Horse logging/PferderückungPrince Edward's Provinzregierung (Kanada) erlaubt jedermann die Holznutzung mit Pferden...
Montag, 20.4.2009: Totholz und minderwertige Holzsortimente gehören demjenigen, der das Holz mit Pferden aus dem Wald bringt. Er muss weder für das Holz noch für eine Holznutzungslizenz bezahlen. Ein interessanter Ansatz um Pferderückung in das Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit zu rücken...
Government offer leads to horse logging comeback
Monday, 20th of April 2009: More forests on P.E.I. are being logged with the help of horses this year following an offer of free firewood.
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APP and the certification issueWhat is APP doing in Indonesia? Is APP still holding FSC certificate, has it changed to PEFC or does it own both cerificates?
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A New Direction And Vision For America’s ForestsSEATTLE, August 14, 2009 - US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has outlined his vision for the future of America’s forests. In his first major speech regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, Vilsack set forth a new direction for conservation, management, and restoration of these natural treasures.
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Forestry is improving at Ciego de Ávila province According to data of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Cuba is one of the few countries of the world where forest areas grow every year.
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Nova Scotia restoring forests damaged by the spruce bark beetleThe provincial government of Nova Scotia is restoring forests in Cape Breton's Mabou Highlands ravaged by the spruce bark beetle.
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Uganda: Growing Trees for Cash; a Long Term Lucrative VentureWhen Mr Ponsiano Besesa sold his four-storey-hotel in Kampala to invest in forestry in February last year, people thought he was going mad. But the old man had calculated and knew very well that trees would reap him more than what a hotel would.
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December 2012 - a note by the editor of ForestIndustries.EU:
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A note by the Editor of ForestIndustries.EU: We wrote this article a long time ago. Many significant events happened since then and a huge amount of new knowledge has been collected by the global community:
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Ireland calls for timber to be included in offsetting schemeThe Irish Parliament is calling on the EU to agree that the country can used forest carbon sinks to offset its non-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions.
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GEF Publishes Brief on Financing for Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+July 2010: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published a brief describing its investment programme for sustainable forest management (SFM) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks ( REDD+), as well as opportunities for funding of forest-related activities in the fifth GEF cycle (GEF-5).
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Will Japan finally cut her timber?I chose an article from The Japan Times again, which was published back on 24 January 2010. The article may be located here (or here).
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A decade of cuts has left a priceless resource facing a homemade crisis...
There is an old saying that if the forest service is not planting trees, then it is not doing its job.
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Congo’s Minister of Environment here to study Guyana’s LCDSGuyana’s efforts to draw attention to the value of standing forests in the climate change arena is drawing attention from peer countries facing similar challenges.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo which is home to the Congo Basin has sent a representative of their Government to study Guyana’s forest management practices and policies. The Basin is the second largest standing rainforest after the Amazon Basin and the residents and government of that country are dealing with many of the issues that are facing Guyana as a result of Climate Change and its effects.
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Experts call for sustainable management of forest resourcesExperts from various institutions including Forestry and Environment, Community Forest Organizations, Timber Re-export Association and other relevant stakeholders Tuesday gathered at Baobab Beach Hotel in Kololi to address the issue of deforestation and climate change by planting one million trees for sustainable management of forest resources, as they noted that the country’s forest is seriously facing increasing exploitation due to population growth. The event was organized by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment.
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in California Compliance MarketThe winds of change are blowing across the climate change policy landscape. With legislation stalled in the Senate, attention now shifts to state and regional initiatives.
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FOREST EUROPE (MCPFE) – a holistic approach to sustainable forest managementWorld forests are in the spotlight for good reasons. Deforestation and forest degradation continues at an alarming rate. The multiple crises of climate, finance and food require the need for action to limit deforestation and to manage our forests sustainably. This is necessary in order to mitigate climate change and to adapt forests to changes in temperature, water supply and other factors affected by changes in climate.
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GEF Africa sustainable forestry fund.British development finance institution, CDC (www.cdcgroup.com) has committed US$50 million to the GEF Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund (GASFF), the first private equity fund to focus solely on sustainable forestry in sub-Saharan Africa. The fund is to be run by the investment team of Global Environment Fund (GEF) which has a long history of investing in sectors that make a positive impact on the environment and quality of life.
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Ministry wants money for planting treesIndonesia hopes to renegotiate its US$1 billion deal with Norway on reducing carbon emissions by curbing deforestation, hoping Norway will accept tree planting as an eligible part of the program.
“We hope REDD+ activities could be applied in the Indonesia-Norway climate deal,” Hadi Daryanto, director general of forest production at the Forestry Ministry, told The Jakarta Post Saturday.
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Logged forests retain considerable biodiversity in Borneo providing conservation opportunityA new study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that forests which have undergone logging in the past, sometimes even twice, retain significant levels of biodiversity in Borneo. The researchers say these findings should push conservationists to protect more logged forests from being converted into oil palm plantations where biodiversity levels drop considerably and endangered species are almost wholly absent. Given that much of Borneo's forests have been logged as least once, these long-dismissed forests could become a new frontier for conservationists.
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Uruguay Tries to Solve Its Forestry PuzzleMONTEVIDEO, Aug 17, 2010 (Tierramérica) - "A Uruguayan consumes 40 kilos of paper per year, compared to 400 kilos consumed by someone in Finland. We produce wood pulp to feed foreign consumption," says sociologist María Selva Ortiz, representative of the environmental group Redes-Friends of the Earth Uruguay.
"But the ecological baggage of that consumption is the damage to our water, our soil, our farmers," she told Tierramérica.
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11 rainforest countries pledge sustainable forest management Eleven tropical rainforest countries Tuesday agreed to commit on sustainable forest management at a ministerial meeting held in
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State keen to adopt carbon offset schemeKUCHING: The state is interested to adopt the ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD) initiative as part of its sustainable forest conservation programme.
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Forests – a feminist issueI have been to the last two COPs (climate change conferences) – in Poznan and Copenhagen. They were both incredibly draining and frustrating, watching our negotiators move ever-so-slowly to a not-quite-conclusion. It is enough to make you swear off climate policy for good.
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Claims of growth in India's forests 'misleading'Native forests in India are disappearing at a rate of up to 2.7% per year.
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Pressure mounts on USGBC to accept forest certification programsForest certification standards from 12 nations have called on the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to end its discrimination against wood and accept all credible sustainable forest certification standards.
The certification programs pointed out that wood is one of the best environmental choices for construction as long as it is from a responsible source, and that fiber certified to the 26 national forest certification programs recognized by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) meets this demand.
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Chile joins Brazil in raising S.America's investment potentialInvesting experts are predicting that Brazil will be joined by Chile in leading the way for new, profitable investment opportunities in South America.
The abundant natural resources in Brazil – including timber and minerals – as well as the planned work to give it a global quality infrastructure, a strong currency and excellent showing during the global recession, have made it an attractive prospect for wealth creation opportunities.
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There’s gold in them forests – but not for plantationsLondon, Aug. 16, 2010 (RISI) - I recently took part in a web meeting on the future of the financial industry's interest in forestry. It was surprising how sophisticated banks, insurance companies and analysts are becoming in evaluating forestry investments.
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Sustainable forestry is profitable: Maine has 7.5 million acres certifiedIn June loggers from across the Northeast were recognized at the Blaine House, the residence for the standing governor, for their outstanding business and sustainable harvesting practices.
“The Northeast Master Loggers Certification Board certified eleven new Master Logger companies,” said Beth Postlewaite, executive director of the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNF), as she gave out the awards. “Of the eleven companies certified, six were from Maine. This is a model for the nation.”
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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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Amerindians benefit from the Low Carbon Development StrategyPeople often wonder at the number of legislations protecting the Amerindian people, but cut off as the Amerindians are from mainstream society, these revised laws are needed for many reasons, most importantly to preserve their way of life while protecting their rights as citizens of this country.
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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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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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In Honduras, REDD Projects Hold Real Potential for Communities and the EnvironmentIn July, Honduras held its first national workshop on climate change and forests, called "Opportunities for Honduras to Participate in the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Mechanism," with support from the Rainforest Alliance, the United States Agency for In
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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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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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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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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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Two Sides tackles “Greenwashing” debate in industry webinar.2 October 2010, London, UK - "Greenwashing"—over-promoting your "green" credentials—is one of today’s headline-grabbers. What are the facts? What’s right? What’s wrong? Who decides?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Shining prospects for REDD participationNigeria’s prospects as a full REDD participating nation shone bright last Thursday as a week-long Scoping Mission by the United Nations REDD+ Programme that commenced in Calabar in Cross River State came to an emotional end in Abuja, the federal capital city.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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REDD should create jobs, not merlely bring compensation
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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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Interior West Forests on Verge of Becoming Net Carbon EmitterForests in the Interior West could soon flip from carbon sink to carbon source, forest experts say.
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CBO empowered to manage forest resources of Masito-Ugala ecosystem in KigomaIN Kigoma, Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is preparing local communities to benefit from REDD initiative within seven villages bordering the rich biodiversity Masito-Usagalla Ecosystem.
The representatives from seven villages of Ilagara, Karago, Songambele, Sigunga, Sunuka and Kirando and Lyabusende have attended training on forest management practices. Each of the participants was involved in forest resource mapping and set strategies to protect forests resources, marine life in Lake Tanganyika and on the environment in general in their areas.
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Stone age etchings found in Amazon basin as river levels fallA series of ancient underwater etchings has been uncovered near the jungle city of Manaus, following a drought in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Scientists call attention to 'forgotten forests'Calling them the forgotten forests, a panel of scientists say cool-weather rainforests like those in Western Oregon store more carbon per acre than tropical rainforests.
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Integrating FSC certification in REDD+ projects: guidelines for Project Developer - NEW PUBLICATIONThis guideline consists of a set of concepts, guidelines and procedures useful for integrating the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management certification into the organization of REDD+ projects.
The guideline is divided into three main sections:
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Sustainable Forest Management and GovernanceAnima Pushpa Toppo, Jharkhand Jungle Bachao Andolan: India became a democratic Republic in 1950. During the Constituent Assembly debate Jaipal Singh of Jharkhand expressed his doubt about the sincerity of the leaders of the newly formed nation-state of India.
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Newfoundland, Labrador: Sustainable Forest Management Strategy
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Lower House determined to enact sustainable forest management lawCagayan de Oro City (22 November) -- There's now hope for the Philippines to reverse the continued destruction of what little is left of its forested mountains.
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In Sierra Leone, Stakeholders engaged on sustainable forest management
The Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security on Friday 19th November, 2010 engaged stakeholders in sustainable forest management on the implementation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and Forest Law Enforcement, and Governance and Trade (FLEGT) respectively at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Youyi Building in Freetown.
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Market for Sustainable Products Expanding Rapidly
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What problems does sustainable forest management face in Russia?Discrepancies in the system of the Russian forest legislation is the main reason for that. This was the common opinion of participants of the Roundtable organized by WWF at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in early November 2010.
Representatives of the Russian legislative bodies, Russian federal Forest Service, regional authorities, forestry businesses, supervising and control entities of forest management and environmental NGOs were invited to this meeting.
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Forest-research branch cut off at the rootsUnnoted last week amid the political confusion, British Columbians lost a venerable institution.
After a proud, 80-year history, the research branch of the Ministry of Forests and Range was disbanded.
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Managed forests in green focus
Agua Bendita, Mexico: Local landowners collectively running a small lumber yard in the pine forests of central Mexico say they are making profits from logging and cutting carbon emissions at the same time.
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Sustainable Forest Management as a Strategy to Combat Climate ChangeThis study presents the results of recent studies of community forest management in Mexico in the belief that it can inspire other countries and peoples to follow similar paths.
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Brainstorming session for sustainable forest management beginsA two-day expert consultation on ‘operational strategy for sustainable forest management’ was begun at Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) in Bhopal on Friday.
The consultation was graced by the delegates from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF); Principle Chief Conservator of Forests from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur; veteran foresters and representatives from the State forest departments and research institutions.
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B.C. draft carbon offset rules draw criticism from environmentalist
Proposed rules for forest carbon offset projects are receiving criticism as a new draft protocol is opened up for public review.
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Ceasing Forest Conversion Harms PoorCANCUN – Proposals by wealthy countries to restrict access to forest areas in developing countries in the name of climate change will have a detrimental effect upon the world’s poor, according to a
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Brazil forest concession area exceeds 1m hectaresMore than one million hectares of prime Amazon Rainforest land in Brazil has been made available for a programme of forestry concessions, according to the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB).
The area involved in the programme is spread over seven areas within the states of Rondonia and Pará, and is estimated to have a total potential timber production value of approximately 850,000 cubic metres every year.
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One week of Cancun talks have passed by and I just can't stop wondering!
Seems the world gets more wired any time when people meet for negotiations on what should happen to forests.
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