New Code to Determine the Quality of Forest Carbon ProjectsA new scheme is being tested that will help businesses find out the real potential of tree planting projects designed to sequester carbon.
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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.
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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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Biofuel power stations in planning pipelineTwo new power stations that use a fuel critics say contributes to the destruction of rainforest in south-east Asia may be built in the UK through subsidies added to customer bills.
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Legislation to outlaw illegal timber is axed despite coalition pledgeThe government has backed away from legislation that would outlaw the possession of illegally logged timber from the world's rainforests.
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Forestry industry fears for jobs if 100m trees are not plantedSCOTLAND'S forests are in deep decline, threatening jobs and carbon-cutting targets, despite a Scottish Government pledge to plant 100 million new trees by 2015, industry experts have warned.
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Tree fungus – 4,700 acres to be felled
Seven square miles of woodland are to be wiped from the West landscape as the battle to control a virulent tree-killing fungus intensifies.
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Forest of Dean protesters fight big woodland selloffThere's been nothing quite like it in the ancient Forest of Dean since the last time a Conservative government tried to privatise Britain's largest oak forest.
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Forestry Commission forecasts high demand for woodThe UK Forestry Commission is predicting that the increased use of wood-fuelled boilers could boost the industry.
According to the commission, there has been a growth of businesses and consumers opting to install eco-friendly biomass boilers to reduce fuel bills and lower emissions.
In particular, the Forestry Commission highlighted the recent decision of Bradford council to use biomass fuel at its City Hall and Ilkley Town Hall as part of commitment to reduce greenhouse gases by 20 per cent in 2010/11.
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Johann Hari: For sale - Cameron's green credentialsCan you hear the silence of the huskies? When he was rebranding the Tory party, David Cameron promised us he would lead "the greenest government ever". Since he came to power, he has broken every environmental promise he made – and then gone much further.
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Ancient woodland under threat
The Department for the Environment is due to publish a consultation this week setting out plans to privatise forests.
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UK Government confirms PEFC as a source of legal and sustainable timber
The results of the 2010 CPET (Central Point of Expertise on Timber) Review, published on 21st January, concluded that both PEFC (Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) continue to deliver evidence of sustainability in compliance with the UK Government’s timber policy.
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Defra Forestry Plans Revealed
The UK governement has unveiled its long-awaited plans for the Forestry Commission, proposing to lease woodland to private sector operators and hand over control of England´s heritage forests to charitable trusts.
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Results of CPET’s 2010 review of forest certification schemes
Compliance with the UK government's timber procurement policy is mainly demonstrated by certification under either the FSC or PEFC schemes and the schemes are very important for the implementation of the policy.
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Government's forestry plans threaten to fell biomass ambitions
As with many environmentalists, the protests against the government's plans to sell off the bulk of the UK's forest estate have struck something of a nerve with me.
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'Major shift' needed to halt deforestation
A paradigm shift in global forest management is needed to halt tropical deforestation, said Global Witness at the start of the UN’s International Year of Forests. The status quo effectively legalises the destruction of natural forests by logging operations, subsidised by tax-dollars. Without efforts to overturn this, international action to prevent irreversible climate change will founder and the livelihoods of over a billion forest-dependent people will be at risk.
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Government 'failing on illegal logging pledge' - Caroline Lucas
A note from the editor: Ms. Lucas is still continuing her misleading campaign... Why? Read here...
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National Trust moves to save Forestry Commission woodlands
The National Trust could step in to save the Forestry Commission's English forests, which the Government wants to sell off.
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Last weekend (4.2.2011/5.2.2011) we had been witnesses of some interesting information campaign in the UK:
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English forest sell-off put on hold
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The future of forestry in England
The consultation on the future management of the Public Forest Estate has been halted and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be removed, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman confirmed today.
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Defra commits £100 million international forestry funding up to 2015
The Government has today committed £100 million to international forestry projects which provide specific benefits for biodiversity.
The money comes from the new international climate finance included in the Comprehensive Spending Review, which will include new money for the UK’s contribution to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a programme which aims to prevent the loss of forests in developing countries.
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What wood you do to stop this?
The government's announcement that it is postponing the sale of 15 per cent of the Forestry Commission estate, in order to review the site-by-site criteria for disposal is a first victory in the massive grass-roots anti-privatisation campaign.
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UK pledges support for Nigeria’s environmental programmes
The British government will support Nigeria’s effort to manage her environment through reduction of carbon emission, Henry Bellingham, British minister for Africa and the United Nations, said yesterday in Abuja.
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UK 'to end direct aid to 16 countries'
The UK is to stop direct aid to 16 countries, including Russia, China and Iraq, papers seen by the BBC suggest.
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UK to devise standalone carbon permit system
London – The UK said it will opt out of a common European Union platform for auctioning carbon permits in the next phase of the bloc's emissions-trading programme, which starts in 2013, and will develop a national system instead.
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Timber prices up as power plants boost biomass use
Government subsidies to encourage power companies to burn wood are distorting the market for timber and forcing up prices in manufacturing and construction industries, Channel 4 News has learned.
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World’s biggest biomass plant plan approved
TILBURY could soon be home to the world’s largest biomass plant after its power station got permission to start vital works.reports the UK’s Thurrock Gazette.
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ANDRITZ to Deliver Biomass Boiler for Iggesund Paperboard, UK
UK, Apr 14, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Holmen AB’s subsidiary Iggesund Paperboard Ltd. to deliver a biomass boiler island for Iggesund Paperboard (Workington) Ltd. in Cumbria, United Kingdom. Commissioning and start-up of the boiler are scheduled for April 2013.
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ANDRITZ To Deliver Biomass Handling System For Iggesund Paperboard, UK
UK, May 9, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has received a further order from Holmen AB’s subsidiary, Iggesund Paperboard Ltd., to deliver a wood-based biomass receiving and handling system for Iggesund’s paperboard mill Workington in Cumbria, UK. The start-up is scheduled for April 2013.
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UK animal feed helping to destroy Asian rainforest, study shows
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Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+
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UPM and ENO Environment Online Plant Trees with Schoolchildren in UK, Uruguay and Finland
Helsinki, Finland, May 20, 2011 – UPM participates in ENO – Environment Online’s Tree Planting Day on May 20 in United Kingdom, Uruguay and Finland. The annual event is part of UPM’s partnership with ENO, a global virtual school and network for sustainable development. ENO has been running since 2000 and reached thousands of schools in 150 countries.
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UK emissions targets ramped up to 50%
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Joint Fact Sheet: The U.S.-UK Partnership for Global Development
Prime Minister Cameron and President Obama reaffirm our commitment to changing the lives of the 1.2 billion poor people in the world today. Recent success and new technologies provide hope and opportunities to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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UK: Hidden value of nature revealed in groundbreaking study
The true value of nature can be shown for the very first time thanks to groundbreaking research by hundreds of UK scientists.
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Rising timber prices drive up forestry returns
UK forestry investments have outperformed the commercial property markets for the fifth year in a row, according to the Investment Property Databank (IPD) UK Forestry Index.
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Thomson Airways set for first commercial UK biofuels flightThomson Airways will become Britain’s first airline to fly customers on biofuel — one made from cooking oil — when it operates a service to Spain later this month.
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UK announces certification standard for forest carbon storage projects The UK government has announced new scheme to assess the carbon captured and stored by forest projects initiated for carbon sequestration.
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Growing popularity of log-burning stoves fuels rise in timber thefts
Foresters and conservation workers say they have seen thefts of timber grow as families faced with soaring oil, gas and electricity prices try to find alternative fuel sources.
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FSA warning over carbon credit trading schemes
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Government approves carbon accreditation schemeIn a UK first the British government has approved a carbon accreditation scheme set up to recognise business' efforts to capture and store carbon.
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New Investments Portal Raises Carbon Credits Alert to Code
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PEFC and Scottish Woodlands Score UK FirstJohn Paterson, Wood Purchasing Manager at Egger UK said "We were delighted to take the first deliveries of privately grown PEFC round wood from Scottish Woodlands.
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Apprenticeship contracts to plug forestry skills gap Forestry Commission Wales is taking action to plug a growing skills gap in the forests of Wales by offering work to contractors who agree to take on apprentices.
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Stora Enso and SRV Plan in Co-operation to Build a World-class Wood CityHelsinki, Finland, Oct 3, 2011 - Stora Enso plans to undertake a unique wooden construction project in Finland called Wood City in collaboration with the construction company SRV.
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Standards set for forest managementThe Government set out its standard for sustainable forest management in a new publication today (Thursday 3 November 2011).
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Olympic athletes to train on timber from 'endangered' forests
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£20m for farming and forestry businessesA new £20 million fund to help rural businesses increase profits and reduce their impact on the environment has been launched today by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice.
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Minister Visits first Woodland in Wales to Crack the Carbon Code The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, John Griffiths, last week (3 November) visited the first woodland in Wales that allows companies to measure how much harmful carbon dioxide they are capturing from the atmo
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UK pledges £10m to help tackle deforestation in Brazil The UK Government has agreed to provide £10 million to a joint project to tackle deforestation in Brazil, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.
The funding will support a project based in the Cerrado, central Brazil, and aims to reduce rates of deforestation by supporting environmental registration of rural properties and by helping farmers restore vegetation on illegally cleared land. It will also fund measures to prevent and manage forest fires.
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USD 62 million to Nepal Government Multi-Stakeholder Forestry ProgrammeThe Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme is the product of the first multistakeholder design process to be undertaken in Nepal’s forestry sector.
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Britain to urge green accounting at Rio+20 summit(Reuters) - Britain will urge businesses and governments to start accounting for natural capital as an additional way of measuring economic activity at a U.N.
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One couldn't believe these figures:
"The link between deforestation and climate change is well known and estimated to cause between 25-30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions - and excessive demand for wood is one of the main causes of forest destruction ."
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UK invests £110m in IFC climate fundsThe UK government has invested £110 million ($157 million) into two new commercial funds, aiming to leverage in at least £3 billion of private capital for green investments in developing countries.
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Voluntary carbon offsetting using forests on the rise despite climate risksVoluntary carbon offset schemes using forest plantations are being increasingly used by governments and states despite an increase in drought and disease affecting forests that raises concerns about their reliability.
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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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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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UK to help millions who rely on natural resourcesThe forest-friendly package was announced by the Deputy Prime Minster at the UN Earth Summit in Rio - also known as Rio+20- taking place this week.
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UK consortium to help fight global deforestation through REDD+ UK satellite imaging company DMCii has successfully led a multi-disciplinary consortium to win a place on the Department for International Development (DfID) Forest Governance Markets and Climate (FGMC) Framework Agreement.
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EUTR Issues High on Agenda at UK Stakeholder DayWith the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) only months away, PEFC UK hosted a Stakeholder Meeting in London on the 26 June, with the central theme of mitigating risk in procuring forest products.
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Scottish forestry potential looking goodA new report from the Forestry Commission states that Scotland potentially has significantly more softwood resource than was thought.
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New Way to Capture Carbon: More Forests
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The UK sets out new efforts to tackle global deforestation
Energy and Climate Secretary Edward Davey today outlined new innovative plans to tackle deforestation as part of the UK’s international climate change commitments.
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Government of UK: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+)
The world’s total forest area is just over 4 billion hectares, or 31% of total land area.
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Woodland schemes cutting down corporate emissionsSince the launch of the Woodland Carbon Code in 2011, UK businesses have become more aware of the benefits of emissions sequestration through the investment of sustainably managed woodlands.
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New wood campaign set up for the UKA new campaign is aiming to encourage consumers to buy wood products – from furniture to fuel – that were grown and processed in the UK.
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