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Nigeria to earn N34.44 billion yearly in tree planting
If tree planting programme initiated by the Federal Government is taken seriously, the way it should, Nigeria stands to generate a revenue of about N34.44 billion yearly.
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Japan offers emission reduction exchange mechanism with RI
Jakarta, Feb 15 (ANTARA) - Japanese entrepreneurs grouped in Keidanren offer to establish a mechanism for emission reduction exchange with Indonesia, Vice President Boediono`s spokesman said here Monday.
"Keidanren offers a carbon emission exhange system with Indonesia, and Japan will provide sophisticated and inexpensive technology," said Yopie Hidayat at the Vice President`s office after accompanying Boediono at the meeting with the head of Keidanren, Hiromasa Yonekura, here Monday.
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Annual cut in B.C’s Mid Coast timber area reduced by 23%
Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for the Mid Coast timber supply area in British Columbia will be decreased by 23% to 767,000 cubic metres.
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B.C. Forest Safety Ombudsman to review silviculture camps
A case involving what the provincial government called “unacceptable” treatment of 58 silvicultural workers will be examined by BC Forest Safety Ombudsman Roger Harris as part of a review of silviculture camp systems.
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The New Science of Telecoupling Shows Just How Connected the World Is—For Better and For Worse
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Study Compares Carbon Benefits of Forest Management Practices in Oregon
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Court Affirms Forestry’s Positive Role in Addressing Climate Change Decision
Judge Patrick Riley in El Dorado County presided over a consolidated case in which environmental activists challenged 19 Timber Harvesting Plans (THPs) submitted to the state by Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) in eight counties. Plaintiffs argued that the plans did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because they did not properly or adequately address greenhouse gas emissions from timber harvesting. In his 25-page opinion Judge Riley disagreed, saying:
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Georgia-Pacific Increases Forest Protection and Expands Sustainable Forestry Practices
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Sustainable Forest Management Plan for the Nicola Thompson Fraser Area of British Columbia
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Asia Pulp & Paper Lays Out Key Milestones On Path to 100 Percent Pulpwood Supply Certification
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FAO highlights exemplary forest management in the Dominican Republic and Guyana
In 2007 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations began a search for instances of good forest management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The results of that search were published last year, with the hope that the cases highlighted would provide inspiration and guidance for policy-makers and resource managers across the region. The resulting report is called Standing Tall: Exemplary Cases of Sustainable Forest Management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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UNEP’s 2011 Sasakawa Prize Winners Focus on Forest Conservation
23 February 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced two projects aimed at conserving forests and promoting sustainable development in remote rural communities in Latin America and Asia, as the 2011 recipients of the Sasakawa Prize.
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Promoting Community Forestry Enterprises in National REDD+ Strategies: A Business Approach
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India commits $10 billion to expand forests
The Indian government has approved a bold plan to expand and improve the quality of its forests as a part of the nation's National Action Plan on Climate Change. The reforestation plan, dubbed the National Mission for a Green India (NMGI), will expand forests by five million hectares (over 12 million acres), while improving forests quality on another five million hectares for $10.14 billion (460 billion rupees).
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U.S. allocates first of $30M in grants for forest conservation in Sumatra
The U.S. government announced the first grants under the first phase of its 2009 Tropical Forests Conservation Act agreement with Indonesia.
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Land management change urgently needed: Jeffery
AN urgent imperative exists to change how the Australian landscape is managed, for food security and climate change reasons, especially farmland, according to former Governor General, Major-General Michael Jeffery.
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EU, RI ready to sign timber trade agreement
JAKARTA: The European Union (EU) and Indonesia are preparing to sign a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA), a joint statement said Wednesday.
“We are nearly there,” Forestry Ministry business development director general Iman Santoso said in the statement. It is expected the agreement will be concluded in the next two to three months.
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Climate change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest management
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Guyana sees a 300% increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests
Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with the Norwegian government aimed precisely at supporting a reduction in deforestation rates, said Global Witness today.
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Gender Continues to be Major Issue in Africa
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UN provides $2.7m to manage forests
HA NOI — The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed an agreement with the Vietnamese Government yesterday, committing itself to a technical assistance partnership to develop the country's capacity in forest resources assessment.
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REDD+, RFM, Development, and Carbon Markets
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Peru admits timber certificates faked in secret cable
Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks.
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Palm Oil Plantations Equal Deforestation
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Forest loss threatens Sierra Leone water supplies
FREETOWN (Reuters Life!) - The slopes of Leicester Peak, a protected rainforest on a hill above Sierra Leone's capital, are a jumble of haphazard development and half-finished villas.
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Stopping export logging, oil palm expansion in PNG in 2012 would cost $1.8b, says economistStopping logging for timber export and conversion of forest for oil palm plantations would cost Papua New Guinea roughly $1.8 billion dollars from 2012 to 2025, but would significantly reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new analysis published by an economist from the University of Queensland.
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GHANA: Forestry officer calls for support in sustainable forestry
Juabeso (W/R), Feb. 26, GNA — The Juabeso District Manager of the Forestry Services Department, Mr. Clement Amo Omari, has stressed the need for a collaborative effort towards forest management and protection.
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Capital Markets and Sustainable Forestry
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Africa Environment Day Focuses on Sustainable Forest Management
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Integrating environmental, social and economic values of Forests
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Sustainable forest management growing in South America
CORNER BROOK — The essential elements of sustainable forest management in Newfoundland and Labrador are being learned and implemented in some South American countries.
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Peru and Finland to be partners for sustainable development
Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Paavo Väyrynen, said there are important opportunities for expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Finland and Peru.
The developing economy of Peru offers cooperation opportunities for Finnish companies particularly in natural resources, energy and environmental sectors, according to a press release from the Finnish government.
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Cash alone will not slow forest carbon emissions
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The timber harvesting volume in the Republic of Bashkortostan is projected to increase by 30%
The timber harvesting volumes will increase by 30 %, as estimated by Rajap Nabiullin, the Minister for Forestry Complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This index was accepted by the Forest Plan and the Program of Development of the regional Timber Industry Complex.
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Conservation of forests set to get a push increase efforts in conserving forests
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There has been good news recently for America’s national forests, and some that could have been better.
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Founding Director of FSC Switzerland Steps Down After 8 Remarkable Years
Germany, Mar 11, 2011 - Mr. Guido Fuchs has resigned from the position of Director of FSC Switzerland after 8 years in the organization. He will continue to provide project support until the new Director takes office on 1 June 2011.
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Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in REDD+
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The Global Witness Report is somewhat misleading on the deforestation rate
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Groundbreaking New UN Report on How to Feed the World's Hungry: Ditch Corporate-Controlled Agriculture
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How successful is Sustainable Forest Management in the UNECE Region?
The UNECE/FAO Forestry & Timber Section is organizing a Seminar on the "State of forests and forest management in the UNECE region in the context of current and future needs and challenges".
This Seminar takes place on World Forest Day and opens the Regional Forest Information Week (21-25 March). It is an important contribution to the International Year of Forests.
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ecoForests to be featured on "21st Century Business"
(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 15, 2011 ) Boca Raton, FL (TBD) --- ecoForests, a pioneer sustainable forestry investment company, has been selected to appear on 21st Century Business, an award winning international television series. This series will focus on Tropical Timber as a Stable Investment.
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Formulation of a National Code of Practice (CoP) for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in Suriname
Until now the Suriname forest sector (both commercial loggers and community based forestry) lacks an appropriate set of rules and regulations for sustainable forest use and management.
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World Forestry Day reflections – what next for REDD+?
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Forests, fields key to future
BYRNEWALLACE: From sustainable forestry credits to food emission labelling, the agriculture sector needs legislation now in order to encourage change
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When looking at the remarkably complex world of carbon offset, REDD+, sustainable forestry and natural resource management, Mexico is emerging as one of the world’s leading open-air laboratories.
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Green Injustice: Environmentalists practice Corporate Social Irresponsibility
It's trendy to talk about "corporate social responsibility." The idea is companies have obligations beyond making a profit for their shareholders or creating products and services that their customers want; they have responsibilities to wider society as well.
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International: Biodiversity And Livelihoods - REDD-plus Benefits
The importance of biodiversity and livelihood aspects within the design of REDD-plus has been recognized at many levels. Achieving these multiple benefits will require new levels of collaboration among different actors at national and international levels.
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The Russian forests are at the focus and under close examination
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Where does the future lie for forestry?
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International Policy Award for Visionary Forest Policies:
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As Larger Animals Decline, Forests Feel Their Absence
With giant tortoises, elephants, and other fruit-eating animals disappearing from many of the world’s tropical woodlands, forests are suffering from the loss of a key function performed by these creatures: the dispersal of tree seeds. But a new experiment shows that introduced species may be able to fulfill this vital ecological role. by sharon levy
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EU Parliamentarian worried about the EU forest policy
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The University of Toronto may lose its Faculty of Forestry
The Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto has a bleak future due to low enrollment.
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Gambia nominated for world forestry awards
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Sustainable forestry the focus of keynote address
EXETER – Terry Schwan does not expect forest cover in the Ausable Bayfield watershed to increase from 13 per cent to the 30 per cent recommended by Environment Canada.
“There's too much good farm land,” he said in a speech near Exeter March 17. "They're not going to take that away, but there's a lot of other things that can happen."
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Surinamese government, indigenous groups and NGOs join together to protect forests
As EDF’s Amazon Basin Project coordinator, I spend much of my time working in Latin America with our non-governmental allies to discuss REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) with indigenous groups.
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Like robins, Sun Belt baseball and daffodils poking their heads up from the soil, it seems to be a rite of spring for advocates of the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to go after each other about the relative credibility of each other’s forestry standards.
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Forests and climate change in the Mediterranean
6 April 2011, Rome/Avignon - A new partnership for Mediterranean forests has been established to address major threats to the region's forests being exacerbated by the severe impact of climate change. The partnership was announced at the Second Mediterranean Forest Week, which is taking place in Avignon, France (5-8 April).
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Germany funds forestry protection project
The German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) has provided 4 million euros to the Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) project in Laos.
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Africa: Scanning REDD+ with a lens of a forest worker?
As countries are working towards formulation UN REDD national programs, questions are being asked as to whether the REDD+ based projects are able to increase participation of variety of stakeholders including trade Unions? And also whether forest workers and communities are effectively participating in the design, monitoring and evaluation of national REDD+ programs?
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Tanzanian President nullifies application to grant Eastern Mountains as World Heritage Site
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Tanzania's President has rejected an application to place some mountains in the Eastern Arc under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage Site.
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REDD+ should better embrace forest values - land policy think tank
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Brunei Reaffirms Support For Climate Plan
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Asia Pulp & Paper Group Partners with Carbon Conservation on Vision 2020: A Roadmap to Global Leadership in Sustainable
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Apr 5, 2011 - Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced today it is expanding its partnership with Carbon Conservation by engaging the environmental and sustainability consulting firm to help craft Vision 2020, a roadmap to guide sustainability principles, goals and program execution across all aspects of the company’s Indonesian operations from today to the year 2020.
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Slash-and-burn threatens African forests
IBIDAN, Nigeria, April 7 (UPI) -- Farming of crops like cocoa, cassava and oil palm has resulted in widespread deforestation and degradation of West Africa's tropical forest area, a study says.
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Poland's environmentalists fight foresters for heart of primeval forest
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A Call to Action on the Forest Front
Does the provincial government have a coherent plan to address the exponentially deepening forest health crisis in our province?
Evidently not, as outlined by two scientists in a sobering critique of provincial government forest policy (or the lack thereof) published in today’s Vancouver Sun.
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New policies needed to save our forests April 8th, 2011: The administration and care of British Columbia's publicly owned forestlands - some 60 million hectares, an area larger than France - is unstable and in deep trouble.
The shifting of forest governance among three ministries in less than a year, following a decade of deregulation, has eroded forest stewardship and sustainable forest management in B.C.
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Towards European Bioeconomy – White Paper Addresses Grand Challenges
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GEF Project in Komi Republic Saves Emissions by Reducing Fires and Illegal Logging
5 April 2011: A Global Environment Facility Project is reported to be helping the Government of Komi (Russian Federation) to improve the sustainability of the national protected area system and measure carbon stocks and reduced emissions from deforestation.
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Foresters alarmed by neglect and deterioration of timberBravo to Professors Simard and Lewis for speaking out on declining stewardship of B.C.'s public forests, a trend many foresters have observed with growing alarm over the past decade.
Re: New policies needed to save our forests, Opinion, April 8
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UPM to sell its logging company in Russia to International Paper
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CBD Releases Report on REDD+ and Biodiversity Safeguards Workshop in Asia-Pacific
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What to Do When Forest Ethics Comes Knocking?
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Adaptation options to reduce climate change vulnerability of sustainable forest management in the Austrian Alps
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McKinsey Work Lets Congo, Guyana Get Aid, Cut Trees, Greenpeace Says
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We're losing key knowledge about our forestsIf you're a clerk in the produce department at the local supermarket you have a big task on your hands.
Not only must you track how quickly the bins of apples, lemons, lettuce, radishes and dozens of other fruits and vegetables are depleted, but you must constantly root out the rotten from the fresh and be ever vigilant that behind the swinging storeroom door there's sufficient replacement stock.
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SFI Conservation Grant Supports Dalhousie University Forest Road Research
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 19, 2011 -- Dalhousie University's School of Resource and Environmental Studies has received a Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to develop best management practices for forest road crossings in Atlantic Canada to avoid disrupting water flows in wetlands.
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Let`s forge strong alliance towards forest management
This week GERALD KITABU interviewed the Project Manager for the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative, Elinasi Monga, on forest resources. Excerpts:
QUESTION: What does the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative stand for?
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Forest Service: Increasing Fragmentation a Concern
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Federal report shows improved natural resources
LITCHFIELD — A report released by the U.S. Department of Forestry, in part with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, shows resource conservation has improved, but work remains to be done.
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54 hinterland communities granted permission to log
Government yesterday insisted that the forest deal with Norway for US$250M is a good one. It added that the criticisms of the role of McKinsey and Company are totally unfounded.
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Why the International Day of Peasants' Struggles is important
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Amerindians to get Low Carbon-generated cash in July
Village grants to Amerindian communities from Norway’s payment to Guyana for forest carbon services will be handed out to Amerindian chiefs in July, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo.
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Developing Countries to Sign Treaty on Deforestation
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How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests?
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USAID Administrator Shah Commemorates Earth Day
Washington, DC – Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), released the following statement on the occasion of Earth Day.
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Nearly Half of Amazon Is Protected But Vulnerable
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Speed construction demonstrated in Beijing
Three storeys, nine apartment units, 8,352 sq. feet and in just 60 hours. Green Home Canada was built at the Beijing International Convention Centre between 24 March 24 and the evening of 27 March to demonstrate the speed, ease and environmental benefits of modular wood construction at the Beijing Green Building Show.
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China’s Imports Soar in 2010 - led by Logs (+22%) and Lumber (+49%)
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Oslo urges more forest aid despite corruption risk
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A report by the Times of India earlier this month that an Indian company, Vaitarna Holdings, controlled 1.82M acres of Guyanese forest deservedly captured media scrutiny here.
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Sustainable forest management in Bangladesh
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Forests require flexible management
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Industry players call for focus in forest management
Akyawkrom (Ash), April 28, GNA - Participants at a workshop that sought to define the different roles of stakeholders in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) have underlined the need for a clear focus in the management of forest resources.
They said it was important to look for efficient and effective ways of protecting the forest resources instead of relying on REDD whose future is not yet known.
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