Industry bodies emphasise sustainability of SA forestry sector The domestic forestry and pulp and paper sectors do not have as negative an impact on the environment as many people might believe, industry bodies Forestry South Africa (Forestry SA) and the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) emphasise.
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Bid to revive forests in Jammu and KashmirZAVOORA, India (AlertNet) – Amid thousands of tree stumps stretching over almost 60 hectares (150 acres) of bare plateau, there are signs of life. Delicate saplings of kail and deodar conifers are growing between other newly planted deciduous trees.
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Merlins Wood signs MoU with KP and AJK govtsIn order to implement the United Nations initiative on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, known as UN-REDD with the goal of helping countries implement REDD+ strategies, Merlins Wood on Monday signed an MoU at a local hotel with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to d
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UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI STOPS SALE OF FORESTSKAMPALA, Nov 24 (NNN-NEW VISION) -- PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has stopped the leasing of chunks of forest reserves to individuals to plant trees.
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One can read at various news messages (ONLINE International News Network, Pakistan Today) about the signing of a MoU between the Government of Pakistan and UK based Company Merlins Wood.
All of you might have read and heard about the first and most prominent rule for any REDD+ agreements: they should be based on FREE, PRIOR & INFORMED CONSENT.
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March, 2012: Once again a reputable organization comes up with a delusive and misleading statement. Apparently it seems to be a real brainteaser to understand the difference between illegal logging and deforestation. Just like the EU, World Bank came up with a text in which illegal logging and deforestation are used synonymously.
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Lessons from COP17: Linking REDD+ from Local to National ScalesA recent report from Forest Trends indicates that there are at least 260 active REDD+ projects in 42 countries. Each year since 2002, the number of REDD+ projects has grown at a consistent rate.
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EIB agrees loan for Chinese forestry projectsLondon, 2 March (Argus) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide China with a €250mn ($330mn) loan to help fund forestry projects for climate change mitigation, the bank said on 1 March.
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Carbon Canopy: A Model for Solving Problems by Protecting Rather Than Destroying Our Natural Resources A consortium of forward-thinking environmental groups led by the Dogwood Alliance, major corporations such as Staples and
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Corruption allegations hit WWF programmes in TanzaniaDAR ES SALAAM (AlertNet) –The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Tanzania is embroiled in a corruption scandal over the alleged misappropriation of Norwegian aid aimed at helping civil society organisations build capacity, Norwegian and WWF officials said.
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Whatever Happened to the REDD+ Partnership? Back in May 2009, HRH Prince Charles acting in his capacity as a normative leader on environmental issues hosted a meeting of world leaders in St James’s Palace in London. The express purpose of the meeting was to raise awareness of the need for emergency action to reduce emissions from deforest
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Building REDD+ Policy Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers: Lessons learned (Task Force Meeting Report)  The International Institute for Sustainable Deve
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CCBA & CARE’s REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards: Experience using REDD+ SES November, 2011. REDD+ Social and Environmental StREDD+ SES consists of principles, criteria and indicators that define high social and environmental performance of government-led REDD+ programs. They provide a framework for country-led multi-stakeholder assessment of REDD+ program design, implementation and outcomes.
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MoU between Forest department and Merlyn Woods rejectedSarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad (SAFI), an alliance of private forests' stakeholders of Malakand and Hazara divisions, has unanimously rejected the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Forest Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Merlyn Woods, London and called for the immediate
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Safeguarding REDD+ Finance: Ensuring transparent and accountable international financial flowsFunding forest protection in developing countries poses numerous financial risks: from inefficient allocation through to mismanagement of funds, misappropriation and corruption.
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ITTO, FAO Workshop Addresses Global Forest Reporting 21 March 2012: The proceedings of a joint workshop organized by the International Tropical Timber Or
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Global tree farms becoming more diverseSEATTLE, WA, Mrz. 26, 2012 (RISI) - After five years, and repeated requests by clients, Dennis Neilson and I spent much of the last six months updating our in-depth look at investments in plantation forestry around the world.
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Forests agency sued for loggingSTATE-OWNED timber agency VicForests has been hit with court action by the Environment Department after it allegedly logged protected rainforest.
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Belize enacts moratorium on rosewoodThe Belizean Government has banned the harvesting and export of rosewood with immediate effect, in response to the widespread clearing of the hardwood species for the Asian market.
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Biorefinery an exciting sector for the forest industryFuture advancements in biorefinery are a focus of attention for most companies in the pulp and paper industry today.
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Protocols for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of structure, biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove forestsThis report describes the approaches necessary for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of structure, biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove forests. Mangroves are coastal ecosystems providing numerous ecosystem services affecting both marine and terrestrial resources.
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Lessons for REDDplus: A comparative analysis of the German discourse on forest functions and the global ecosystem services debateThis paper compares the historic German discourse on forest functions with the current international debate on ecosystem services and analyzes the factors that may have triggered or inhibited the development and the institutionalization of both underlying concepts and subordinate debates.
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Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in KenyaAfrica Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the conservation nonprofit based in Washington, DC, is facing a lawsuit by Kenya’s Samburu tribe over alleged unlawful evictions.
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British Columbia makes regulatory change allowing the removal of private land from woodlot licencesBritish Columbia has made an amendment to section 47.1 of their Forest Act that will allow private land to be removed from a woodlot.
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Greenpeace and APP: Maybe Someday They’ll Even Be FriendsThe long-running battle between Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant Indonesian paper company, is heating up again. But this time, there’s a new wrinkle: The two sides are being surprisingly nice to each other – at least for now.
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Tension as 15,000 ignore eviction notice
Tension over land ownership is brewing in Ssemabable District as at least 15,300 people, said to be encroachers in the area, continue to ignore an eviction order by the police and district leaders.
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Indigenous developed forest protection planWapichan communities of Guyana, presented a proposal to the government of that country to give them the care of 1.4 million hectares of native forests. Its aim is to preserve and protect that area of industries that could threaten its
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Forest Management and Climate Change: A literature review This document summarizes knowledge and experiences in forest management as a response to climate change,
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Stora Enso repurchase EUR 336 820 000Stora Enso successfully completes Eurobond tender offer. Stora Enso has successfully repurchased notes with nominal value EUR 336 820 000 from the 2014 bond issued in 2004 and tapped in 2009.
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Canada’s plan for Forestry Innovation in Canada’s 2012 BudgetThe Government of Canada presented their Budget today for 2012 and beyond.
Here is the information from today’s budget for “Forestry Innovation and Market Development Support“.
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UNFCCC Releases Submissions on Drivers of Deforestation23 March 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions by parties on issues identified in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 72 and appendix II, in particular on how to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and on robust and transparent national forest monitoring systems a
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ITTO Supports Development of Forest Planning Model in GuyanaMarch 2012: The Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services in Tropical Forests (REDDES) Programme of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has provided support to Guyana to develop a high-level decision support model for forestry.
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Transforming forest management in B.CThe recent auditor-general's report on government mismanagement of our forests should serve as a wake-up call to the people of British Columbia to demand transformation of forest governance and management. Healthy forests provide us with clean water and clean air.
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A crisis of neglect in the province’s forestsIn 1985, the rapidly growing amount of not-satisfactorily-restocked (NSR) land in B.C. forests became a crisis. This resulted in a joint provincial and federal $300-million funding plan, the Forest Resource Development Agreement (FRDA) that restocked many thousands of hectares.
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Politics trumps reason as B.C. eyes bid to raid protected forestsThe fire that destroyed the lumber mill in Burns Lake this winter was sudden and catastrophic, sending a small town into shock. Overnight, 250 jobs vanished.
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Celestial Green Ventures to create 30 clean-tech jobs in DublinCelestial Green Ventures, a Dublin-based sustainable forestry development company, is preparing to create 30 new jobs, as a result of the global growth in green investments.
Ireland's Green IFSC initiative has welcomed the news.
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Guyana’s sustainable forestry use gains int’l recognition – Ghana forestry team visitsA Technical team from Ghana visiting Guyana met with Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud to learn more about its Chainsaw Milling Project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Forestry Training Centre Inc., with oversight by the Guyana’s Forestry Commiss
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Life outside of impeachment trialsMany of us are wondering: what is the latest on the total log ban? All the stakeholders involved here have been quiet, and the newspapers can’t get enough of the current impeachment proceedings.
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Satellite images to be used in mapping forests in Fiji The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has embarked on a program to build capacity in mapping land/forest cover in Fiji using very high resolution satellite images, according to SPC Regional Community Forester Jalesi Mateboto on Thursday.
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Sino-Forest Common Shares to be Delisted from Toronto Stock ExchangeTORONTO, April 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest" or the "Company") (TSX:TRE) announced today that the Continued Listings Committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"
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Allowed harvest levels on Haida Gwaii cut in halfThere is a new joint council, called the Haida Gwaii Management Council, that has been established between the Haida and the British Columbia government to govern the forest management of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
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Japan Backs Ghana’s Forest Preservation Scheme With $7.8mThe Japanese government is providing 7.8 million dollars to finance a special training programme on Geographical Information System and forestry inventory-taking under Ghana’s forest preservation programme.
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Liberia: Sustainable Forest Management
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THINK of your future generations.
Members of the media were told to spare a thought for the future of their children and implement programs that would safeguard their natural resources.
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Nigeria: Nation Gets U.S.$4 Million Grant From UN-REDD
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FRA welcomes Prediction of Timber demand increaseA recent report in the Financial Times has provided a boost for the forestry investment industry, as it outlines how timber demand could increase by 55 per cent by 2050, according to FRA.
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Green Triangle earns gold starCSIRO Honorary fellow and retired chief scientist, Dr Sadanandan Nambier, told over 200 delegates at the full day conference titled 'Precision Forestry in Action' that the challenge now was learning how to forest in a sustainable way to match the global exponential wood demand.
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Sudan Strategy on Climate Change to be Presented to the UN in SeptemberUNEP-Sudan and Forests National Corporation (FNC) with partnership with the British Council conducted a one day validation workshop on “Sudan Reducing Mission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) strategy” on 7th March 2012, at FNC-Sahel Hall in Khartoum.
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Task Force boost to sustainable forestryThe Government has announced it will implement a host of the forestry sector’s own recommendations to boost sustainable forestry and the green economy in its response to the Forestry Regulation Task Force published today, 27 March 2012.
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Public knowledge on environmental conservation `still too low`This week Gerald Kitabu interviewed HAKIARDHI Senior Programme Officer Cuthbert Tomitho on public awareness and benefits accrued from the National Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Excerpts:
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Danzer Sells Its Logging Operations - Will Its Successor Do Any Better?
After months of rumours, it's official: Danzer has sold its industrial logging operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Climate Conversations - Turning to communities to protect forestsTackling climate change through sustainable forest management is being promoted as a way forward to fight greenhouse gases.
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South American Environment Ministers Meet On Amazon EnvironmentEnvironment Ministers from eight South American countries are meeting for a two day summit, starting Tuesday, to discuss actions to protect the Amazon rain forest,
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New Forests Leads Purchase of 46,000 Hectare Australian Softwood PlantationFunds managed by New Forests have taken a controlling interest in the 46,000 hectare Auspine estate. New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund is the lead investor in the transaction, which includes the land and trees of the 64-property estate, formerly owned and managed by Gunns Limited.
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Well-managed logging concession areas could boost REDD+ carbon stocks in Congo BasinA new CIFOR project in the Congo Basin is hoping to bolster scientific evidence that proves sustainable timber production in forests logged by private companies and local communities could increase carbon stocks needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
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Land ownership boosts climate resilience in IndiaEfforts to secure land ownership for tribal people in one of India’s poorest states are bolstering their economic security in the face of climate-induced hardships, and helping conserve farmland and forest.
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EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversityWith its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest.
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Cameroon government cracks down on illegal loggingThe government of Cameroon has intensified a crackdown on illegal loggers in a measure aimed at conserving the country’s forest resources and combating the effects of climate change.
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Panic in the government should not descend into head-over-heels panicMinister Bell
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Enhancing Adaptation of Forests and People in Africa-Development of Pilot Cases for Selected Forest Ecosystems in Ghana and Malawi
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Suriname: Forest Resource assement 2010In many tropical countries forest are destroyed to expand timber, mining and agricultural industries and are affected by infrastructure investments such roads and dams. Deforestation rates in Suriname have been historically low due to the low population pressure and relative remote
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Logging in forest reserve areas within MPB epidemic areaHonorable Steve Thomson
Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
PO Box 9071 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC, V8W 9E9
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Traditional Slash and Burn Agriculture Sustainable Solution to Climate ChangeClimate change is the result of not behaving in the right way according to the isolated Trio, an indigenous people living in Suriname’s Amazon forest near its border with Brazil.
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British Columbia releases new Forest Sector StrategyBritish Columbia released its Forest Sector Strategy today.
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China to Surpass Japan as the World's Largest Hardwood Chip Importer by 2014Chinese hardwood chip imports will double from 6.3 million Bone Dry Metric Tons (BDMT) in 2011, to 12.7 million BDMT in 2016. Japan's imports of hardwood chips will drop from 9.9 million BDMT to 8.6 million BDMT in the same period, the lowest volume of imports since 1993.
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Brazil is a Model for the Rights of Forest Communities In 2002, 85 percent of the planet’s forests were owned by governments.
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Public consultation launched for draft ‘Guidelines for the use of REDD+ SES at country level Version 2′REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards launched its public consultation on draft ‘Guidelines for the use of REDD+ SES at country level Version 2′ from 5th April until 4th June 2012.
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EU Timber Regulations: Well-intentioned or risky?In March 2013 the European Union will start enforcing a new timber regulation that is designed to prevent illegally logged wood, and products made from illegally logged wood, from entering into the EU.
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Opposition mounts to government talks on opening forest reserves to loggers
The B.C. government is holding talks with the forest industry over ways to supply more timber to beetle-hit Interior sawmills, including the option of opening forest reserves that have until now been out of bounds to loggers.
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Confidential report warns pine beetle set to destroy B.C. forestry jobsThe full, devastating impact of the pine-beetle epidemic that has swept across British Columbia will be felt in the next few years when up to half the forest-industry jobs in the province’s interior will vanish, according to a government report meant to be confidential.
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A Shocking Glimpse of BC's New Forest PlanFor more than a quarter century, logging companies at the government's blessing have been on a tear through British Columbia's expansive interior forests.
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B.C. plan would open Interior’s protected woods for logging Old-growth forests, wildlife corridors and other long-protected timber zones in the British Columbia Interior could be opened up to logging in order to keep mills operating, according to a cabinet document detailing a proposal under consideration by the provincial government.
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Power Grab Eyed by Clark Gov't to Set Logging LevelsA leaked provincial cabinet document indicates that the provincial government is contemplating "suspending" the powers of one of its most powerful public servants in order to expedite a controversial logging program that has raised alarm bells in the professional forestry community.
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Thousands of forestry jobs on the line in central British ColumbiaA confidential report was leaked this week indicating the British Columbia government is expecting north-central B.C.
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Obstacles to a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Forest Management Under REDD in Central AfricaGiven that the majority of the world’s tropical forests are located in developing countries which are generally poor, “REDD presents a tremendous opportunity to jointly address climate change and rural poverty, while sustaining ecosystem services and conserving biodiversity” (Huberman, 2007).
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KP to cover 0.77m acres with fresh plantationThe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to bring 0.77m acres land under plantation and vegetative covers in the province next year to offset the effects of global warming and climatic change, Minister for Environment Wajid Ali Khan said on Monday.
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Report reveals how much timber there is in Britain’s forestsBritain’s forests contain an estimated 336 million cubic metres of coniferous timber, according to a report just published by the Forestry Commission.
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Sustaining Guyana’s rainforest reaping millions of dollarsGuyana has received more than a quarter of the US$250 million promised to it by the government of Norway for its part in protecting the Amazon rainforest from degradation and deforestation.
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FAO Releases Asia-Pacific Forestry BriefsApril 2012: Policy briefs resulting from the second Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS II) highlight concerns with biodiversity loss in the region, a need for improved governance and better forest management at the field level, and a call for enhanced training and awareness of for
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Including Mangrove Forests in REDD+ REDD+ preparations have focused on terrestrial forests but recent studies show the carbon sequestration potential of mangrove forests in coastal swamps
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Saving forests? Take a leaf from insurance industry's bookA group of environmental scientists say a problem-ridden economic model designed to slow deforestation can be improved by applying key concepts from the insurance industry.
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Beyond Carbon: Ensuring Justice and Equity of REDD+ Across Levels of GovernanceDeforestation of tropical, old-growth forests in least developed to rapidly developing countries in the Global South is a topic that is receiving unprecedented attention.
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Africa and the CDM: a dead-endGiven the dismal state of carbon markets currently, it is baffling that there is a push to expand them to the African continent; yesterday the Africa Carbon Forum opened in Addis Ababa and next week there is a two d
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Eco forestry rewards scheme 'hits problems'Developing countries are struggling to make a new eco forestry rewards scheme work, says a new report.
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Global community needs to invest in MRV capacity in forest-rich developing countries to make REDD+ work The international community needs to help developing countries increase their ability to measure and monitor the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that they save by safeguarding their forests if a UN-backed climate change mechanism known as REDD+ is to attain its objective of cutting emissions,
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Learning for the future: forestry training and educationNational and international focus on forests and forestry has grown rapidly in recent times. New factors are coming into play and an increased understanding of forest-related processes and how to manage them for the greatest benefit is required.
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REDD-iness: Bhutan stands to gain but various issues need to be consideredBhutan is slowly gearing towards developing a national strategy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD +).
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EARTH MEANDERS: The Great Rainforest HeistThe world’s pre-eminent environmental organizations, widely perceived as the leading advocates for rainforests and old growth, have for decades been actively promoting primary forest logging [
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Bye-bye biomass? Cheap natural gas displaces in-woods fuels at US pulp millsA mild winter in the Eastern USA plus advances in low-cost drilling fattened natural gas supplies and dragged prices to a 10-year low in early April. In fact, prices began falling last summer.
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Forests equal to half of Delhi lost, reveals reportGoing by the latest report on deforestation in India, we have lost forest area equivalent to more than half of New Delhi or as big as a tier two city between 2007 and 2009 alone.
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Leaked Cabinet document reveals how far government was willing to goWhen I was home during the Easter break I caught wind that the government was contemplating a “Burns Lake Recovery Act,” legislation designed to guarantee a log supply for Burns Lake to ensure Hampton Affiliates would rebuild the mill that burned down in January.
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Examining protected area effectiveness in Sumatra: importance of regulations governing unprotected lands
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Mexico sets global benchmark on tackling deforestationBelow the global radar, a major victory was secured in Mexico on Tuesday, April 24, in the worldwide battle to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, which are collectively the world’s second largest sources of greenhouse emissions.
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Burkina Faso, DRC and Ghana share innovations in REDD+ investments
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Sri Lanka lacks forest data for REDD+ fundsLack of reliable data on forest resources could prevent Sri Lanka from immediately accessing UN funds pledged to help the island nation reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a new
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HIMADA: Litmus test for REDD that is bearing fruitHifadhi Mapafu ya Dar es Salaam (HIMADA), which means conserve the lungs of Dar es Salaam is one of the nine Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) pilot projects implemented in Tanzania.
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Sustainable Forest Management - Case Studies The book collects original case studies from 12 different countries i
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Australian REDD #Fail in Indonesia's Kalimantan forestsThe $100 million dollar scheme was launched in 2007, but nearly five years on, less than a third of that amount has been committed and the projects targets have been drastically reduced.
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Thirty Years of Sustainable Forest Management in AfricaAs a contribution to the commemoration of the UN International Year of Forests (2011), the United Nations Forum on Forests commissioned the publication of a book entitled "Forests for People" which contains submissions from key institutions and professionals that are making important contribution
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CANADA: The most experienced country in sustainable forest management!The global rate of deforestation has begun to decline in recent years, but each year, an area of forest the size of Costa Rica, approximately 50,000 sq km, is still destroyed, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
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