Indigenous communities from Yasuni National Park, home to some of the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet, have sent a message to the world pleading to save the park from devastation by the oil industry. They are suing Chevron for an environmental remediation provisionally priced at $6 billion in a landmark class-action lawsuit expected to conclude next year. Deforestation causes between 20 percent and 25 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions -- more than US automobile use. Texaco...

The state's largest fire in the Inyo National Forest was 15 percent contained Sunday after cooler temperatures and lighter winds allowed firefighters to make their first real progress, officials said. The 34,000-acre blaze, sparked by lightning last Friday, had destroyed at least one home and several other structures, forced 200 residents of Independence to temporarily leave their homes and closed for a time as much as 115 miles of Highway 395, which shuttles travelers to recreation areas...

forest service has sent its second contingent of specialty firefighters to Quebec, where conditions around Val dor and Roberval were so dry by mid-June that a single lightning storm sparked more than 100 new fires. These fires clear out ground litter and promote grass growth, while thickening the lower bark of the surviving trees and building their fire resistance. Now add nine million hectares of dead and dying beetle-killed forest, and a forecast for 2007 to continue the trend to hotter,...

Specifically, the legislation would allow taxpayers to deduct from gross income up to 60 percent of timber gains from the sale or exchange of timber held for more than one year. Davis, in his third term representing parts of Birmingham and most of west Alabama, has won the political backing of the timber industry, according to campaign finance reports. The timber tax changes were considered in previous years when Republicans had the majority on Capitol Hill, but despite broad bipartisan...

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But Schmidt, scientists and commercial tree farmers fear that's just the beginning. A recent aerial survey over the neighboring Oconee National Forest and adjoining counties identified dozens of other infested locales. While the Southeast remains prime hunting ground, the beetles venture into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Mexico. Forestry officials in the Alberta province of Canada have declared a beetle emergency, tallying 1.5 million diseased trees in the past year. The Piedmont...

Len Talif said Malaysia was the first country willing to engage in such negotiations concerning the legality of its timber sources, showing that the country subscribed to a policy of sustainable forestry management and was serious about eradicating illegal logging. Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. Malaysia And EU To Continue Timber Legality Talks :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. However, he declined to elaborate on the "tiny...

Russia s Sustainable Forestry Revolution Publicado - Published: 07/07/2007 By Julia Cass Russia has the world s largest remaining tracts of old growth forests. When the post-Soviet Russian government began privatizing its timber industry in the early 1990s, WWF, the global conservation organization, jumped on the opportunity to help shape the emerging free market Russian forestry sector into a more environmentally responsible model. Russia s Sustainable Forestry Revolution Publicado -...

Quick takes on home and garden (July 7, 2007) Daylilies on display Daylilies are reaching their peak right now, and they will be featured at two events: The tour, to last about 1 hours, will focus on the older, northern section of the cemetery at a particularly beautiful time of day. After that, watch the owners planting, spraying, mowing and shearing the Christmas trees. Half the profits of the sale go to the arboretum. Water and other drinks free. Join a guided walking tour of the...