 12/06/12
Climate change will make U.S. western wildfires, like those now raging in parts of Colorado and New
Mexico, more frequent over the next 30 years, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Cougars make a comeback after a century of decline
BBC, 14/06/12
The American mountain lion or cougar is now re-populating parts of the US, scientists say.
Feds consider regional challenges in fire planning
Associated Press, 08/06/12
Federal officials on Thursday released the latest iteration of their national wildfire management strategy
as they deal with limited resources and an active fire season that already has blackened hundreds of
square miles in states from New Mexico to Michigan.
F. Herbert Bormann dies at 90; helped discover acid rain threat
F. Herbert Bormann, a plant ecologist whose research with colleagues on a swath of New Hampshire
forest in 1971 documented a new environmental horror in the United States — acid rain — died on June
7 at his home in North Branford, Conn. He was 90.
Fires fuel urgency to restore forests to more natural state
The Boston Globe, 15/06/12
hundreds of structures, the US Forest Service chief is renewing his call to restore forests to a more
Forest lands in the East attract oil and gas bidders, but some question rush
Oil and gas companies looking to lease swaths of U.S. Forest Service land holding the promise of shale
gas deposits and other fossil fuel resources have made the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern States
Office in Springfield ground zero for a new land rush.
Government delays energy rights auction on Alabama forest land
Reuters, 08/06/12
The U.S. Forest Service said on Friday it is delaying a controversial auction of energy exploration leases in
the Talladega National Forest after protests by environmental groups and local officials.
In the wild, seeking an answer: what replaces dying trees?
The coastal mountains of southeastern Alaska rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean. Fjords and channels
separate over 1,000 islands from the mainland. Dressed like fishermen, we traipse through forests and
crawl through brush as weather fronts whip through inlets and rumble along the outer coast.
New Mexico wildfire is 15% contained as firefighters prepare for bad weather
Forecasters predict hot weather and lightning that could spark even more fires as massive blaze burns in
Gila national forest.
New Mexico's record-setting wildfires deepen trend of devastating 'megafires'
Unrelenting blazes are shaping up to be even more crippling than last year, leaving residents doubtful of
any coming relief.
Ohio, haunted by slaughter, restricts exotic animals
Reuters, 05/06/12
Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law on Tuesday new state restrictions on the ownership of exotic
animals following the slaughter last year of dozens of wild animals freed by a man before he committed
suicide.
Record NM blaze tests forest management
Time, 02/06/12
A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the
nation's wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago.
US wildfires fuel urgency for forest restoration
Associated Press, 14/06/12
hundreds of structures, the U.S. Forest Service chief is renewing his call to restore forests to a more
Virginia's dying marshes and climate change denial
BBC, 06/06/12
Dying wetland trees along Virginia's coastline are evidence that rising sea levels threaten nature and
humans, scientists say - and show the limits of political action amid climate change scepticism.
Washington DC prepares to eliminate hundreds of deer from local park
Plan for government snipers to cull 300 deer in capital's Rock Creek park prompts trepidation among
conservationists.
Wildfires rage across western states
Blazes in Colorado and New Mexico have destroyed property and resulted in scores of families seeking
shelter.
Zimbabwe
New forest management standard welcome, but...
The rapid production and consumption of wood as a major renewable energy source in Zimbabwe has
stimulated serious socio-economic and environmental concerns and responsibilities. The profitability of
wood as a burning fuel, and as a useful industrial raw material has thus far overtaken environmental
reason, threatening ecology, fuelling pollution, and destroying forest health and biodiversity.
World
100 species of Amazon birds risk extinction due to deforestation, conservationist group says
The list of Amazon bird species facing danger of extinction has risen sharply because their rainforest
habitat is being slashed to make room for cattle ranching and agriculture, a conservationist group said
Thursday.
As the Earth warms, forest floors add greenhouse gases to the air
Huge amounts of carbon trapped in the soils of U.S. forests will be released into the air as the planet
heats up, contributing to a “vicious cycle” that could accelerate climate change, a new study concluded.
Bee-killing virus gets supercharged by mites
Reuters, 07/06/12
Parasitic mites have turbo-charged the spread of a virus responsible for a rise in honey bee deaths
around the world, scientists said on Thursday.
Earth summit: Rio report card
Nature, 06/06/12
The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20 years ago at the Earth summit in
Brazil.
Forests could be global warming factor
UPI, 11/06/12
Fertile soils in U.S. forests could release vast amounts of carbon dioxide due to global warming, creating
a "vicious cycle" of heat increases, scientists say.
Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime
BBC, 08/06/12
Interpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime.
Honeybee decline linked to killer virus
Parasitic mites wiping out bee colonies by transmitting deadly virus directly into the bloodstream of the
bees, research reveals.
Honeybee virus: Varroa mite spreads lethal disease
BBC, 07/06/12
A parasitic mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees throughout the globe, say scientists.
International trade 'driving nature loss'
BBC, 06/06/12
Almost a third of threats to animal species around the world stem from trade to meet the demands of
richer nations, a study concludes.
"Land is our natural ally, but its patience is not eternal"
AlertNet/Reuters, 04/06/12
Land degradation poses a threat to all life on Earth including humanity. To stop the enormous loss of lifegiving land, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is pushing for a
sustainable development goal of Zero Net Land Degradation (ZNLD) to be adopted at the upcoming
Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, in Brazil.
Nearly 100 bird species face increased risk of extinction in the Amazon
Deforestation causing loss of habitat across the region, as vulture numbers decline in Africa and longtailed ducks disappear from Europe.
Paper strikes back: defending books, mail and dollar bills
Reuters, 01/06/12
It is doing so now, after taking a battering from environmentalists, the Internet and a glum economy.
Paper partisans are pushing back, defending greenbacks as preferable to dollar coins, physical mail as
hacker-proof and turning-page books as more permanent than digital formats.
Seeds of survival
Al Jazeera, 12/06/12
Could the most innocuous species hold the key to the future of humanity?
The green movement at 50: Mission unaccomplished
The Independent, 14/06/12
If you've ever seen large-scale deforestation, especially of the rainforest, and seen it close up when it's
just happened, you feel you're in the aftermath of an armoured battle. The scale of the destruction stuns
you: cleared ground which seems to be everywhere smoking, burning tree stumps flickering like huge
candles. It feels as if some giant beast has torn off a great lump of the landscape and savagely consumed
it, leaving bits of it bleeding behind.
The 1992 Earth Summit failed. Will this year’s edition be different?
Quick: How many people know that there’s a U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification? No? Once
upon a time, it was a huge deal — one of the three major international agreements to come out of the
1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. (The other two dealt with climate change and biodiversity.)
Warming will unlock carbon in forests, study warns
Climate scientists have long been concerned about the possibility that warming temperatures will speed
changes on the earth’s surface that will in turn accelerate global warming. The best illustration of such a
feedback loop involves the melting of sea ice in the Arctic.
We only have one earth
Deccan Herald, 04/06/12
The bounty of the earth is not inexhaustible. Driven by greed, we abuse the earth’s resources. With only
two days to go for World Environment Day, Monideepa Sahu writes that it is not an option but an
imperative that we adopt proactive measures to protect the earth and move towards healthier, lowcarbon societies.
World day to combat desertification and drought on 17th
Pakistan Today, 15/06/12
The United Nations’ World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought will be observed on June 17
across the world including Pakistan to highlight the urgent need to curb the desertification process.
Informe de prensa 01-15 Junio
Los artículos no reflejan necesariamente el punto de vista de la FAO y algunos de ellos permanecerán en
Internet sólo un tiempo limitado.
Argentina
Descubren potencial en la Argentina para producir bioenergía
Mercado, 12/06/12
Cada año, la vegetación que se pierde en incendios permitiría satisfacer la demanda total de energía
eléctrica del país”, sostiene una investigación de la Facultad de Agronomía de la UBA.
En Santa Fe se plantarán 6.000 árboles cada año
El Litoral, 05/06/12
En general, se van a elegir especies nativas para la forestación urbana. Hay recomendaciones precisas
para seleccionar los árboles que se colocan en las veredas.
Gobierno aseguró que se cumplirá con la Ley de Bosques
La Mañana Neuquén, 08/06/12
El ministro de Desarrollo Territorial, Leandro Bertoya, aseguró ayer que se va a cumplir con Ley de
Ordenamiento de Bosques Nativos respetando su espíritu y letra, y manifestó que el Consejo Consultivo
de Villa La Angostura “no está haciendo un nuevo mapeo”, sino que está trabajando en la “sintonía fina
de la ley”.
La Angostura: polémica por uso de zona de bosques
Rio negro, 02/06/12
La aplicación de la ley de bosques nativos comenzó a despertar polémicas en Villa La Angostura por
proyectos privados que pretenden urbanizar zonas vulnerables según advirtió la ONG Alerta Angostura
ante un grupo de diputados. La entidad dijo que se intenta por todos los medios para presionar las
modificaciones a la ley de bosques nativos y pretenden construcciones en sitios donde está prohibido
vulnerando también la ordenanza restrictiva del código de edificación.
Para forestar la Región Sur habrá 27.000 plantas
Rio Negro, 12/06/12
Las especies son producidas en viveros forestales. Sus precios para la venta van de 5 a 15 pesos por
planta.
Y fue amor a primera vista
Clarín, 08/06/12
La producción ganadera y los bosques van bien de la mano. Qué hacen productores en varias regiones
para explotar un sistema que tiene mucho para crecer.
Brasil
Brasil asegura que detuvo la deforestación en la Amazonía
UPI, 06/06/12
Brasil logró reducir el año pasado la deforestación de la Amazonía a su nivel más bajo, desde que en
1988 el Instituto de Investigaciones Espaciales inició la medición.
Brasil combina respeto medio ambiente con reducción pobreza, Rousseff
Prensa Latina, 11/06/12
La presidenta Dilma Rousseff aseveró hoy que Brasil ha dado un ejemplo de su capacidad para combinar
la protección de la naturaleza con la reducción de la pobreza y el crecimiento económico.
Brasil: Rousseff rechaza amnistía por deforestación en ley
El Nuevo Herald, 13/06/12
La presidenta Dilma Rousseff negó el martes que el nuevo Código Forestal, que causó críticas de
ambientalistas y empresarios agrícolas, pueda conducir a una amnistía para quien taló ilegalmente el
bosque o debilitar la legislación ambiental del país.
La deforestación del Amazonas cae a niveles de 1988
Diario Siglo XXI, 08/06/12
El Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales de Brasil ha anunciado que los niveles de
deforestación del bosque Amazonas se han reducido a cifras históricas. Estos datos llegan justo después
de que la presidenta brasileña Dilma Rousseff haya sido foco de críticas debido a una nueva política de
protección de los bosques ante la que muchos consideran que provoca todo lo contrario.
Los indígenas awá lanzan un dramático llamado al mundo
La Gaceta, 09/06/12
Los indígenas awá de la Amazonía brasileña, la tribu más amenazada del mundo, lanzaron un llamado
desesperado al gobierno de su país para que cese la explotación forestal ilegal que destruye su territorio,
indicó el viernes la organización Survival International.
Polémica ambiental contra la Amazonia
El Espectador, 04/06/12
A tan sólo semanas de que comience Río + 20, el gobierno de Dilma Rousseff sufre un duro golpe de
opinión por parte de grupos ambientalistas que critican la posición de la mandataria respecto a la
modificación del Código Forestal de este país.
Reducción histórica de deforestación en Amazonía brasileña
Brasil logró reducir en 2011 la deforestación de la Amazonía a su nivel más bajo, desde que en 1988 el
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales comenzara a hacer esa medición.
Registra Amazonía brasileña menor deforestación en 23 años
Xinhua, 06/06/12
La Amazonía brasileña perdió 6.418 kilómetros cuadrados de cobertura verde de agosto de 2010 a julio
de 2011, la cifra más baja desde 1988 cuando inició el registro de la devastación de la mayor selva
tropical del mundo, dijo hoy la ministra de Medio Ambiente de Brasil, Izabella Teixeira.
Rousseff crea nuevos santuarios ecológicos en el Día del Medio Ambiente
ABC, 05/06/12
La presidenta brasileña, Dilma Rousseff, aprovechó hoy la celebración del Día Mundial del Medio
Ambiente para anunciar la creación de dos nuevos parques nacionales, la ampliación de otros tres, y
diversas medidas de apoyo a los pueblos indígenas.
Rousseff destaca el esfuerzo ecológico de Brasil a pocos días de la Río+20
El Universal, 11/06/12
Entre los próximos días 20 y 22, son esperados para la fase final de la cita delegaciones de unos 180
países, de las cuales alrededor de un centenar estarán representados por sus jefes de Estado y de
Gobierno.
Rousseff destaca preservación amazónica
Ansa, 11/06/12
La presidenta Dilma Rousseff destacó hoy la política de reducción de deforestación en Brasil y anticipó
parte del debate de la conferencia de medio ambiente de la ONU Rio+20, al comparar a Sudamérica, por
preservar el 80% de la selva amazónica, con Europa, que mantiene apenas el 10% de sus bosques
originales.
Tribu indígena salva los bosques con teléfonos Android en Brasil'
Panorama, 11/06/12
Los Surui se convirtieron en la primera tribu indígena del Brasil en recibir la aprobación de su proyecto
sobre carbono, después de haber trabajado de la mano con el equipo de Google Earth.
Tribu más amenazada del planeta enfrenta la deforestación del Amazonas
El Nuevo Día, 08/06/12
La explotación forestal ilegal en Brasil y la deforestación del Amazonas están recortando el territorio de
los Awá, la tribu indígena más amenazada del planeta, afirmó hoy Survival International.
Chile
Proyecto de ley busca fomentar el desarrollo sustentable de pequeños productores forestales
El Ciudadano, 11/06/12
Un grupo de parlamentarios presentará esta semana una moción para legislar una nueva Ley de
Fomento Forestal, cuyo objetivo es regular e incentivar el establecimiento, manejo y protección de
plantaciones forestales para que contribuyan al desarrollo sustentable del país.
China
Bosques de China crecieron 60 millones de hectáreas en 20 años
CRI, 04/06/12
La extensión total de los bosques de China se ha incrementado a 195 millones de hectáreas frente a los
134 millones de 1992, informó este lunes la Administración Estatal de Silvicultura.
Colombia
Desarrollo sostenible para salvar el planeta
El Colombiano, 05/06/12
Brasil es este año sede del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, que se celebra cada 5 de junio gracias al
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (Pnuma), para fomentar la sensibilización
mundial sobre el tema y promover la atención y acción política al respecto.
Preocupantes cifras en el día mundial del Medio Ambiente
Semana, 05/06/12
El ministro Frank Pearl reveló que en los últimos 20 años se han perdido cinco millones de hectáreas de
bosque, el equivalente a dos veces Cundinamarca.
Ecuador
Animales y plantas ecuatorianos en ‘Lista Roja’
La Hora, 12/06/12
Ecuador es uno de los países con mayor riqueza en flora y fauna silvestre, pero muchos de ellos están en
un serio peligro como consecuencia de la deforestación, el comercio ilegal, la cacería, la destrucción o
sobreexplotación de su hábitat, la contaminación, entre otros factores.
España
El 25% del suelo peninsular ibérico se encuentra degradado
Eroski Consumer, 07/06/12
En torno al 25% del suelo peninsular ibérico se encuentra degradado, de manera que la mayor parte del
terreno afectado -un 20%- se debe a desertificación heredada, es decir, a acciones humanas que ya no
están operativas, mientras que el 5% restante se ha originado por la desertificación activa, según señala
el profesor del Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) y experto en desertificación Juan
Puigdefábregas Tomás.
"El paisaje segoviano no podría entenderse sin sus pinares"
El Adelantado, 03/06/12
Ante la próxima celebración, el martes 5 de junio, del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, el director
general del Medio Natural de la Junta de Castilla y León, el segoviano José Ángel Arranz, mantiene que la
población está cada vez más concienciada de la importancia de las masas boscosas.
La trufa, un tesoro en los bosques catalanes
La Vanguardia, 03/06/12
Apuestan por impulsar el sector para que los propietarios saquen rentabilidad a su bosque.
Más de 1.000 agentes velarán para evitar incendios en los bosques leridanos este verano
La Mañana, 07/06/12
Un total 1.200 agentes entre Bombers de la Generalitat, Mossos d’Esquadra y Protección Civil velarán
por la seguridad de los bosques y conreos de la provincia de Lleida durante el próximo verano, que se
prevé “muy caliente”, según informó ayer el subdirector territorial del Departament de Interior de la
Generalitat de Catalunya, Josep Ramon Solsona. Además, también contará con 35 medios aéreos en toda
la demarcación.
Estados Unidos de América
Daña incendio 92 mil hectáreas forestales en Nuevo México
Milenio, 03/06/12
El siniestro es ubicado en el Bosque Nacional Gila y es el mayor en la historia del lugar.
Intensos incendios afectan inmuebles y obligan evacuación en EE.UU
Las autoridades estadounidenses ordenaron hoy evacuar a pobladores de Colorado y Nuevo México ante
el avance incontenible de dos incendios forestales que en las últimas horas destruyeron y dañaron varias
propiedades de esos territorios.
Inundaciones e incendios forestales impactan sur de EE.UU.
Cientos de bomberos en Nuevo Mexico y Colorado combatían hoy grandes incendios en bosques de
estos territorios estadounidenses, donde también centenares de familias tuvieron que evacuar sus
viviendas huyendo de las llamas.
Guatemala
Pretenden disminuir tala ilegal
Prensa Libre, 13/06/12
Trece alcaldes de Quetzaltenango firmaron un convenio con el Instituto Nacional de Bosques (Inab), el
cual faculta a las comunas a otorgar licencias a familias que necesiten leña, postes y madera para uso
doméstico, con la condición de que por cada árbol cortado deben plantar 10. El objetivo es reducir la tala
ilegal.
Sequía genera riesgo en 87% del territorio
En el marco del Día Internacional del Medioambiente, que se celebra hoy, el Ministerio de Ambiente y
Recursos Naturales (MARN) advirtió de que el 87 por ciento del país, equivalente a 95 mil kilómetros
cuadrados, está en riesgo por las sequías.
Tala ilegal reduce bosque de mangle
El uso de sustancias químicas en la agricultura, y la depredación para consumo familiar y decoración, son
algunas de las causas de la reducción de los manglares en la Costa Sur, según autoridades y vecinos que
trabajan por la conservación de esta especie.
Honduras
Cuatro áreas forestales hondureñas ingresan a la Red Iberoamericana de Bosques Modelo
La Tribuna, 10/06/12
Honduras es el primer país de la región centroamericana que cuenta con una Red Nacional de Bosques
Modelo, en la que inicialmente están participando diferentes actores involucrados en la gestión
sostenible y manejo participativo de amplias zonas boscosas de Atlántida, Yoro, Sico Paulaya (Iriona,
Colón) y Gualaco en Olancho.
Reforestarán 700 manzanas en la zona sur
El Heraldo, 04/06/12
En tres municipios se sembrarán alrededor de seis mil plantas. Choluteca tiene una extensión de 4,211
kilómetros cuadrados, divididos en 16 municipios. La deforestación continua vuelve al departamento
muy vulnerable a los desastres.
México
Celebran Día del Medio Ambiente con forestación en escuelas
El Sol de Tijuana, 05/06/12
En conmemoración al Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, el gobierno de Baja California celebra con la
forestación de escuelas de nivel básico, medio superior y comunidades a través de la Secretaría de
Protección al Ambiente (SPA) dirigida por Efraín Nieblas Ortiz.
Conafor asegura que es “mínima” la superficie deforestada en la entidad
Diario Portal, 05/06/12
El gerente estatal de la Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR), Alejandro Soto Romero, aseguró que
actualmente la superficie reforestada es mayor que la superficie afectada por la deforestación en el
Estado de México.
Deforestación de 155 mil hectáreas al año en México
El Sol de México, 07/06/12
En México hay una deforestación de 155 mil hectáreas anualmente, debido a la tala clandestina, cambio
de uso del suelo para agricultura, invasión de zonas urbanas hacia áreas arboladas e incendios forestales,
entre otras cosas, según informes del titular de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
(Semarnat), Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, cuestionado en el marco del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente
que se celebra cada 5 de junio.
Disminuye tala ilegal de bosques
La Capital, 13/06/12
Identifican al crecimiento desmedido de las ciudadades y la construcción de nuevas carreteras como
nuevas formas de deforestación.
Más Inundaciones por cambio climático
El Sol de Hidalgo, 04/06/12
El cambio climático y la deforestación pueden provocar inundaciones más intensas, especialmente en la
Huasteca y la Barranca de Metztitlán, advierte el Consejo Estatal de Población (Coespo) a propósito del
Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, que se celebra este 5 de junio.
México aplica programas para evitar daños al medio ambiente
Xinhua, 05/06/12
Al conmemorarse hoy el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, el gobierno de México destacó la aplicación
de programas para evitar mayores daños a la naturaleza, como es el caso de Proárbol, uno de los más
importantes y con gran impacto a nivel mundial.
Pierde Oaxaca por incendios 18 mil hectáreas de bosques
Milenio, 06/06/12
La zona de los Chimalapas fue donde se identificaron los daños más importantes, al quemarse 2 mil
hectáreas.
Por deforestación urbana se pierden de 20 mil a 25 mil hectáreas al año
El Sol de Morelia, 06/06/12
A paso lento pero seguro, entre la mancha urbana, agricultores y constructores consumen la riqueza
forestal de Michoacán, obligando al cambio del uso de suelo. En las últimas décadas, de 4.2 millones de
hectáreas dedicadas a este fin actualmente restan casi 3 millones, "es tan grande el problema, que
restablecer un millón 200 mil hectáreas ya no se puede" aceptó Cuauhtémoc Ramírez Romero, titular de
la Comisión Forestal del Estado.
Perú
Veinte mil hectáreas de bosque se deforestan al año en Piura
El Tiempo, 02/06/12
Anteriormente la deforestación en Piura era de 14 mil hectáreas por año, pero un último estudio revela
que esta cantidad ha incrementado, llegando a deforestarse veinte mil hectáreas de bosque en la región.
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)
Destacan en Venezuela resultados de programa de reforestación
Prensa latina, 01/06/12
Venezuela se apresta a celebrar el sexto aniversario de la Misión Árbol, una iniciativa gubernamental
orientada a lograr la participación protagónica de la población en la conservación de los recursos
hidrográficos, el ambiente y la biodiversidad.
El Gobierno Nacional redujo tasa de deforestación en 47,3%
Correo del Orinoco, 06/06/12
Se han plantado más de 31 mil hectáreas en todo el país. Para el periodo 2012-2013 se sembrarán
13.262 hectáreas, lo generará 7.960 empleos directos, calculó el viceministro Jesús Cegarra.
Mundo
Cada año se pierden 12 millones de hectáreas a causa de la desertificación
ABC, 15/06/12
El suelo fértil es un recurso no renovable; cada año 12 millones de hectáreas (el equivalente a tres veces
el territorio de Suiza) se pierden a causa de la desertificación, lamentó la organización humanitaria
World Vision. Los datos se hacen públicos en el marco del Día Mundial contra la Desertificación y la
Sequía, que se conmemora el próximo 17 de junio.
Casi un centenar de especies de aves de la Amazonía se encuentra cerca de la extinción
ABC, 08/06/12
La Lista Roja de 2012, elaborada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza,
destaca el caso del hormiguero de río Branco y el pijuí de Roraima.
La ONU alerta de cambios “sin precedentes” en la Tierra
El País, 06/06/12
Dos décadas de buenas palabras y de discursos a favor del medio ambiente no han evitado que los
principales parámetros para medir la sostenibilidad de la actividad humana hayan empeorado. El
objetivo de contener el calentamiento en dos grados para final de siglo se aleja; los océanos son cada vez
más ácidos; la biodiversidad desaparece a un ritmo desconocido desde la extinción de los dinosaurios y
la deforestación está alcanzando tales cotas que supondrá un coste para la economía mundial superior a
las pérdidas derivadas de la crisis financiera de 2008.
Los pobladores del Amazonas occidental eran escasos según nuevos estudios
ABC, 15/06/12
La científica Dolores R. Piperno ha desvelado mediante su último trabajo que esta selva de América del
sur realmente no estuvo tan habitada como se pensaba antes de la llegada de los europeos.
Presentan campaña contra deforestación en Cumbre de los Pueblos
La lucha contra la deforestación y la violencia en el campo son las formas más rápidas y baratas de
reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, aseguró hoy Paulo Andario, de Greenpeace, en el
contexto de la Cumbre de los Pueblos paralela a Río+20.
Un estudio analiza el variado impacto humano en la Amazonía precolombina
Diario Vasco, 14/06/12
Antes de la conquista europea de las Américas, abundaban los asentamientos humanos en las regiones
central y este de la cuenca amazónica, pero la población era escasa en el oeste, según un estudio que
publica hoy la revista Science.
Revue de presse 01-15 Juin
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resteront sur Internet que pendant un temps limité.
Algérie
20 hectares de maquis ravagés par les flammes
El Watan, 10/06/12
Selon la Protection civile, le sinistre le plus important est signalé à la forêt de Madagh, commune de
Boutlélis, où une superficie de plusieurs hectares a été la proie des flammes.
40 hectares de forêt partent en fumée
Liberté, 11/06/12
Le facteur humain est souvent à l’origine des foyers d’incendie. Aussi, des dégâts ont été occasionnés à
diverses récoltes.
Aïn Defla: plus de 50% du tissu végétal détruit
El Watan, 08/06/12
La wilaya de Aïn Defla aux fortes potentialités forestières voit d’année en année son patrimoine forestier
régresser sans que les pouvoirs publics mettent un terme à ce massacre perpétré par la main de
l’homme depuis plus d’une décennie.
Feux de Forêts/Lutte: présentation lundi du dispositif de lutte et de prévention des feux de forêts pour la
campagne 2012
La Tribune, 03/06/12
La Commission nationale de Protection des forêts (CNPF) présentera lundi le dispositif et les différentes
mesures entreprises pour prévenir et lutter contre les feux de forêts pour la campagne 2012, a indiqué
dimanche la Direction générale des Forêts (DGF) dans un communiqué.
Feux de forêts: une cellule de veille à pied d’œuvre
El Watan, 07/06/12
Pas moins de 120 sapeurs-pompiers et 12 camions citernes sont mobilisés. Le dispositif de veille s’appuie
aussi sur 30 cellules citoyennes ayant pour mission de lancer des alertes.
Bénin
Lutte contre la déforestation au Bénin: plusieurs hectares reboisés dans la commune de Zè
La Nouvelle Tribune, 05/06/12
Le 1er juin dernier dans le cadre de la journée internationale de l’arbre, la Société africaine de commerce
Houètè (Socomah), spécialisé dans la commercialisation des produits forestiers, a organisé une
campagne de reboisement sur son domaine privé à Agbodjèdo, dans la commune de Zè.
L’arbre à l’honneur au Bénin
Afrik, 01/06/12
Chaque année, le Bénin célèbre le 1er juin la journée nationale de l’arbre. Cette année, gouvernants et
gouvernés n’ont pas dérogé à la tradition. 13 500 plants ont été mis en terre.
Brésil
Amazonie: le cacao, une option savoureuse pour lutter contre la déforestation
France 24, 14/06/12
Une usine de chocolat en bordure de la route Transamazonienne dans l'Etat du Para (nord), près de la
commune de Medicilandia, fonctionne comme un antidote savoureux à la déforestation de l'Amazonie.
Déforestation: une tribu mise sur le marché du carbone
Courrier International, 14/06/12
Dans l’Etat de Rondônia, les Paiters Suruís vont vendre des crédits carbone pour financer la protection de
la forêt tropicale sur leur territoire. Une première mondiale.
Une écologiste brésilienne veut faire de Rio "la place Tahrir de la crise environnementale"
France 24, 05/06/12
L'ex-candidate écologiste à la présidence du Brésil, Marina Silva, a appelé le monde à se rebeller et à
faire du sommet de l'ONU Rio+20 en juin la "place Tahrir de la crise environnementale mondiale".
Cameroun
Gestion durable des forêts: l'image satellite entre en service
La Nouvelle Expression, 07/06/12
En signant vendredi dernier à Yaoundé, une licence d’utilisation des produits satellitaires et cartes
thématiques SPOT, le Cameroun marque un pas vers la mise en œuvre du mécanisme REDD+
Hélé Pierre, le ministre de l’environnement, de la protection de la nature et du développement durable a
décliné, le sens de la cérémonie de vendredi dernier dans son discours de la circonstance. «Ce projet de
mise à disposition des image satellitaire concrétise l’engagement pris par le gouvernement français en
2009 lors du sommet de Copenhague de mettre des images satellitaires au service de la gestion durable
des forêt du bassin du Congo.»
Canada
La foudre fait des dégâts en forêt
La presse, 01/06/12
La foudre a fait des dégâts considérables dans les forêts qui sont sous la responsabilité de la base
principale de Roberval de la Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU).
Côte d'Ivoire
Lancement de la campagne nationale de reboisement : Nabo Clément invite les populations à libérer les
forêts
Abidjan, 11/06/12
"Je demande à tous les clandestins installés dans les forêts classées, de les libérer immédiatement afin
de permettre à la Sodefor d’engager un vaste programme de reboisement national pour la reconstitution
de la forêt ivoirienne."
Équateur
Appel des Huaorani contre la destruction de la forêt Yasuni (Equateur) par Chevron.
Les Unes de Mediapart, 01/06/12
Les Huaorani sont des chasseurs-cueilleurs qui vivent au coeur de la forêt tropicale de l'Equateur. Leur
terre ancestrale comprend la zone connue sous le nom de Parc National Yasuni. Les tribus présentes au
sein de la forêt, les très nombreuses espèces animales et végétales, et un écosystème extrêmement
fragile sont directement menacés par les compagnies pétrolières mais aussi par les bûcherons illégaux et
les colons.
États-Unis d'Amérique
L'Ouest américain touché par des incendies de forêt
Le Parisien, 13/06/12
Dix -neuf incendies sévissent actuellement dans les forêts de l'ouest américain, ravagé par la sécheresse.
Deux d'entre eux, dans le Colorado et le Nouveau-Mexique, ont déjà ravagé des dizaines de milliers
d'hectares de forêt et fait un mort. Quelque 4.500 pompiers ont été envoyés en renfort par les autorités
fédérales, a indiqué le département américain de la Sécurité intérieure, qui travaille «étroitement» avec
les services d'urgence des neuf Etats concernés, dont aussi la Californie, l'Arizona, l'Utah et le Wyoming.
France
Abeilles: le ministre de l'Agriculture veut interdire le pesticide Cruiser
Le Parisien, 01/06/12
Le ministère de l'Agriculture s'est prononcé vendredi pour l'interdiction du pesticide Cruiser du groupe
suisse Syngenta utilisé pour le colza et suspecté d'accroître la mortalité des abeilles, ce qui pourrait
déboucher sur une interdiction effective d'ici quelques semaines.
Le mal-être des forestiers cache celui de la forêt
La Nouvelle République, 06/06/12
Ils sont 13 forestiers en Loir-et-Cher, à effectuer un travail de plus en plus difficile. Le Snupfen se fait
l’écho de leurs inquiétudes pour la forêt de demain.
Les abeilles font leur nid en ville
20 Minutes, 11/06/12
Pas de doute, les abeilles sauvages prennent leurs aises dans nos quartiers. C'est ce qui ressort du projet
Urbanbees, expérimenté depuis le printemps 2010 dans le Grand Lyon par l'association Anthropologia,
l'Institut national de la recherche agronomique d'Avignon, en partenariat notamment avec la ville de
Lyon. Un programme européen destiné à comprendre comment vivent les butineuses en ville et favoriser
leur développement en milieu urbain et périurbain.
Les abeilles, sentinelles de l'environnement en ville
RTL, 06/06/12
Le recours aux abeilles, de plus en plus nombreuses en zone urbaine avec des ruches installées sur des
toits d'opéras ou au pied des immeubles, est développé comme un moyen d'évaluation de la pollution,
faisant d'elles de véritables sentinelles de l'environnement.
Les forêts françaises se portent bien
Le Figaro, 08/06/12
En 2011, les prix des forêts ont progressé de 10,8 %. Elles sont devenues une valeur refuge.
L’option bois & forêts
Le Nouvel Economiste, 07/06/12
Rendus méfiants par les soubresauts de la crise financière, les investisseurs se détournent des produits
traditionnels à la rentabilité volatile pour leur préférer des placements plus stables. Parmi ceux-ci, la
forêt, une option encore confidentielle mais qui compte de plus en plus d’amateurs. S’il n’offre qu’un
rendement limité, cet actif permet de bénéficier de nombreux avantages fiscaux. Un tel placement
suppose néanmoins d’importantes contraintes en matière de gestion administrative et matérielle. Une
dimension à ne pas négliger, faute de quoi cette niche pourrait bien se transformer en gouffre financier.
Pour mieux exploiter la forêt
Sud Ouest, 04/06/12
Le Parc naturel régional Périgord-Limousin, les collectivités adhérentes, les propriétaires forestiers et les
professionnels du bois locaux travaillent de concert afin de concilier leurs différentes activités dans la
forêt tout en respectant le milieu naturel de celle-ci. Ainsi, jeudi, ils étaient réunis pour améliorer le
déroulé de l'exploitation forestière. Cette réunion faisait suite à une rencontre avec la filière bois lors de
laquelle les participants s'étaient accordés sur l'intérêt de travailler en ce sens.
Un élevage d'escargots au coeur de la forêt
France 3, 12/06/12
Les Landes sont réputées pour leur foie gras et ses volailles... Et bientôt pour ses escargots? Une
passionnée a décidé de se consacrer à ce produit emblématique de la gastronomie française.
Une nouvelle filière sort du bois
20 Minutes, 06/06/12
La forêt des Landes entre dans une nouvelle ère. Alors que la tempête Klaus en 2009 a ravagé 200 000
hectares, la filière doit se plier à une nouvelle demande, de plus en plus forte : la nécessité de produire
du bois-énergie pour alimenter des chaufferies fonctionnant à la biomasse. Ces défis qui attendent le
plus grand massif forestier de France, et les 35 000 emplois qui en dépendent, seront largement abordés
lors de Forexpo, qui s’ouvre ce mercredi à Mimizan.
Gabon
Le Gabon veut produire de l'huile de palme "durable"
7 Sur 7, 08/06/12
Le Gabon qui ambitionne de devenir le premier producteur africain d'huile de palme d'ici 2017 va
produire "de l'huile de palme durable", ont annoncé mercredi les deux sociétés productrices au Gabon,
le Belge Siat et le Singapourien Olam.
Guinée
La Guinée est confrontée à une dégradation accrue de son environnement
CRI, 05/06/12
La Guinée est confrontée à un problème récurrent de l'environnement, eu égard à la dégradation
continue des ressources naturelles (déforestation, érosion et dégradation des sols, pollutions et
nuisances etc), sur l'ensemble du territoire national, a fait savoir lundi un spécialiste des questions
environnementales guinéennes.
Indonésie
Mettre fin à la déforestation en Indonésie
Les Echos, 08/06/12
A l'approche du sommet Rio+20, la communauté internationale doit accepter de nouer un dialogue plus
constructif avec le gouvernement et le secteur privé indonésiens si elle veut nous aider à mettre fin à la
déforestation
Madagascar
Anja, la communauté qui a sauvé sa forêt grâce au tourisme
AFP, 13/06/12
La communauté d'Anja, à Madagascar, vient de recevoir une récompense des Nations Unies pour avoir
réussi à sauver sa forêt et sa faune grâce à l'écotourisme, un exemple des promesses de l'économie verte
qui sera à l'ordre du jour du sommet du développement durable à Rio.
Maurice
Environnement: IBL aide à réhabiliter une forêt endémique au Pétrin
L'Express, 06/06/12
Dans le cadre de la Journée mondiale de l’environnement, IBL soutient un projet de réhabilitation de
deux hectares de forêt dans la réserve naturelle de Pétrin en collaboration avec le National Park and
Preservation Service.
Viet Nam
Son Trà, une péninsule nommée plaisir
Vietnam+, 09/06/12
Située à environ 6 km du centre-ville de Dà Nang (Centre du Vietnam), la réserve naturelle de Son Trà,
avec ses forêts vierges, attire de plus en plus de touristes. La péninsule agit également comme un
immense mur qui protège la ville à la saison des tempêtes.
Monde
7 idées reçues sur la maison en bois
Côté Maison, 08/06/12
Souvent associée au chalet, à l'écologie ou aux difficultés de construction, la maison en bois est entourée
de clichés. Pourtant très en vogue, ces idées reçues persistent encore ... Mais qu'en est-il vraiment ?
Le Projet d'appui à la gestion durable des forêts du Congo
RFI, 09/06/12
Le Projet d'appui à la gestion durable des forêts du Congo a démarré en septembre 2009. Il répond à une
grave préoccupation : comment exploiter la forêt sans la détruire ? Il se trouve que les concessions sont
longtemps restées à l’écart des processus de gestion durable. Ce ne sont pas moins de 36,4 millions
d'hectares attribués pour exploitation qui sont concernés. D’où le Pagef au Gabon et au Congo.
Le taux de la biodiversité en Afrique a connu un recul de 40% en 40 ans, selon un rapport lancé vendredi
par la BAD et le Fonds mondial pour la nature
Abidjan.Net, 01/06/12
Le Rapport 2012 sur l’empreinte écologique de l’Afrique publié vendredi, à Arusha (Tanzanie), révèle un
recul de près de 40% de la biodiversité en Afrique ces quatre dernières décennies.
Rio + 20: La Terre malade de ses trois poumons verts
20 Minutes, 12/06/12
Ce sont trois paradis verts qui contribuent grandement à nous apporter de l'oxygène. Mais les bassins
forestiers tropicaux de l'Amazonie, du Mékong et du Congo sont toujours menacés par les déforestations
abusives...
Vivre mieux de la forêt
La Presse, 13/06/12
Les régions forestières du Québec ne sont pas les seules à souffrir de la crise forestière. De façon
générale, partout sur la planète, il existe un lien indiscutable entre forêt et pauvreté.
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