30 July 2007 - Record summer temperatures and hot dry winds have made parts of the Mediterranean a tinder box with fire-fighters working around the clock to control blazes threatening people and vegetation.

31 May 2007 - Forest fires are increasing as a result of climate change, and they are affecting larger areas and becoming more severe in several regions of the world, FAO said today, calling upon countries to invest more in fire preparedness and prevention.

Cairo, 19 April 2007: The Regional Office for the Near East of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will today launch the Forestry Outlook Study for West and Central Asia (FOWECA), which was carried out by the Near East Forestry Commission with the involvement of all member countries.

Rome, 13 March 2007 - The Republic of Korea signed an agreement today with FAO promising to forge resources with Japan in order to strengthen sustainable forest management.