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July 2010

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July 1, 2010

A brief TIMO backgrounder

In discussions with newcomers considering investments in timberland or the publicly traded timber REITs, I frequently find that there is substantial misunderstandings about what a TIMO is and what the TIMO role is in the investment community.
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18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland, 28 June - 2 July 2010 | Contents: Invited Speaker Abstracts, Oral Obstracts, Poster Abstracts, Author Index. www.cfc2010.org

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June 2010

PR Lao is joining Forest Investment Program (FIP)

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09/06/2010

Reconciling the Needs of the Logging Industry with those of Forest-Dependent

Reference: P-Z1-C00-024

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Jun, 27 2010

Nigeria Signs Copenhagen Climate Accord

Nigeria a couple of months ago endorsed the Copenhagen Accord when she submitted a letter in May to the United Nations indicating her association with the document. However, Nigeria did not provide any specific emission reduction targets as part of its commitment to the Accord.

 

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June 28, 2010

Moving Forestry to the Forefront of the Carbon Market

An estimated 16% of the total global GHG emissions are directly attributed to the destruction of tropical forests.

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June 29, 2010

DEVELOPMENT: Opportunity to benefit from afforestation

It must be realised that while population growth and poverty do threaten forests, their destruction is more seriously determined by institutional and economic policies. Institutional failure can occur due to pro-degradation land use development policies or if there is a lack of regulation of resource use or corruption

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June 2010

Ensuring the rights of forest people in REDD+ programmes

The idea behind REDD+ is simple: Reward the people who manage forest resources in developing countries so they reduce emissions and increase removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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30 June 2010

Vietnam Implementing Nationwide Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services

The government of Vietnam has spent two years piloting regional schemes that use economic incentives to preserve forests by getting businesses that benefit from them to pay people who preserve them.  Now it’s taking the scheme nationwide.

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26 June 2010

Tanzania to refund Norway Sh2.8bn aid

The government is to refund a total of Sh 2.8 billion to the Norwegian government as settlement for a long running dispute stemming from reported embezzlement of millions of shillings in a Donor backed natural resources development programme.  
 
The Citizen has established that the refund is provided for in the government budget for the 2010/2011 financial year. Members of Parliament are currently in Dodoma debating the ministerial estimates in the Sh11.1 trillion.
 
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