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The carpenters of the forest
A forest management programme among the indigenous people of Nicaragua's Atlantic coast region involves not just conservation but what seems to offer the community hope of a better standard of living - making things with their own wood
Gale-force change in French forests
The storms that devastated France at the end of last year devastated much of the country's magnificent forests. One positive effect, though, was to focus attention on how those forests are managed and how they can be better protected in the future
WWF calls for action to save world's "Protected Areas"
At an international conference on forest protected areas convened in Bangkok (1), WWF, the conservation organization, today called for governments to tackle the growing threats to the world's protected areas (PAs).
First FSC certification in Russia: A new beginning for the timber industry
WWF, the conservation organization, today announced the first Association of Environmentally Responsible Timber Producers in Russia, a country with the largest forest area in the world.
New hope for the Amazon
WWF and Friends of the Earth Amazonia, today announced a new member of the Global Forest and Trade Network, which will help stop illegal logging in the Amazon.
European countries neglecting their forests
WWF today announced that in Europe Switzerland takes the best care of its forests - followed by Finland, Sweden, Austria and Slovakia. WWF warned that all European countries must take much better care of their forests. At the bottom of WWF's European Forest Scorecards rankings of 20 countries surveyed is Denmark.
Germany presents state forests as Gifts to the Earth
Wood and other products from two state forests in northern Germany will soon carry an eco-label certifying that they come from well-managed forests. As a result of this special commitment to help preserve the planet's natural wealth, the forests were declared as Gifts to the Earth by WWF, the conservation organization, and German State environment ministers today.
Proposed Brazilian law could permit massive deforestation
WWF, the world's largest conservation organization, today warned that a new law proposed by the Federal Government could cause the greatest environmental damage ever seen in Brazil, and lead to massive loss of biodiversity and natural resources.
New research reveals magnitude of threat to world's forest protected areas
New findings released by the World Bank/WWF Alliance revealed that less than one quarter of declared national parks, wildlife refuges, and other protected areas in 10 key forested countries were well managed, and many had no management at all.
WWF Canada wants further 172,000 sq km of wilderness protected
WWF-Canada is urging Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and provincial premiers to protect an additional 172,000 square kilometres of wilderness from industrial development by July 1, 2000, or risk falling behind some other western countries in protecting their endangered spaces.