--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-23 03:00 |
A training workshop on Social and Environmental Soundness of REDD+ Programming and Implementation was conducted from November 5 to 9, 2012, at the USAID Asia Regional Training Center (ARTC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was organized by USAID, through its Forest Carbon, Markets, and Communities (FCMC) and Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests (LEAF) programs, with support from USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), as well as USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education...
--- Greenwood Investment ---
2013-05-22 18:11 |
Scientists have warned that deforestation of the Amazon rainforest may have a major impact on the amount of electricity produced from hydropower in the area.
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-22 17:34 |
Forestry professionals who want to practice in Saskatchewan’s public forests must now demonstrate their qualifications and competence through registration with their professional association, similar to other professions like engineers and agrologists.
On May 15, amendments to The Forestry Professions Act were proclaimed, legally establishing the right to practice for Registered Professional Foresters and Registered Professional Forest...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-22 17:01 |
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is selling its controlling stake (51%) in Twin Rivers Paper Company to Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings.
Twin Rivers Paper Company operates paper mills in Edmundston, New Brunswick and Madawaska, Maine, USA, and a lumber mill in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. The company was formed with the province of New Brunswick as a general partner and...
2013-05-22 13:20 |
On the auspicious occasion of International Biodiversity Day-2013, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation celebrated the Biodiversity day in the Forestry Complex, Kathmandu on May 22, 2013. The program was chaired by Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation Dr. Krishna Chandra Poudel and Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation Mr.
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--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-22 04:45 |
At the Global Land Forum meeting held in Antigua, Guatemala, from 23-27 April 2013, members of the International Land Coalition (ILC) agreed to a series of commitments in the ‘Antigua Declaration’ related to securing tenure for responsible land governance.
The Antigua Declaration advocates for the inclusion of a sustainable development goal on governance of land tenure as well as targets related to secure and equitable land rights in the post-2015 development...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-22 04:41 |
The Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it exudes oxygen. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed away by the region’s plentiful rainfall.
Until recently people believed much of the rain forest’s carbon floated down the Amazon River and ended up deep in the ocean.
University of Washington research showed a decade ago that rivers exhale...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-22 04:13 |
Laos is examining the conditions necessary to enforce international rules on the timber trade and the sourcing of wood products, which will ensure effective and sustainable forest management. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Phuangparisak Pravongviengkham, revealed the progress made at a workshop held yesterday in Vientiane to enhance and understand the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which is Europe’s response to the illegal timber...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-22 04:09 |
The president of Indonesia has banned deforestation for another couple of years. This is great news – but we aren’t celebrating just yet, because most of its rainforest remains unprotected.
So why aren’t we celebrating? Unfortunately, the deforestation ban is still full of loopholes. Almost half of Indonesia’s primary forests and peatlands still have no protection from chainsaw-happy companies.
This is because Indonesia’s...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-22 04:02 |
Information on benefits (as well as risks) that REDD+ might bring remains scant. A recent article is trying to fill the knowledge gap through a review of initial outcomes and early lessons of 41 REDD+ related projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and South and Central America.
In terms of opportunity benefits, which the authors define as jobs, payments, education and infrastructure, projects make only a modest contribution. The ways the benefits are provided also don’...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-21 21:27 |
Invitation to the Conference Call
MONTREAL, May 21, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - GLV Inc. (GLV Group) will publish its financial results for the three and
twelve-month periods ended March 31st, 2013 on...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-21 20:28 |
OTTAWA, May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - As the President and CEO of the Forest
Products Association of Canada (FPAC), on behalf of the companies who
signed the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), we r...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-21 18:43 |
From ForestEthics:
On the third anniversary of the signing of the historic Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), environmental signatories are suspending further work with Resolute Forest Products. They remain committed to continuing their work with other signatory companies to plan for protection of critical Boreal woodland caribou habitat and sustainable forest management practices.
“We...
--- Greenwood Investment ---
2013-05-21 18:19 |
Google Earth has revealed major changes to the Earth’s surfaces, including a rise in deforestation across the Amazon rainforest.
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-21 18:00 |
Commitment to ongoing work with other forestry companies remains strong
OTTAWA, May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - On the third anniversary of the signing of
the historic Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CB...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-21 17:02 |
By Margareth S. Aritonang and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta Post, 20 May 2013 | Antigraft and police watchdogs suspect that the sudden arrest by the National Police of Papua policeman Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus was part of plot to protect higher ranking officers who could be dragged into the mire of a major graft case. “It’s inconceivable that LS [Labora Sitorus] acted alone for five years. There have been reports of illegal logging and fuel smuggling that might involve members of the police...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-21 17:00 |
By Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta Post, 21 May 2013 | Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus, a Papua Police officer accused of owning fat bank accounts, has said he wired money for “charity-related programs” to several of his superiors. Labora, who allegedly controlled accounts through which passed over Rp 1 trillion (US$102 million) over a five-year period, made his statement during a closed-door meeting with National Police Commission (Kompolnas) members on Saturday, moments before his arrest. The...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-21 16:59 |
By Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta Post, 20 May 2013 | Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus, a Papua cop with a suspicious amount of money in his bank accounts, was taken to the Papua Police's detention center on Monday. National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said that Labora was flown back to Papua two days after he filed a report to the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) in Jakarta. The Papua Police have named Labora a suspect in illegal logging, fuel smuggling and money laundering...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-21 14:13 |
Resolute Forest Products expressed the company’s disappointment that negotiations under the auspices of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) have broken down after three years of collaborative efforts.
Parties were unable to reach mutual agreement on a workable plan to jointly further conservation efforts while balancing environmental, social and economic considerations in the Canadian boreal forest.
The CBFA was signed by members...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-21 14:00 |
MONTREAL, May 21, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Resolute Forest Products Inc.
(NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today expressed the Company's disappointment
that negotiations under the auspices of the Canadian Borea...
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