International environmental groups like Amazon Watch say that the new forestry law past by the congress will reverse nearly a decade of declines in deforestation.
Even as the campaign ran on, the government announced a deal with the industry committing both to aim for almost 40, 000 new forestry-based jobs by 2001.
On May 24th all but one of the 73 lower-house deputies of the catch-all Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB), the PT's main coalition partner, voted for an amendment to a new Forestry Code to grant an amnesty for illegal logging before 2008.
And we agreed to new partnerships including forestry and sustainable development of land to help meet the commitments we made at Copenhagen to combat climate change.
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Further, Deloitte highlighted new corporate reporting requirements on biodiversity in France and Sustainable Forestry Management ( SFM) highlighted new biodiversity investment opportunities in Africa.
It has yet to reach the other New England states, but forestry officials say that's inevitable.
In its place, a new independent panel will be established to consider forestry policy in England, comprised of representatives from key environment organisations and the forestry industry, and will report back in the autumn.
Now the authorities hope to set the standard for the enforcement of forestry law, thanks to some clever new technology.
The greening of industry is creating a constellation of new careers, and they're not your everyday forestry professions.
But there are also some big differences, such as the composition of their commodity exports: New Zealand's top exports are dairy, meat and forestry products, whereas Australia's top three are coal, iron ore and gold.
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Another New Mexico blaze had grown to about 1 square mile, state forestry officials said.
Later, as Asia's troubles threw this Pacific-coast province into recession, the government launched grand schemes to create forestry jobs, save lumber-mill towns, attract new aluminium smelters, build infrastructure and create a new high-speed ferry industry.
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, AM for Dwyfor Meirionnydd asked how the minister would ensure that activity would continue in the transition period of merging the Forestry Commission, Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency into a new single environmental body.
The Forestry Commission has spent six months clearing the area ready for 60, 000 new trees to be planted.
The new environmental management body is being created through a merger of the Countryside Council, Environment Agency and Forestry Commission Wales.
Another New Mexico blaze, the Thompson Ridge fire near Jemez Springs, had grown to about 1 square mile, state forestry officials said.
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