--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-15 22:01 |
BURNABY, BC, May 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Taiga Building Products Ltd. (TSX:
TBL) (TSX: TBL.NT) announces that it will be paying the monthly
interest payment of $11.6667 per $1,000 principal value subor...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-15 18:06 |
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, May 15, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Cascades is launching its
new line of moving boxes made in Québec from corrugated board
containing 80% recycled materials—just in time for July 1st...
--- Greenwood Investment ---
2013-05-15 18:01 |
The efforts made by Brazil towards improving the monitoring of forest clearing and preventing deforestation have had a hugely positive impact on the Amazon rainforest.
--- International Forest Industries ---
2013-05-15 17:59 |
Potlatch Corporation (Nasdaq:PCH) has announced that Eric Cremers, president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer, will be providing a company overview to investors at the REITWeek conference in Chicago, June 6, 2013 at 9:30 AM Central Time.
A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available via the Investor Resources page of Potlatch’s website at www....
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-15 14:37 |
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Bogor, Indonesia, has released a working paper that examines policies for REDD+ benefit-sharing mechanisms in 13 countries. The publication aims to provide a global overview, comparative analysis and profile of five types of REDD+ benefit-sharing mechanisms.
The authors analyze how rights are structured under REDD+, and how political and economic factors influence the design and setting of benefit-sharing...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-15 14:35 |
Forested wetlands – including mangroves, peat swamps, cypress domes, and related ecosystems – are thought to hold some of the highest carbon densities among terrestrial (soil and vegetation) systems. In the Indo-Pacific region, mangroves cover as much as 6.8 million hectares, or approximately 40 percent of world’s total, and it is estimated that these ecosystems store more than five times the amount of carbon compared to tropical upland forested ecosystems (not including peatlands). ...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-15 14:33 |
Myanmar could lose up to a third of its remaining natural forestry within the next two decades if current practices continue, according to a report released by WWF earlier this month.
A draft forestry law is currently being formulated by Myanmar’s Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry which aims to tackle illegal logging, conserve forestry and develop the domestic processing sector. A major step in the legislation will see raw, unprocessed logs no longer...
--- ForestCarbon Asia ---
2013-05-15 14:32 |
Indonesia has extended a logging ban to protect rainforests despite fierce industry pressure, the government said Wednesday, but green groups slammed it as inadequate to safeguard threatened habitats.
Vast tracts of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago are covered in trees, including some of the world’s most biodiverse tropical rainforest that is home to endangered animals such as orangutans, tigers and elephants.
But huge swathes have been...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-15 14:30 |
MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 15, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - KP Tissue Inc. ("KPT") will
hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday,
June 26, 2013. The meeting will take place in the...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 13:20 |
By Felicity Barringer, New York Times, 13 May 2013 | The loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries like Brazil that are investing billions of dollars to create power to support economic growth. That is the conclusion of a group of experts whose findings, released Monday, run counter to the conventional understanding of deforestation’s impact on watersheds.
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 12:50 |
By Assaad W. Razzouk, The Independent, 14 May 2013 | Buyers use the carbon credits to offset their emissions while sellers receive new investments, technologies and jobs. According to a recent report co-authored by the Center for American Progress and Climate Advisers, the CDM succeeded beyond expectations, unleashing more than $356 billion in green investments. The CDM was on track to deliver $1 trillion in financing but is currently delivering none at all because the carbon price signal it is...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 03:41 |
Land Tenure and Property Rights Portal, May 2013 | Global climate change cannot be addressed effectively through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) without addressing land tenure and property rights systems. Critics of REDD+ initiatives fear that it could undermine indigenous and local claims as national governments enforce their central authority over forests. USAID’s issue brief on Land Tenure and REDD+ identifies land tenure as the foundation for REDD+...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 03:40 |
By Graham Land, Asian Correspondent, 13 May 2013 | Indonesia, home to one third of the world’s remaining tropical forests, is set to extend a ban on forest clearing. Extending the ban is crucial for the survival of severely threatened species such as the Sumatran tiger and orangutan. A two-year moratorium on deforestation is set to expire and you can be sure that the palm oil, paper and timber industries are paying close attention. Some members have already vocally opposed any continuation of...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 03:34 |
By Zsombor Peter, The Cambodia Daily, 2 May 2013 | The military’s ongoing clearing of community forests in Oddar Meanchey province risks derailing Cambodia’s first forest-based carbon trading scheme backed by the U.N., according to the latest assessment of the project. Community forest groups, who stand to earn millions from the project, said Wednesday that they have proposed a meeting with officials at the provincial government’s headquarters in Samraong City for Wednesday in order to discuss...
--- REDD monitor news ---
2013-05-15 03:29 |
Ecosystem Marketplace, 14 May 2013 | At the recent REDD+ Talks in Sausalito, California – the first U.S. conference held on the critical role of REDD+ in the fight against climate change – Microsoft’s Tamara “T.J.” DiCaprio discussed her company’s game-changing internal carbon fee and the new wave of offset projects it is supporting with guidance from its new partner, The CarbonNeutral Company, whose clients have invested nearly $9 million in forest carbon projects in recent years. DiCaprio...
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2013-05-15 03:26 |
By Mike Hower, Sustainable Brands, 13 May 2013 | Corporate leaders and experts on global warming and climate change policy came together on Earth Day in Sausalito, California for REDD+ Talks, an inaugural event focused on how emissions from deforestation contributes to global warming and how this will affect the business world... “We need to go further than just having CSR,” said Puma’s General Manager Martyn Bowen at last week’s event, “We need to go further than just doing less bad. We need...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-15 01:54 |
Viridis Energy Inc. has closed the second and final tranche of its $5,000,000 non-brokered private placement announced on April 3, 2013 with the placement of $2,000,000 of units sold under the terms previously disclosed.
The second tranche consisted of 20,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit generating gross proceeds of $2,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share of the company and one-half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant will...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-15 01:48 |
Conifex Timber has reported a net income of $6.2 million for the first quarter of 2013 compared to a net loss of $3.6 million for the previous quarter and a net loss of $6.5 million for the first quarter of 2012.
Revenues totaled $66.2 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to $60.0 million in the previous quarter and $47.4 million in the first quarter of 2012.
Lumber shipments totaled 137 million board feet...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News ---
2013-05-15 01:35 |
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has reported net income from continuing operations was $36.5 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2012. This increase included a $52.9 million increase in gross profit, an $8.1 million gain on derivative financial instrument, and a $6.2 million reduction in finance expense, partially offset by fluctuations in non-cash accounting gains and losses and...
--- Canadian Forestindustries News II ---
2013-05-14 22:00 |
MONTREAL, May 14, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Resolute Forest Products Inc.
(NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today celebrated the 10th anniversary of its sawmill located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is a
unique bu...
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