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Opinion: Oregon’s forest management a boon for environment and economics (AP/ForestPress)

Posted Nov 06, 2019Jennifer Beathe (Beathe is a professional forester with Starker Forests in Corvallis.)I was pleased to read the third installment of The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Failing Forestry series (“Failing Forestry: The $1 billion lawsuit that could decide the fate of Oregon’s state forests,” Oct. 27) that highlighted the significant value the Oregon timber industry provides to rural Oregonians in terms of high-paying, family-wage jobs.

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Western Forest Products negotiations break down with striking workers (timescolonist.com/ForestPress)

November 18, 2019 VANCOUVER — Western Forest Products Inc. says negotiations with the United Steelworkers union in a long-running coastal B.C. strike ended without resolution on the weekend.

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Chile forests to get USD 63 million boost from Green Climate Fund (FAO/ForestPress)

FAO/Lucio Santos 11 November 2019, Songdo, Republic of Korea – Chile will receive USD 63 million from the Green Climate Fund for having successfully reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forests.

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How wood skyscrapers could help save our forests – and reduce wildfire risk

6-11-2019 - - By Rod Griffin, Senior Writer, Environmental Defense FundDuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the lumber industry decimated many of America’s forests. Could it now help restore them to health — and reduce wildfire risk at the same time?

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ANN EVANS: Opportunity beckoning in the forestry sector

Published: Nov 04 2019. - thechronicleherald.caANN EVANS -Canada’s forest industry has come a long way from the iconic lumberjack.

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Government launches new scheme to boost tree-planting (gov.uk)

Published 4 November 2019 - Ł50 million Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme will encourage farmers and landowners to plant more trees and help to tackle climate change

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California fires: Trump threatens to pull federal aid funds (BBCNews)

3-11-2019 - US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for the wildfires sweeping California, in a Twitter spat with the state's governor.

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Cracking down on illegal felling (forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk)

Posted by: Ian Gambles, Posted on: 25 October 2019The Government’s Environment Bill, introduced into Parliament earlier this month, is a major piece of legislation to tackle the environmental and climate crisis we are facing.

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Homes destroyed, hundreds more evacuated as Los Angeles wildfires spread (Reuters)

31- Oct. - 2019 - Omar YounisSIMI VALLEY, Calif. - More wildfires ignited near Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of gusting desert winds that have fanned flames and displaced thousands of people.

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