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The first U.N. meeting to combat desertification to be held in Korea will focus on defining standards to measure progression of land degradation, a step essential to boost international support and funding, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification said. Link: U.N. opens desertification forum in Changwon

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10 October 2011 - Scientific and financial resources are needed to counter the growing risks of droughts that all too frequently lead to famine and poverty, the United Nations said today as a conference opened in the Republic of Korea on desertification. Read the original here: Scientific and financial backing essential to fight droughts and famine - UN...

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Jayapura. With the forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan continually shrinking, Papua's timber fields now face a grave threat, a Greenpeace campaigner for the far-flung eastern province said on Monday. Read more: Papua's Forests Next on the Chopping Block: Greenpeace

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(Reuters) - The musty jaguar pelts on display at a government office in Buenos Aires are a grim reminder of the big cat's precarious existence in Argentina's northern forests. Read the original here: Jaguars cling to survival in Argentina's forests

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Foreign pests hitched their first ride to North America aboard ships carrying early European settlers, and many quickly developed an appetite for the continent's crops and trees. Follow this link: US pest invasions date back to early settlers

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10 October 2011 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the capacity to become the driving force of Africa's economic development if its vast forests, water resources and trillions of dollars worth of mineral reserves are used prudently, according to the findings of a United Nations assessment released today. More here: DR Congo: UN advises prudent...

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In late June 2009, a small group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park began to fall ill. Read more from the original source: Rwanda: As Ecotourism Becomes More Popular, Wild Apes Are Succumbing to Human Diseases

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California Gov. Jerry Brown had until midnight October 9, 2011, to sign or veto bills before him. He used every last minute, signing bills... Read more here: Flurry of Employment Bills Signed Over the Weekend

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As an employer, jury duty can be a hassle. It can make you miss work if you get called to serve. Not to mention it could make a key employee absent from their post if the government chooses them to sit for jury duty. What are the legal ramifications if an employee gets called away on jury duty?...

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%excerpt% See the original post: NWTF Oklahoma to Invest $184,000 in State Projects in 2012