Saving our precious old-growth forests
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Spain: Optimal management of forests best option for reducing CO2 emissionsConference on Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Madrid Teresa Ribera stresses that the forestry sector constitutes a fundamental tool in the fight against climate change.
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Graft could jeopardize Indonesia's climate deals
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Boost for one million trees projectTHE Department of Forestry has received planting equipment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, to support the Fiji One Million Trees Initiative.
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The real value of B.C.'s old-growth forests
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Brazilian Forest Service launches sustainable forestry fundA new initiative has been launched by Brazilian government agencies that will see the distribution of more that 2.2 million reals worth of funding to sustainable forestry projects before the end of the year.
The National Fund for Forestry Development (FNDF), which is being managed by the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), is encouraging applications for funding from projects that aim to use the nation's forests in both enterprising and environmentally friendly ways.
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Calm down about beetle-killed forestsBill Gabbert in New West (US): …Sometimes land managers, when faced with a landscape of brown, ugly, beetle-killed trees, fall all over themselves finding additional taxpayer f
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Mondi transfers 258 ha to KZN community Paper and packaging group Mondi has concluded its ninth land restitution settlement, transferring 258 ha of its forestry land to members of the Mkhwanazi community, in Port Durnford, in KwaZulu-Natal.
The members of the community will gain ownership of the land through the Phalane Trust and plan to derive a sustainable income from the land, while simultaneously progressively developing their own businesses to operate along the forestry value chain.
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EFI strengthens its work on policy advicePolicy advice has been approved as new strategic function of EFI by the Annual Conference. This means that EFI will increasingly embark on activities that provide enhanced support for decision takers and policy makers.
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New EFI Research Report looks at the Best Practises of Fire Use in EuropeFire has traditionally been a management tool for rural societies and it is still a part of European culture in many regions. Furthermore, fire use plays an increasing role in forest and other land management practices and policies in Europe.
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Electricity price hikes set to fuel Zambia deforestation LUSAKA (AlertNet) - More of Zambia's forests are likely to be cut down for charcoal after the country's energy watchdog allowed national energy company Zesco to hike electricity prices for domestic consumers by around 40 percent in August.
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Minister asks NGOs not to discredit their own countryPelalawan, Riau (ANTARA News) - Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has asked Indonesian non-governmental organization activists not discredit their own country abroad and thus disrupt the country`s business development.
"We ask for the NGOs` cooperation to jointly settle any problem that arises. Do not denigrate your own country abroad," he said after inspecting an acacia nursery of PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper in Pelalawan, Riau, Sumatra on Thursday.
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Chris Huhne: Climate change - the way forward in a post-Copenhagen World Thank you very much, Bernice (Chair). It is my pleasure to be here today, on what is hallowed ground for students of international affairs.
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Why Conservation Won't Save the World's Forests And why we might need to sell forests to save them
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Press Converence with Todd Stern: The Kyoto Protocol Question is a Very Difficult OneMR. STERN: Hi everybody. Thanks for coming. We've just completed the ninth meeting of the Major Economies Forum here in New York. It was attended by officials from 17 major economies, both developed and developing.
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Norwegian politicians can stop big forest dealOrkla's sale of Borregaard is called the forestry deal of the century in the Nordic countries. Norwegian group Orkla's sale of forest company Borregaard, where Swedish company Bergvik Skog has been mentioned as prospective buyer, has become business for the Norwegian Governme
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EfD research on REDD+ discussed at UNITAR - Yale conferenceDaniel Slunge, Policy Analyst at the Environmental Economics Unit, University of Gothenburg, was invited speaker at the second Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, organized by the United Nation
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President calls on UN to craft global accountability indicators Speaking at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s annual high-level debate
yesterday, President Bharrat Jagdeo called on the UN to establish global
accountability indicators to assess whether the implementation of policies is in accordance with the international responsibilities.
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Forging a Landmark Agreement To Save Canada’s Boreal ForestLast spring, conservation groups and timber companies signed an historic agreement to protect a large swath of Canada’s boreal forest. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the Pew Environment Group's Steven E.
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Forestry plantings heading for 60-year lowNext year's planted forestry area is set to be the lowest since 1947 unless the capital expenditure budget for forestry is increased, the Association of Irish Forestry Consultants (AIFC) has warned.
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Degradation is in the Eye of the BeholderIn the discussion about where oil palm and other plantations should go we talk so easily about degraded lands. But the concept is not straightforward.
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Cambodian Buddhist monk wins UNDP environmental award
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Australia - MIS investors more hopefulThe future looks more promising for plantations in Australia’s collapsed management investment scheme (MIS) programs as reputable timber groups take on management and investors consider buying the timberland, or in some cases the land and its trees, The Australian reported on 18 September.
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Primary Accumulation and the Environment
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Laos, Finland and World Bank cooperate in sustainable forestry management(KPL) The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and donors of the Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development Project (SUFORD) were satisfied with the progress that had been achieved.
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Could forest conservation payments undermine organic agriculture?Forest carbon payment programs like the proposed reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) mechanism could put pressure on "wildlife-friendly" farming techniques by increasing the need to intensify agricultural production, warns a paper published this June in Conservation Biology.
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Avoiding Deforestation and Rewarding Forestry InvestmentA new project methodology – developed by Australia’s Carbon Planet – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through Improved Forest Management has successfully completed a first independent assessment under the VCS Methodology Approval Process.
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The Great Bear and the big snap
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New Ad Says World Bank Plan Deserts Poor, Restricts Fight Against Hunger
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Stakeholders knowledge on EU forest law mechanism boostedA just-concluded forestry stakeholders’ workshop on the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme is a signal of Guyana’s willingness to boost its “outstanding track record” in forestry management, according to Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud.
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UN FAO Calls for More Effort to Save World's Forests4 October 2010, Rome - The world's forest biodiversity is threatened by a high global rate of deforestation and forest degradation as well as a decline in primary forest area. In many countries, however, there is a continued positive trend towards the conservation of forest biological diversity via dedicated conservation areas.
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Canada: Details Of Climate Aid Unveiled
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Study: Genetically altered trees could help climateGenetically altered trees could help reduce global warming, according to a study released Friday in the journal BioScience.
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In the afternoon on day 2 of COFO over 60 delegates gathered in the German Room to discuss the national and international developments on REDD+, from current arrangements on REDD+ to financing for REDD+ activities and beyond.
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Developing countries call for balanced outcomes in CancunTianjin, 5 October 2010 (Meena Raman) – Developing countries called for a comprehensive set of decisions at the 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties in Cancun, Mexico in November this year that will ensure balance between the negotiating tracks under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol as
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Struggles of Deforestation in Latin America: Does Protecting Your Forest Mean Remaining Poor?From August 31 to September 3, the National Forestry Commission of Mexico and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment held an international conference in Oaxaca, Me
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UPM TESTS THE FINNISH FSC-STANDARD IN COMPANY FORESTSUPM has started testing the new Finnish FSC standard in company forests. With this testing the company wants to fully assess the costs and functionality of the indicators of the new Finnish FSC standard approved by the Finnish FSC association on 8 October, 2010.
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Belize’s forests vanishing!We’ve heard recently of the use of satellite imagery in petroleum exploration work in Belize. Local and global observation systems are now being advanced that would allow people around the globe to collect and share data, as easily as one browses the Internet.
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Doyle queries Government's forestry cuts
Continued investment in forestry is a "no brainer" at a time when the Government is looking for money for limited financial resources, Fine Gael has insisted.
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Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture
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The Market Triumph of EcotourismAnnual revenue flow to developing countries for ecotourism (or nature-based tourism) could be as large as US$ 210×1012, providing an enormous financial incentive against habitat loss and exploitation.
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PM's keys to forestry sector growth
Free trade negotiations and a continued commitment to the emissions trading scheme are important to support further forestry sector growth, Prime Minister John Key said.
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Should Timber Investments Be Part of Your Investment Portfolio?Timber and timberland have traditionally been investment vehicles for institutional investors because of the amount of capital required. There are however, excellent opportunities in today’s timber and timberland investment marketplace for small retail investors.
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TFF looks to help Peru achieve sustainable forestry management
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Q&A: India's Climate Chief on Making India Greener
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Food crisis will drive up the price of ethanolThe U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley believes that we have a food crisis. An especially raging summer in the US, droughts and forest fires in countries including Brazil and Russia and heavy rain in Europe and Canada have hit many grain and oilseed crops this year.
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Norway says no climate actions without financing Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday the world would likely not be able to reach agreement on climate change-related actions without first striking a deal on climate financing. Addressing the Seventh African Development Forum (ADF-VII), which is dedicated to climate change, he said it would, however, be 'challenging' for developed countries to honour a pledge made at Copenhagen last year to raise US$100 billion annually to finance climate adaptation and mitigation efforts in developing countries.
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The Swedish government wants to have more knowledge on sustainable forestryThe Swedish Government writes in a pressrelease that they have decided to give the Board of Forestry and Environmental Protection Agency to draw up a platform of knowledge about what it takes to achieve a higher effectiveness in terms of sustainable forest management.
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Weyerhaeuser, First Nations sign forestry agreement Weyerhaeuser Canada president Anne Giardini joined with Forestry Minister Michael Gravelle and Wabaseemoong (Whitedog) Independent Nations Chief Eric Fisher in signing an historic shareholder-managed Sustainable Forest Licence for the Kenora Forest Thursday.
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COFO 2010 - a retrospect on the issues
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Rainforest Alliance to evaluate Guyana’s REDD+ progressRainforest Alliance has been selected as the independent entity to review Guyana’s Annual Progress reports on REDD+ enablers under the Guyana-Norway forest protection agreement.
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Background
Deforestation and forest degradation, through agricultural expansion, conversion to pastureland, infrastructure development, destructive logging, fires etc., account for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire global transportation sector and second only to the energy sector.
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Article Discusses REDD+ and Drivers of DeforestationLinda Rosengren, UN-REDD Programme, has authored an article on the drivers of deforestation, in particular agricultural expansion, and the role of REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and en
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Collaboration between stakeholders in sustainable forest managementNew research on sustainable forest management (SFM) initiatives in Russia and Sweden has indicated that the main challenges to SFM are combining top-down and bottom up approaches to management, coordinating the different sectors involved and including all actors and stakeholders.
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ITTO Publishes Article on Greening REDD+October 2010: The latest issue of Tropical Forest Update, a publication of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), includes an article on tools and measures for ensuring REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as the role of conservation, su
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Timberland Investment Resources Introduces European Hedge Fund
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Brazil Amazon forest to be privately managed
(Reuters) - Brazil will auction large swaths of the Amazon forest to be managed by private timber companies and cooperatives to help reduce demand for illegal logging, a top official told Reuters on Monday.
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Statement of principles catalyst for Tasmanian pulp mill projectAustralian forest company Gunns Ltd, which is planning to build a new giant pulp mill on the Australian island of Tasmania, possibly in collaboration with Swedish Södra, welcomes a historic forest statement of principles, which was announced yesterday.
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Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion RatesClear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy rainstorms, report University of Oregon researchers.
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UPM'S BIODIVERSITY PROGRAMME SHOWCASED AT UN COP 10 CONFERENCE IN JAPANUPM has developed a global biodiversity programme that aims to maintain and increase natural biodiversity on UPM forest land, and to promote best practices in forestry and wood sourcing. UPM's biodiversity programme is regarded as a front-runner and is being showcased at the UN COP 10.
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) - synthesis report The economic importance of the natural assets of the world is now firmly on the political radar as a result of an international assessment showcasing the enormous economic value of forests, freshwater, soils and coral reefs, as well as the social and economic costs of their loss, was the conclusion of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report launched (20 October 2010) by TEEB study leader, Pavan Sukhdev, at the 10th Conference of Parties meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10) in Nagoya.
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Developing effective forest policy - A guideThe designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, c
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Guyana GRIF: The first money is starting to flowSome of Norway's forest-payments to buy solar panels, demarcate Amerindian lands., Jagdeo tells World Bank not to dictate, slow-up process greenhouse gases would be spent on land demarcation and providing clean-energy to Amerindian communities.
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Sustainable forest management in Europe contributes to global biodiversity goals The FOREST EUROPE policies play an important role in combating global biodiversity loss. These are the findings of a recently completed assessment, which has been carried out in relation to the 10TH Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is taking place until 29 October in Nagoya, Japan.
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Government to spend £100m on saving forestsThe UK Government has committed to spending £100 million on international projects that will tackle deforestation and improve biodiversity.
The global
forestry funding
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Deforestation dominates at U.N. biodiversity meeting in JapanDelegates from 69 countries met Tuesday in Nagoya, central Japan, on the sidelines of the ongoing U.N. biodiversity talks to discuss ways to help developing nations tackle issues of deforestation in a bid to counter greenhouse gas emissions.
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Orkla sells Norweigian forest products companiesThe Norwegian conglomerate Orkla is selling the wholly-owned forest companies
Borregaard Skoger AS, AS Borresen and Borregaard Vafos AS to Statskog for a
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Robeco to raise $500 mln forestry fund
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Wood or climate change forestryMuch is said about how forestry will be an important part of Indonesia’s emission reduction plan. Many in the conservation community believe that the best way to reduce net emissions is to reduce the area of forest harvested for wood products or land cleared for conversion to agriculture or
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Within the framework of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, ITTO has been particularly active in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity in the tropics, in collaboration with member countries and partner institutions. ITTO is presenting much of this work in the following series of events during the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya,Japan from 18-29 October 2010.
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Forest Industries Investment and Financing ForumArgentina 16-17 November 2010
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Mondi and Sanbi team-up to protect biodiversityThe Gilboa nature reserve is the first
forestry property to be proclaimed a private nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) under the biodiversity steward-
ship mechanism.
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REDD: Das Rennen um den Tropenwald startetMinister aus 193 Ländern wollen beim COP 16, dem Weltklimagipfel in Cancún, eine wirksame Vereinbarung für die Zeit nach Ende des Kyoto-Vertrages 2012 finden. Ein Durchbruch ist nicht zu erwarten. Einzig bei REDD – dem Programm zum Schutz der Tropenwälder in ihrer Funktion als Kohlenstoffspeicher –, könnte es Fortschritte geben. Rettet REDD das Weltklima?
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Dutch energy firm buys stake in forestry project developerDutch sustainable energy supplier Greenchoice has acquired a 50% share in forest carbon developer Face the Future, for an undisclosed sum.
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"The negotiations went right down to the wire, but after three weeks of haggling they got a deal on Friday night. The most important target set by the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 will increase the area of protected land in the world – no farming or grazing, no forestry – from 12.5% to 17%." read more here
Let's see how this will be handled. Hopefully the idea is not to transform those 60 Million people who live in and from forests to caretakers of parkways (and to paupers)...
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Sino-Forest acquires 13,000 ha of NZ forestsSino-Forest Corporation, a leading, commercial forest plantation operator in China, has announced the acquisition of a 13,000 ha New Zealand forestry plantation. Mr.
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UGANDA: One million trees for Mt Elgon regionMBALE, 3 November 2010 (IRIN) - A three-year project to increase forest cover and help local communities in eastern Uganda adapt to climate change has been launched.
"The planting of one million trees has started to sustain an area of tropical forest in Africa the size of Wales," said John Griffiths, counsel-general of the Welsh Assembly, which is supporting the project. "These trees will not only absorb carbon but provide shade for crops."
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Tropical agriculture "double-whammy": high emissions, low yieldsFood produced in the tropics comes with high carbon emissions and low crop yields, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Finland to offer Angara its experience in forest explorationIrkutsk region delegation returned from Helsinki (Finland) with a number of business offers made by foreign partners.
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Seems some dispute on forestry is ongoing in DownUnder and SE-Asia...
William Laurance et al | October 27, 2010
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Learn about the Canadian Wood Fibre CentreHave you heard of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre?
The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is to create innovative knowledge to expand the economic opportunities for the forest sector to benefit from Canadian wood fibre.
Background
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Nature smashes all barriers During the abnormally hot summer of 2010 fires and hurricanes damaged more than 935 thousand hectares of the Russian forest area. This emergency situation pushed the reform of timber industry complex (TIC) management system.
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UK government confirms forest sell-off plansPlans to sell off as much as 150,000 hectares of forest and woodland in England in the biggest sale of public land for nearly 60 years were today confirmed by the government in a letter sent to all MPs.
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World Bank, IDB pledge to work quickly to fund Amerindian projects REPRESENTATIVES of the major international financial institutions here have pledged their readiness to work with the Government of Guyana and the indigenous peoples to implement projects that have been proposed for funding
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Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change – A Triple Win?Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me begin by expressing the gratitude of all of us here for the leadership of the Netherlands in convening this important conference. It is appropriate that the Netherlands should lead this venture, since you have been a world leader in agricultural research and water management for many years.
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Sustainable Forest Management increases carbon storage in tropical forests – CMKOTA KINABALU: Studies have suggested that Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) increase carbon storage in tropical forests with a net effect of 54 tonnes of carbon per hectare.
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Putting Forests First: Global Forest Initiatives Enhance Collaboration with Forest-Rich Developing CountriesWASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2010— In recognition of the urgent need to accelerate and improve international support for the world’s tropical forests, the governing bodies of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), Forest Investment Program (FIP) and UN-REDD Programme
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Ahead of Cancún climate talks: MEPs support UN forests programme The importance of forests in combating climate change is crucial as trees are absorbing carbon dioxide being emitted by human activities. What is more, deforestation and forest degradation account for a quarter of emissions.
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France wants to survey Guyana’s forestA French delegation expressed an interest in surveying Guyana’s forest using satellite technology, during a recent courtesy call on President Bharrat Jagdeo.
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REDD should create jobs, not merlely bring compensation
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Annual Progress Report on REDD-plus enablers – 2010 – for the Norway-Guyana MoUJohn Palmer is a consultant to the UK Government on planning of global forest research and former manager of the UK Government’s tropical forestry research programme.
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Alberta’s fight against the mountain pine beetleAlberta had a good year in its fight against the mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins), thanks to both the weather and to the province’s containment efforts.
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FAO's normative activities on Forest FiresFIRE HAS BEEN A MAJOR INFLUENCE on the development and management of many of the world's forests. Some forest ecosystems have evolved in response to frequent fires from natural as well as human causes, but most others are negatively affected by wildfire.
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GE plants $500 million investment in BrazilAmerican conglomerate, General Electric (GE), has chosen Brazil as the location for its fifth key research and development centre, in a deal that will see the company invest $500 million in the nation.
The decision was made to locate the centre in Brazil as the company emphasizes its push on expanding its global operations - particularly in South America. Ferdinando Becalli-Falco, president of GE International, said Latin America's largest economy presented it with a number of financial benefits.
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World Bank should shift carbon focus off hydro – report The World Bank Group has been urged to curtail buying carbon credits from hydropower projects, shifting the emphasis of its carbon finance activities to areas where it can have more influence.
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Forest Day 4 : Time To ActDate: Sunday, 5 December 2010
Location: Cancún Center, Cancún, Mexico
Organisers: Center for International Forestry Research, Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Government of Mexico, Mexico National Forestry Commission.
Forest Day 4: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities For Making REDD+ A Global Reality
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BC Forest Service felled by bureaucracy
With two provincial ministries performing the work of one, inefficiency is inevitable and sustainable-use policies will be ignored.
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Finnish machinery contractors are angry at UPM's downtime Finnish newspapers report that the machinery contractors association is angered over the sudden shutdown by forestry company UPM.
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