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Carpenter Jon Katangole fears he will lose his livelihood when bulldozers come to destroy one of Uganda's last patches of rainforest. "My timber comes from that forest," he said, pointing to a cluster of trees over a clearing. "If they take it away, I will cease being a carpenter. How am I supposed to live?"

The hemlock, a slow-growing, shade tolerant coniferous tree commonly found throughout Maine, is under attack by a tiny, invasive insect. As part of an effort to stem the spread of that pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid, the Maine Forest Service held a workshop called "Take a Stand for Hemlocks" on Saturday at the York Public Library.

THE European Union will aim to design bilateral trade deals with other regions and countries that can be applied to a future world trade agreement, even if last-ditch efforts to forge a global pact fail later this year, an EU trade official said yesterday.

Genetically modified eucalyptus trees are growing in the sandy soil of Baldwin County, part of an experiment that aims to turn an Australian export best known as koala bear food into fuel for American motorists.

Oak wilt, the devastating disease that has killed millions of oak trees in Central and West Texas counties, is infecting trees in the Dallas area, according to the Texas Forest Service. Making the situation worse, strong winds accompanying recent storms have wrenched limbs from trunks to create open wounds that can be infected by the fungus in an instant.

An FSC public awareness campaign has begun in the Netherlands. This yearly campaign is run to increase Dutch consumer recognition of the FSC brand, and the support and purchase of FSC wood and paper products. On completion of the campaign, a market survey testing brand recognition of the FSC trademark will determine

FSC-UK recently commissioned a survey to establish the level of public awareness of FSC. The survey, carried out by GfK NOP, found that only one person in five (19%) has seen the Forest Stewardship Council's tick-tree logo. Although many of those questioned had a general idea of the meaning of the logo, some had very different

LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn. - After plenty of lean years, farmer Byron Rode is amazed by the prosperity now pulsing through agriculture. So amazed that he literally pinches his arm to make sure he's not dreaming. "In 31 years of farming, I haven't seen anything like this, ever," said Rode, as he takes a short break from planting corn. "It's too good to be true. And it may not be."