Environment Minister urges foresters to learn from the lessons of Europe (22-11-2011)
Welsh Government Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development John Griffiths is urging foresters to learn from the lessons of Europe as they plan for climate change and the future. Speaking to leaders of the forestry sector in Wales at the Senedd this week, Mr Griffiths was highlighting findings in a new report from FUTUREforest, the Forestry Commission Wales three year INTERREG IVC project supported by the Welsh Government.
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Forests key role as Wales faces climate change threats – and opportunities - Climate change briefing at the Senedd – 9 November 2011 (21-11-2011)
Foresters must start planning now if the woodlands of Wales are to survive the predicted effects of more severe weather conditions as climate change begins to take effect. That’s the clear message being put across to the forest sector, policy makers, and politicians at an important climate briefing at the Senedd, Cardiff Bay supported by Welsh Government Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development John Griffiths AM in November.
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Sustainable development – forestry can help make it really happen (16-09-2011)
Sustainable economic development is the latest buzz word as Europe begins re-building for a new future - and the timber sector can play a vital role in that recovery.
That’s the message delivered to politicians and policy-makers in the European Parliament this week by the forestry and climate change FUTUREforest project.
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Economic melt-down – forests can help re-build and tackle climate change (16-09-2011)
Europe’s forests can create sustainable wealth and jobs as well as helping to tackle climate change. That’s the message being delivered in the European Parliament by the FUTUREforest project.
The seven region European forestry project has proved that woodlands can make a major contribution to the future in its report – Europe’s Forests and Climate Change – the Voice of the Regions.
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New roadmap to the future for Europe’s forests and climate change (16-09-2011)
Welsh foresters will be joining woodland experts from across Europe in Paris next week to draw up what could be some of the most influential new guidelines on climate change and forest management this year.
The FUTUREforest project team are meeting at the Foreign and European Office in the French capital to bring together all the latest thinking on forests and climate change.
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FUTUREforest at the Royal Welsh Show – Tuesday 19 July (27-08-2011)
The European forestry project which is aiming to prove that woodlands can make a major contribution to tackling climate change announces its first findings at the Royal Welsh Show on Tuesday 19 July.
Welsh FUTUREforest experts will be announcing some of the best climate change adaptation and mitigation measures for forestry, brought together by the INTERREG IVC project, funded by the EU and the Welsh Government.
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Join us in the EP on 6th September (21-08-2011)
Dear colleagues, European forests are in trouble but we can help easily!
We should take the opportunity of a changing agricultural policy to act in favour of climate protection through protection of our forests. Auvergne, Brandenburg, Bulgaria, Catalonia, East-Slovakia, Latvia and Wales have worked together under the Interreg IVc FUTUREforest project to find out what is necessary.
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Woodland Carbon Code (09-08-2011)
The Woodland Carbon Code, launched on 27th July 2011, supports the move towards a low carbon economy through encouraging investment in woodland creation in the UK for climate change mitigation.
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Lessons learned from Europe could help control Welsh wildfires (15-06-2011)
Lessons learned in Europe on tackling wildfires could help Wales reduce the risks to property and lives, says climate change project FUTUREforest.
The Forestry Commission Wales team responsible for the EU programme here is finalising a report which details fire control measures already developed in some of the driest countries in Europe.
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New roadmap to the future for Europe's forests and climate changes (15-06-2011)
Welsh foresters joined woodland experts from across Europe in Paris to draw up what could be some of the most influential new guidelines on climate change and forest management this year.
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Foreseeing tomorrow's forests (16-02-2011)
European foresters of the Interreg IVC FUTUREforest project will be meeting on the 21st and 22nd of February at the Foreign and European Office in Paris, in order to address the role of forest faced with climate change. They will have the opportunity to discuss the project with French Forestry Office's Executive Director Pascal Viné and French Forestry Office's Head of the Board of Directors Hervé Gaymard. They will also have to complete a document to be presented to European policymakers at the Brussels meeting in June.
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Students and Professors in Latvia Learn about Experience and Findings of FUTUREforest Partners (10-02-2011)
Students and professors of Latvia University of Agriculture Forest faculty were invited to FUTUREforest workshop „ Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change”. The workshop was focused on climate change influence on forest management. Scientists from Latvian State Forest Research Institute „Silava” introduced the workshop participants with FUTUREforest findings the related practical recommendations in this regard.
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Cardiff hosts International climate change conference (02-12-2010)
Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones AM will be announcing a package of measures that will be helping Europe’s forests tackle climate change at a major international conference in Cardiff later this month.
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Trees and plants burst into bloom – in their own fight with climate change (02-12-2010)
Trees and plants may not be able to speak, but already they are beginning to tell us that climate change is real – and it is beginning to impact on the environment.
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Cardiff hosts International climate change conference (02-12-2010)
Climate change experts across Europe are converging on the Welsh capital for a major international conference which will play a key role in shaping our landscape for generations to come.
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Aber forestry team set to change the face of European woodlands (02-12-2010)
A small team of forestry experts based in Aberystwyth could soon be making a big impact on the way the woodlands of Europe are managed.
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Climate and forests - a charter for change in the woodlands of Europe (02-12-2010)
Welsh forestry scientists are beginning to piece together a charter of climate change principles which could transform the face of woodlands across Europe.
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Forests and climate change – trees can make a difference (12-11-2010)
In Latvia conference “Adaptation of Trees and Stands to Forest Disturbances: Management Considerations” was the first climate change and forestry focused conference with such a broad involvement of scientists from Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, USA, Spain and Slovakia focusing on the role forests can play in the battle against climate change.
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Putting across the FUTUREforest message in Europe (11-11-2010)
FUTUREforest has just made its views known on the Green paper on Forest Protection and information in the EU – preparing forests for climate change.
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Cardiff hosts International climate change conference (10-11-2010)
Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones will be announcing a package of measures that will be helping Europe’s forests tackle climate change at a major international conference in Cardiff later this month.
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Minister of Agriculture in discussions on Forest Adaptation to Climate Change in Latvia (12-07-2010)
Discussions on forest management in the context of climate change in Latvia are actively ongoing. This year we provided seminars for forest sector experts, decision makers, forest owners and educators.
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Climate change commitment – politicians sign up for action (04-11-2009)
Welsh rural affairs Minister Elin Jones AM has joined political leaders across Europe in a seven nation agreement to work together to tackle climate change.
The document was signed at a climate change conference in Barcelona hosted by FUTUREforest, the INTERREG IVC European project looking at how forests can adapt to climate change and provide opportunities for mitigation.
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Plastic forests – the new way forward for Welsh woodland management? (01-06-2009)
Plastic forests could provide the solution to the future for Welsh woodlands as the country faces up to rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.
But that doesn’t mean Welsh hillsides will be covered with man-made trees as predicted climate change patterns begin to impact.
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Welsh woodlands – a key player in the fight against climate change (20-04-2009)
Climate change experts from across Europe will be seeing how the Welsh woodlands are already helping to alleviate the effects of climate change.
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Climate change research team steps into the future to meet the challenge (14-04-2009)
A Welsh climate change research ‘time team’ has stepped into the future to help prepare the woodlands of Wales for changing weather patterns.
The FUTUREforest researchers from Aberystwyth were in Catalonia to see how the increasingly extreme and unpredictable changes in climate have impacted on the forests.
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