For more than 20 years, Malaysia's 9,000 Penan have fought a losing battle to hold back the timber companies that have, by some estimates, stripped 90 per cent of Sarawak's forests. In the process of trying to stop the logging, Penan men and women have suffered beatings, jail, and some have been reduced to penury when their forests have been destroyed. Deep in the mountainous interior of Borneo, in one of the few great forests of Sarawak to survive the depredations of loggers, a tribe of...

By Cicely Richardson for Journal Opinion BRADFORD, Vermont (STPNS) -- FAIRLEE West Fairlee and Fairlee residents will be hearing a lot about West Fairlee s proposed Brushwood Community Forest in the coming months as they must make some decisions on town meeting day. By Cicely Richardson for Journal Opinion BRADFORD, Vermont (STPNS) -- FAIRLEE West Fairlee and Fairlee residents will be hearing a lot about West Fairlee s proposed Brushwood Community Forest in the coming months as they must...

Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist Published:Sunday, October 28, 2007 It may not be possible to reverse a provincial government decision to allow Western Forest Products to pull private land out of tree-farm licences, but some areas need to be preserved as parkland, says Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca MP Keith Martin. Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist Published:Sunday, October 28, 2007 It may not be possible to reverse a provincial government decision to allow Western Forest Products to pull private land...

Both in and out of the woods, he works on a daily basis to ensure that Arkansas's timberlands remain productive for generations to come," said AFA executive vice president Kelly Robbins. A third-generation logger, Jones has seen the business go from saw hands cutting pine saw timber to becoming a fully mechanized operation cutting several products, up to 80 tons per acre. With more than 1,500 members, the organization promotes the conservation of productive, healthy forests. Hamburg,...

Their experience has been with road and airport runway construction and emergency work, including clearing major roadways during major snowstorms. These two donations will be put to immediate use by our group to advance our goals of planting 30,000 trees over the next five years," stated Paul Maurer. We were happy to assist in the clean-up, and we are happy to be involved in the re-planting efforts" Construction Companies Announce Donations to Re-Tree WNY. Hill, a representative of Union...

The result was an urban heat island, where the temperature inside the concrete jungle was between six and 10 degrees hotter than the temperature in surrounding areas. Bonita will buy and plant trees for city-owned right of way properties in neighborhoods and along roads if citizens in the community agree to water them for the first two years. The city councilman spearheaded the formation of a tree advisory board, which is charged with protecting and expanding the city s urban canopy. Not...

Planted roughly twice as close as trees in conventional groves, they are nurtured by state-of-the-art irrigation and fertilizer systems that allow trees to grow into production faster. It's a race against greening, a tree-killing disease with no cure that is the latest natural threat to the state's citrus industry. Like growers and researchers across the state, Spyke is taking part in an innovative movement to figure out how to grow citrus during the next decade and beyond. In groves...

Grants of up to $200 may be requested for planting trees on public lands, hosting an Arbor Day celebration, or purchasing natural resource related library materials. Missing the vibrant array of forests in Michigan, Morton championed a tree planting holiday in Nebraska, to replant trees that were cleared for building materials and fuel. Matching funds may include cash contributions or in-kind services, but may not include federal funds. Grant money will be paid once the project is...

Conservation initiatives aired at TFA conference. Since then, they've begun learning the ins and outs of tree farming through the monthly TFA newspaper and its annual meetings like the one held in College Station this week featuring experts on timely topics like carbon credits and other conservation-style initiatives. Conservation initiatives aired at TFA conference. Since then, they've begun learning the ins and outs of tree farming through the monthly TFA newspaper and its annual...