The ITTO, an intergovernmental group promoting the conservation and trade of tropical timber, says communities living in the forest have a "longer time horizon for resource management" than big timber companies. For example, in Nepal, the extraction of juice from the Bel tree by local communities is rejuvenating degraded forests and helping prevent unsustainable timber extraction, the report said.community forest management has increased in recent years with political decentralization and...

However, these enterprises are being side-lined in the international forestry arena, putting forests at risk the world over. Employing more than 110 million people worldwide, such community forest enterprises harvest wood on a sustainable basis, and collect bamboo, rattan, fibers, nuts, resins, medicinal herbs, honey, wood for charcoal and other natural products to increase local wealth. Employing more than 110 million people worldwide, such community forest enterprises harvest wood on a...

American Chestnut Foundation officials hope to use the Farmington tree as a means to blanket the state again with the species valued for its wood and nuts. Leila Pinchot, the foundation's New England science coordinator, pollinated the 40-foot tree Monday afternoon using pollen from a Tennessee chestnut that has developed resistance to the blight. By late September or early October the tree should produce chestnuts, which will be collected and planted in a Vermont orchard closely monitored...

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Let's build on the progress made in 2003 when the union and industry mutually agreed to engage arbitrator Don Munroe to revamp the coast labour agreement with legislative assistance to be more cost-effective and to create the investor confidence needed to rebuild the coastal industry. Let's build on the progress made in 2003 when the union and industry mutually agreed to engage arbitrator Don Munroe to revamp the coast labour agreement with legislative assistance to be more cost-effective...