TRN - Taiga Rescue Network - the Boreal forest

Taiga News 45 examines, for the first time, the impacts of mining on the boreal forests, and highlights what non-governmental organisations and forest-dependent people are doing to try to minimise these impacts.

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Taiga News Issue 44 Summer 2003

Issue 44 of Taiga News, Voices of the Boreal, is full of the usual news and views from around the forests of the boreal region, with a focus on the grassroots campaigns and forest peoples who are the heart of the Taiga Rescue Network.

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Taiga News Issue 43 Spring 2003

Who owns the taiga? Who has rights to use the boreal and forests and how are those rights regulated? In this summer Taiga News issue (number 43) the focus is on land tenure in the boreal forests.

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Taiga News Issue 42 Spring 2003

Taiga News 42 takes 'earth, air, fire and water' as its theme to reflect on some of the ecological wonders of the boreal forests and highlight some of the major threats to them

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Taiga News Issue 41 Winter 2002

The Winter 2002 issue of Taiga News focuses on the issue of paper consumption. The boreal forests are being consumed at an ever increasing rate. Is there anything we can do to bring consumption patterns under control and reduce the pressure on the forests? Yes, according to the reports in the winter issue of Taiga News

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Taiga News Issue 40 Summer 2002

Issue 40 of Taiga News is a special 10-year birthday edition dedicated to the boreal forests of Canada to coincide with the September TRN and BFN conference in Winnipeg. It includes an article by conference keynote speaker David Schindler, who reflects on the changes he has seen during a lifetime spent living and working in Canada's boreal forests. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 39 Spring 2002

Inside: Taiga News aims to highlight success stories and to give a solution-orientated perspective on the boreal forests, but for the Spring 2002 issue this has been quite a challenge. Issue 39 tackles the question of what impact the oil and gas industry are having on the taiga, and the answers are grim. Through exploration, drilling and leaky pipelines, the industry is taking a heavy toll on the boreal forests, particularly in Siberia and North America. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 38 Winter 2002

Inside: Save or Delete? This issue encompasses the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in April. Predictions, concerns, analyses, and monitoring of its progress have been contributed by an array of professionals. Read what it means to boreal forests, biodiversity, genetics, and indigenous peoples in your corner of the globe. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 37 Winter 2001

Inside: The winter issue of Taiga News explores the boreal pulp and paper industry and provides profiles of the major companies and articles exploring who is financing the pulping of Russia's forests, who is advising the big companies and the trend towards transnationalisation. Find out what some Scandinavian pulp industries are getting up to in the Southern hemisphere, and read the latest on illegal logging in Estonia. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 36 Fall 2001

The fall issue of Taiga News explores some of the ecological issues that are of vital importance for the future of the boreal forests, including biodiversity, montane forest ecology and extinction tresholds. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 35 Summer 2001

The summer issue of Taiga News is focusing on community management of boreal forests. There are many different models for how communities can benefit from forests, and we have articles on four different approaches in Canada and Russia and a new profile of community involvement in European forests. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 34 Winter 2001

The winter 2001 issue of Taiga News takes a close look at the trade in timber from the boreal forests. It includes articles on NGO guidelines for responsible timber trade, timber flows out of Russia, the trade in illegally logged timber, statistics on the Canadian timber trade and the Softwood Lumber Agreement. По-русски: http://www.forest.ru/links-r.html

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Taiga News Issue 33 Autumn 2000

Special issue on new technologies in the boreal region.

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Taiga News Issue 32 Summer 2000

Special TRN Conference Issue: Focus on the Russian taiga.

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Taiga News Issue 31 Spring 2000

This issue of Taiga News focusing on non-timber forest products in the boreal region.

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Taiga News Issue 30 Winter 2000

This issue of Taiga News focusing on succeses achieved over the past decade in forest protection and indigenous peoples rights across the boreal region.

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Taiga News Issue 29 October 1999

This issue of Taiga News focuses on trade in the boreal region. In addition, you find the usual news and reviews as well as information on the TRN conference 2000 in Moscow.

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Taiga News Issue 28 August 1999

This issue of Taiga News is devoted to a discussion of the role of indigenous people in the boreal region. In addition, you find the usual news and reviews as well.

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