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Forest Day 4 took place on 5 December 2010 in Cancún, Mexico. More than 1,500 people including over 280 Climate negotiators were in attendance. The theme for Forest Day 4 was "Time to Act", highlighting the urgency of ensuring the survival of the world's forests, the biodiversity they embrace and the hundreds of millions of people who depend ...
The Congress, with the theme "Forests for People", examined in depth how forestry might best serve human beings, individually and collectively. [16] As a consequence, the Congress declared that the world's forests must be maintained, on a sustainable basis, for the use and enjoyment of all people. [17] The main themes analyzed by the Congress ...
International Day of Action for Rivers: March 14 World Consumer Rights Day: March 15 Buzzards Day [16] [17] March 15 Digital Cleanup Day [18] March 15 2025 National Panda Day [19] [20] [21] March 16 Global Recycling Day [22] March 18 World Serval Day [23] March 18 Taxonomist Appreciation Day [24] March 19 World Sparrow Day: March 20 World Frog ...
The forest product industry is a source of economic growth and employment, with global forest products traded internationally is estimated at $327 billion. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that every year 130,000 km 2 of the world's forests are lost due to deforestation. Conversion to agricultural land, unsustainable ...
A freshly made cup of Mister Softee ice cream is displayed during a bicycle safety event held in Evesham Township, N.J., on July 15, 2024. Not really, we discovered in July.
Just like the once-a-decade U.S. census that goes door to door, the forest census goes trunk to trunk and bark to bark, measuring a portion of trees on 171,000 plots across the country, whose ...
In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, ("Earth Summit") held in Rio de Janeiro, adopted the Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests (Forest Principles) together with Agenda 21, which included a chapter (Chapter 11) on "Combating ...
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