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November 7, 2012

Bigger Picture Landscape Approach to Forest-Agriculture Management Gains Credibility

A world population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 is going to create ever-greater demand for food and fuel, putting ever-growing pressure on forests.

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November 9, 2012

Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF)

In 2009 the Governments of Guyana and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a

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November 9, 2012

Unlocking National Opportunities: New Insights on Financing Sustainable Forest and Land Management

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November 9, 2012

Kenya loses $145 million to deforestation in two years

A joint Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released Monday, November 5, 2012, has revealed that deforestation deprived Kenya’s economy of 6.6 billion shillings ($77million) in 2009 and 5.8 billion shillings ($68 million) in 2010, making it a total of $ 14 in jus

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12/11/2012

Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences (Policy Paper)

A key determinant of REDD+ success will be the continued development and implementation of safeguards. An important element of REDD+ safeguards is systems for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected.

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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management does a REDD project

he Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE) with co-funding from The United Nations Development Programme, launched a project this month to develop sustainable mechanisms to finance REDD+ in Malaysia.

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November 14, 2012

Preserve the services of mangroves—Earth's invaluable coastal forests, experts urge

Experts are urging policy makers to preserve mangroves and their essential services to nature and humanity alike, saying their replacement with shrimp farms and other forms of development is a bad economic tradeoff both short and long-term.

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28 October 2012

MINEPAT Evaluates Japan Funded Programme on Forest Governance

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Oct 19, 2012

Ecuador says companies join novel Amazon protection fund

About a dozen companies are contributing to a novel conservation plan that pays Ecuador to protect part of the Amazon rainforest in return for barring oil drilling, the head of the initiative said on Friday.

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October 24th, 2012

Russian log prices defy policy

Log costs for Russian sawmills did not fall as the Russian government intended when it implemented a 25 percent log export tariff in 2008.

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by Dr. Radut