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The Kenya Ports Authority has been asked to help stop illegal exportation of chippings of a local tree species. At the same time, the Environment and Natural Resources ministry wants the plant, Osyris lanceolata, accorded presidential protection to facilitate the prosecution of poachers.

Wisconsin chicken farmers are getting a raw deal at the grocery store. More than one hundred local farm families who make their livings raising all natural Wisconsin chicken for Gold'n Plump are seeing their products squeezed off store shelves by out-of-state corporations. Unless Wisconsin residents take action, the situation could hurt consumers and the state economy.

BRUSSELS, Oct 13 (IPS) - Several non-governmental organisations have come together to challenge water privatisation policies. The groups plan to present their challenge at the World Water Forum in Mexico next March. The forum is a key global event to be hosted by the World Water Council (WWC), an international water policy think-tank.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. -- It's tart, tangy and increasing jobs in the area here 11 percent. The cranberry harvest has started, and the state is the nation's largest cranberry producer.

Original Publish Date: 10/06/05 A former NFL linebacker will be the new president of Stora Enso North America at the beginning of next year, the company announced Wednesday. John Gillen will become the region manager for North America and president of the Wisconsin Rapids-based Stora Enso North America Corp., on Jan. 1, following the retirement of Lars Bengtsson.

What is the relation between Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince and the black forests of Adelsheim in southern Germany? It's definitely not the creatures of the magic dark forest of Voldemort. The relation is the FSC certified paper coming from those forests. The English edition of the famous book was printed on FSC certified paper.

Few British Columbian cities depend more on the forest industry than Quesnel. With two pulp mills, six sizeable sawmills, a veneer, plywood and panel mill, the city in BC's Central Interior is considered to be 45 percent dependent on the forest products sector, with 3,000 people directly employed in the industry.

COLUMBIA FALLS - In 1997, economies all along the Pacific Rim stumbled into a deep financial recession, and in Montana lumber mills responded by going dark. If anyone still doubted that global pressures pushed and pulled Western woods work, the proof presented that year was hard to ignore.