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Celebrating the world's forest heroes
Today, World Forestry Day, we report on the outstanding efforts of people who have made an extraordinary contribution towards protecting forests and forest communities. At a special ceremony hosted recently by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), the Forest Hero Award was presented to six regional winners. …
21 Mar 2012 | News story
Charting a new course for Asia-Pacific forests
“Every seed is a dream, waiting to be fulfilled. Every tree is a reality… Every forest is a community, joining together to stand as one.” This extract from Randell Terre Aranza’s winning essay in the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) writing competition sums up the spirt of the event, writes Kristen Carusos, of IUCN's China office. …
08 Nov 2011 | News story
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Young Green Patrols in action: “By protecting trees we protect our future”
School-based forest units: the tradition existed in Azerbaijan before, now it’s time to restore it and to make it fi t the contemporary environment. So far, children have been sensitised to forest protection thanks to the efforts of the Centre of Environmental Education in Baku. Now, a European-supported initiative is aiming to extend their work and to create school-based teams of ‘Young Foresters’. Because the necessity to prevent deforestation and to expand the green topsoil is today a priority in the country, which cannot be met without increasing the population’s environmental education. …
27 Oct 2011 | News story
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People. …
19 Aug 2011 | News story
Nouveau rapport international pour sauvegarder les richesses naturelles en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
Un projet international de conservation a réuni des botanistes et des scientifiques du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord - l'Algérie, l'Egypte, l'Israël, la Jordanie, le Liban, la Libye, le Maroc, les Territoires Palestiniens Occupés, la Syrie et la Tunisie - dans un pari sans précédent pour assurer l’avenir de la nature dans la région. … | English | Spanish
01 Jun 2011 | International news release
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