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BOYLE, Canada, Sept. 22, 2005 - Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., or Al-Pac, has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as demonstrating environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically viable forest management practices.

An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists. The team made the discovery whilst studying "devil's gardens", mysterious parts of the rainforest that are dominated by a single species of tree.

Until a couple of weeks ago, Mississippi's Clower-Thornton Nature Trail lured avid birders as well as small children, who wandered in fascination underneath its broad canopy of oak and dogwood trees. Now the trail's entrance sign warns: "Do Not Enter, Toxic," and the surrounding habitat is dying.

When the yellow behemoth on mammoth tank treads rumbled, roared,and cracked through treesand underbrush into my W09ds,I seriously questioned whether I had made the right choice.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 9, 2005 - ForestEthics and Rainforest Action Network have sent letters to the chief executives of Canada's biggest banks asking them to cooperate with the environmental community and independent scientists to develop permanent policies that protect endangered forests, prevent climate change, and promote human rights.

MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Federal Agency for Forestry and the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture signed an agreement on forest protection and reforestation, the Russian Natural Resources Ministry said Friday.

Four states sued the Bush administration Thursday over an invasive, tree-eating beetle that has entered the U.S. as a stowaway on cargo ships. The Asian long-horned beetle, along with the emerald ash borer and the pine shoot beetle, are the culprits named in the lawsuit by attorneys general from New York, California, Connecticut and Illinois.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2005--Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the availability of an additional $7.8 million in emergency funding for the emerald ash borer (EAB) eradication program.