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After drought, Zimbabwe contends with fall armyworm invasion – By Sally Nyakanyanga, freelance journalist, Zimbabwe

30/03/2017 ANA 0

KAROI/ZIMBABWE – It was first detected in Africa barely a year ago, yet the fall armyworm, a type of caterpillar whose name derives from its tendency to maraud in vast numbers, has already infested hundreds […]

Does the end of high food prices mark the end of the global land rush? by Pascal Liu, FAO

26/01/2017 ANA 0

The surge in commodity prices in 2007-2008 was one of the main causes of what has sometimes been described as the “global land rush” – a wave of large-scale land acquisitions in developing countries by […]

Wood is good: Forestry industry celebrates 300th anniversary of sustainability – By Sandra Prufer

26/06/2013 ANA 0

These days Germany remembers that the concept of sustainability was originally developed in the timber industry. Wood is an important natural resource and a means for carbon dioxide storage. A new study shows that wood […]

Auf dem richtigen Holzweg: Forstwirtschaft feiert 300 Jahre Nachhaltigkeit – Von Sandra Prüfer

23/06/2013 ANA 0

Dieser Tage wird bundesweit daran erinnert, dass das Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit vor 300 Jahren in der deutschen Forstwirtschaft entwickelt wurde. Holz ist ein wertvoller Rohstoff und CO2-Speicher. Eine neue Studie belegt, dass die Holznutzung einen […]