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PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON NEW TREE CAMPAIGN

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today the launch of a new challenge -- planting 7 billion trees, one for every citizen on the planet, before the start of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, next year.

In response a question about the campaign’s impact, he said that 7 billion trees did not make a dent in the face of global deforestation, but they did make dents in local deforestations.  As a result of the campaign, people became aware of the problem and started to protect their forests.  Every tree planted mobilized people who said “enough is enough”.

http://www.eeg-uae.org/billion-tree-campaign.htm

Minneapolis acknowledges value of tree canopy

Well placed trees:

  • Lower air-conditioning costs and reduce winter heating bills
  • Hold soil in place, preventing erosion
  • Absorb stormwater that might otherwise pollute our waterways
  • Cleanse the air by producing oxygen, and helping remove air pollutants
  • Slow global climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide

Tree-Planting Drive Seeks To Bring a New Urban Cool

Lower Energy Costs Touted as Benefit
By Blaine Harden

Washington Post Staff Writer

Monday, September 4, 2006; A01

SACRAMENTO -- This city believes an answer for global warming is growing on trees.
About 375,000 shade trees have been given away to city residents in the past 16 years, and there are plans to plant at least 4 million more. To receive up to 10 free trees, residents simply call the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, a publicly owned power company.

Welcome to Seattle reLeaf...

Taking care of our trees is good for our environment, our neighborhoods, and ourselves. Trees clean our air and water, reduce global warming pollution, provide habitat for wildlife, raise property values and offer green relief throughout our city. Seattle has lost more than half its tree canopy since the 1970’s. We can all help to “Keep the Emerald City Green.”

The City has increased its investments in tree care and planting, is looking at ways to improve regulations, and is spreading the word about the importance of trees and how to care for them. This web portal is your link to information about trees on the City’s web pages and beyond.
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The Watershed Climate Action Grant can help your group of community volunteers plant trees that will beautify the city and improve the environment. Apply by October 10th.

Global ReLeaf
Global ReLeaf is American Forests' education and action program that helps individuals, organizations, agencies, and corporations improve the local and global environment by planting and caring for trees. By the end of 2006, American Forests has planted 25 million trees in more than 500 projects across the United States and internationally. It is our goal at American Forests to continue to plant millions of trees in new Global ReLeaf projects across the country and the globe.

There are two types of Global ReLeaf projects:
1) In urban areas, trees are planted through the Global ReLeaf Fund. The program also encourages individuals to plant trees around their homes and businesses or join community groups to plant trees that shade, cool, and beautify their neighborhoods.

2) In less-developed areas, trees are planted in ecosystem restoration projects called Global ReLeaf Forests. Many of these areas have been damaged by natural or human causes. These trees help clean the air and water, filter polluted runoff, slow global warming and erosion, and provide habitat for wildlife.

http://www.americanforests.org/global_releaf/

The Initiative: One Million New Trees

  • One million new trees in the City of Los Angeles will create an extraordinary environmental legacy that will serve as a watershed for other environmental changes.
  • The City of Los Angeles will be transformed to a green, sustainable city.

It is a Community Effort
Many of the one million new trees will be planted by City departments on public property. Others will be planted throughout the City by individual volunteers, community groups, organizations, and businesses.

Million Trees LA is a cooperative effort between the City of Los Angeles, community groups, businesses, and individuals working together to plant and provide long-term stewardship of one million trees planted where they’re needed most.

Million Trees LA will take several years and build on other programs that plant and care for the urban forest.
Trees that maximize sustainability – with a preference on native and drought tolerant species – are recommended.

http://www.milliontreesla.org/mtabout1.htm

Pacific Southwest Research Station

The USDA Forest Service Research and Development (FS R&D) is the world's largest forestry research organization FS R&D conducts ecological and social science research to understand ecosystems, how humans influence those systems, and how to manage for sustained and enhanced benefits. FS R&D operates six Research Station, the Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. It employs 524 scientists, as well as several hundred technical and support personnel, located at 65 sites throughout the United States.

The Pacific Southwest Research Station represents the Forest Service R&D in the States of California and Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands. The region has the lowest, driest desert in the country, the highest elevations within the 48 contiguous States, and the wettest tropical forests. It is the home of an abundant diversity of native plants and animals and nearly 50 percent of the nation's threatened and endangered species.

Nowhere is the competition for natural resources and land use higher or more controversial than in the Pacific Southwest region. Public awareness of environmental issues is more evident here than in any other part of the country. And yet per-capita consumption of natural resources in the region is the highest in the world.
http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cufr/

Draft Forest Management Plan released

Thursday, 15 August 2002

A draft 10-year plan for the overall management of the south-west forests has been released for public comment. When finalised, the plan will provide for the implementation of the State Government's Protecting our old-growth forests policy.
A draft 10-year plan for the overall management of the south-west forests has been released for public comment. When finalised, the plan will provide for the implementation of the State Government's Protecting our old-growth forests policy.

Conservation Commission of Western Australia chairman Dr John Bailey today said the draft plan represented a new direction in forest management in Western Australia.

"The Government's policy provides for an extensive formal and informal conservation reserve network across the forest regions and the protection of old-growth forest," he said.

"For the first time, the forest management plan has been framed in line with the principles of ecologically sustainable forest management.

"This is a major step forward not only in terms of conserving the biodiversity of the south-west forests, but also in ensuring the State's native timber industry will be based on sustainable management for present and future generations."

http://www.dec.wa.gov.au

Global Restoration Network

Welcome to the GRN

The Global Restoration Network (GRN) offers the field of ecological restoration a new database and web-based portal to trustworthy and hard-to-find information on all aspects of restoration, from historic ecosystems and recent causes of degradation to in-depth case studies and proven restoration techniques. The overriding mission of the GRN is to link restoration projects, research, and practitioners in order to foster the creative exchange of experience, vision and expertise.

The GRN is fast becoming the central hub for ecological restoration - a vital resource for policymakers, professionals and community stakeholders alike: whether researching options for ecosystem restoration, writing a project proposal, or looking for educational programs and funding. Perhaps the most exciting feature of the GRN is the innovative Database where you can make a specific query and find restoration case studies and annotated links to a wide variety of relevant resources including experts, organizations and literature. Here is a sample of the links you will find in the GRN website and database.

http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/