‘No sell-off’ for public forests

‘No sell-off’ for public forests

Despite previous intentions, including the selling of 15% of UK public forests, the government has announced that it will not sell off publicly owned forests in England. It says it will create a new public body that will hold in trust the nation’s forests for...

International Year of Forests, 2011

The United nations (UN) has designated 2011 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2011).  The website (http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/index.shtml) is designed to be a global platform to celebrate people’s action to sustainably manage the world’s forests....

ForestSat 2010

ForestSat 2010, 7th-10th September 2010, SpainFor further information see http://forestsat2010.usc.es The aim of the ForestSat 2010 conference is to present and discuss remote sensing techniques and methodologies to improve land management in general and forestry in...