The train was not carrying any hazardous material, but fire crews had to wait about 30 minutes to be given the all-clear to attack the blaze. Moffat says the fire is being pushed away from Savant Lake, but is expected to grow today due to high winds and dry conditions. Firefighters continue to battle 13 forest fires in northwestern Ontario, including one sparked by a train derailment. Train derailment sparks Ontario forest fire. Meanwhile, fire crews are tackling 14 active fires in the...

About 20 percent of this forest cover have been affected by forest concessionaires' exploitation. He said that in 2005 local police confiscated 33,249 cubic meters of processed timber which were obtained from illegal logging. But deforestation and illegal logging had been increasing during the Aceh reconstruction process to meet the need for wood materials, which in 2006 increased four folds to 120,209. View blog reactions Previous Stories One billion to be displaced by 2050, global...

This, together with the tree planting incentives signalled in the announcement, accords closely with United Future s climate change policy in relation to forestry, said Mr Copeland. Commissioner Responds: Police Commissioner Broad Responds To Allegations Police Commissioner Howard Broad says he is embarrassed that a pornographic film containing bestiality was shown at a party held in his house in Dunedin in 1981 without his prior knowledge and permission. UF support for tree planting...

Western consumption, and not China's timber trade, is to blame for the depletion of the world's tropical forest resources, according to a recent report. When searching for reasons behind shrinking forests, "we should be careful and we should always look at the final destination", said Dennis Pamlin, a global policy advisor of WWF Sweden, who is co-author of the report. China imported 6 to 7 million cubic meters of hardwood last year, or 1 to 2 per cent of the overall felling in tropical...

Many landscapers say they're being forced to work on clean up before they can begin their planting seasons thanks to the storms that felled countless trees last month. Warwick said he usually spends May planting but instead has been inundated with tree removal jobs, more than 30 so far. But April's weather, first with the snow and then the rain, made planting impossible and wreaked havoc on many trees and yards, she said. The weather meant three weeks of prime planting time was shut down....