World Forestry Day

21 March 2010

World Forestry Day is an international event celebrated on 21 March every year.

World Forestry Day has been celebrated around the world for 30 years to remind communities of the importance of forests and the many benefits which we gain from them.

The concept of having a World Forestry Day originated at the 23rd General Assembly of the European Confederation of Agriculture in 1971. Later that year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation gave support to the idea believing the event would contribute a great deal to public awareness of the importance of forests and agreed that it should be observed every year around the world.

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/

World Water Day

22 March 2010

World Water Day is an international event celebrated on 22 March every year.

To do something about that UN-Water has chosen Clean Water for a Healthy World as theme for World Water Day 2010. The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.

UNEP has responsibility for taking the lead in 2010, UN-Water announced at a session during the Stockholm World Water Week in August 2009. Keep an eye on:

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html

Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010

19th – 20th May 2010

Melbourne, Australia

Bayview Eden Melbourne, 6 Queens Rd, Melbourne, Australia

The programme will target key decision makers from forestry and wood products companies in New Zealand and Australia. It will provide practical updates on innovations being used by forest products companies and leading technology providers. 

Strategies and technologies that have been adopted to improve planning, logistics and operations within the sector will be outlined and include:

• Analysis of successful international models for supply chain optimisation

• Optimising value recovery through improved harvesting systems

• Innovative systems that integrate planning, operations, harvesting and sales

• Materials handling, packaging, freight forwarding and distribution developments

http://www.woodsupplychain.com/