Ghana: Turning the Back On Forest Revenue Loses
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Moving REDD+ forward: more structured discussion on the drivers of deforestation is needed
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Pakistan: The vanishing forestsEnvironmental degradation in Pakistan is a well-documented fact and this degradation is impacting the entire national social and economic landscape. It covers all natural resources e.g. forests, wetlands, land and air.
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Wood biomass - carbon impact a matter of scaleA 50-year-old tree is cut down in the forest, ground into chips, trucked to a power plant and burned to generate electricity. All of the carbon stored in that tree has just been released into the atmosphere.
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Seeing the people for the trees
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How Himalayan communities can benefit from protecting their forestsNepal is one of the first countries in the world to include community forest management in the national forestry policy.
This confers authority to local communities to manage forest resources as forest user groups of an autonomous institution.
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New Forest Management Standard Welcome, but . . .
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The Green Party's proposal to better protect the Swedish forestThe Swedish Green Party unveiled six proposals to better protect the Swedish forest. The Green Party is working for a modern forest management committed to taking advantage of the richness of Swedish forests today and manage wisely for the future.
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China adds 60m hectares of forest areaChina's total forest area has increased to 195 million hectares from 134 million hectares in 1992, marking a net gain of 60 million hectares within 20 years, the State Forestry Administration (SFA) said Monday.
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Large-scale forest bio-energy creates carbon debtWhile some logging advocates continue to talk up forest biomass as a green energy source, there’s good reason it isn’t happening on a significant scale.
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Logging in tropical forests: not all is lostAs tropical forests give way to cities, roads and soybean fields, what’s left behind is a collage of forest remnants and ‘secondary’ forests that regrow after agricultural lands are abandoned.
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Moving Forward with Forest Governance It is widely acknowledged that improving forest governance is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest
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Income generated from REDD+ should be given to forest communities to invest in their future, recommends a new report by The Forests Dialogue (TFD). Investing locally in this way should be part of understanding REDD+ as integral to broader development among forest-dependent communities.
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Ministry, German firm team up for biodiversity conservationMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment and the German consulting company GITEC Consult GmbH have agreed to partner in biodiversity conservation in southern Laos under a project set to run until 2018.
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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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Manoel Jose Leite, a small-scale organic farmer, is set to pioneer low-carbon agriculture in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, which for decades has been destroyed by expanding agribusiness.
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Rio+20: Are human development indices forest-blind?When policymakers and national planners set out to enhance local “quality of life,” they often base their decisions on a variant of the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), a basket of indicators, ranging from income to life expectanc
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As the Earth warms, forest floors add greenhouse gases to the airHuge amounts of carbon trapped in the soils of U.S.
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Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+After more than 500 years of resistance, we, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, peasant farmers, fisherfolk and civil society are not fooled by the so-called Green Economy and REDD+ because we know colonialism when we see it.
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Code REDD for environmental protectionUp to now a forest’s value has been measured mainly in terms of the price of its wood, but the United Nations is currently turning this premise on its head by placing a price on the forest’s capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Timberland in Institutional Investment Portfolios: Can Significant Investment Reach Emerging Markets?A survey was carried out to improve the understanding of current investment patterns in forestry by investors and of the framework in which such investments are made.
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Green businesses set to lead creation of Rio's+20 "Future We Want”It has been impossible to avoid the glut of criticism from green NGOs and politicians left deeply disappointed by the lack of ambition on display at the Rio +20 Earth summit last week.
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Finding Balance: Our future, our forestsThe United Nations Forum on Forests partnered with a multimedia firm to produce a compelling story line about forests that goes beyond simple conservation.
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Sustainable land use for the 21st century It is estimated that the human footprint has affected 83% of the global terrestrial
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Putting forests at the heart of a new, greener economyThe world's forests have a major role to play in the transition to a new, greener economy, a theme being discussed at the Rio+20 Conference. But to spark that shift, governments must enact programs and policies aimed at both unlocking the potential of forests and ensuring that they are sustainab
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RIO+20: Reforestation Pledges Reach Only 12 Percent of TargetThe world’s countries have committed themselves so far to restoring just 18 million hectares of forests by 2020, barely 12 percent of the goal of 150 million hectares agreed by the Bonn Challenge in 2011.
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Na Hang special-use forest unavoidable of illegal lumberjacks?The Na Hang special-use forest, the land of many kinds of rare and precious trees which are hundreds of years old, have been in serious danger.
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USAID and the US Forest Service team up to promote low emission development pathways in the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) sectors
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First agroforestry project registered under VCSThe first project which sequesters carbon through agroforestry has been registered under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
Paris-based project developer Eco-Carbone’s agroforestry project was registered for the voluntary offset programme last week.
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Liberia's hasty forest sell-off risks more conflict
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FMO signs first contract in Sustainable Forestry
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FCPR–Forest Conservation Performance Rating for the Pan-Tropics - Working Paper 294  This note introduces and illustrate
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FORMA and fCPR: Accelerating a Performance-Based Payment System for REDD+ Reducing carbon emissions from forest clearing and degradat
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Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforestSmall farmers are less likely than large landowners to maintain required forest cover on their property in the Brazilian Amazon, worsening the environmental impact of their operations, reported a re
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The Journey of Forest Governance When I started working on forest governance issues, back in the late 19
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Rio+20: Forests form important foundation for a green economy Forests constitute the vast majority of what is green on planet earth. The quest for a green economy at Rio+20 excited the full spectrum of the forest community – from forest industries to local forest rights-holder groups.
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The false solutions of Rio+20As evening falls, Albertina Francisco*, a farmer from the Nhambita community in Sofala province, Mozambique, returns home. She is tired after another day of work at her machamba (a term used in Mozambique to refer to a patch of farmland).
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At least 2,500 farmers in the western districts of Uganda are earning extra cash to boost their livelihoods by planting trees alongside their crops in a scheme that is helping to sequester carbon dioxide.
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Opinion-Editorial from British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource OperationsEnsuring a sustainable timber supply, with the right mix of tree species, is a top priority for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
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EBRD: Promoting sustainable forestry from Bratislava to VladivostokOur forests are a vital source of life to plants, animals and humans alike. Their trees do not merely provide a habitat for many species, but they also make the air clean and mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide.
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Critical Need for Sustainable Forest Management Training in PeruWhen it comes to sustainable forestry, the country of Peru is at a critical crossroads. On a trip to that country this spring, I met with government, industry and conservation officials regarding a proposed Spanish-language training center for their region.
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Gabon is ripe for the fellingMultinational companies are queuing up to do business in Gabon, despite questions being raised about the validity of President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s rule.
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Global Environment raises Rs. 700 cr fundMumbai: Sustainable forestry-focused private equity (PE) firm, Global Environment Fund (GEF), has raised a Rs. 700 crore, small and medium enterprises (SME)-focused South Asia fund dedicated to India—the first niche fund of its kind in the coun
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Asia Pulp & Paper Pledges ‘Sustainable Forest Management’Asia Pulp & Paper has pledged that by 2020 all of its suppliers will be certified under the voluntary Indonesian sustainable forest management scheme.
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Quebec releases new 2012-2017 Forest Sector Transformation StrategyQuebec‘s new 2012-2017 Forest Sector Transformation Strategy was unveiled Monday by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF).
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Soon, you can earn credits for planting trees
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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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Nova Scotia finally defines clearcuttingThe province of Nova Scotia has a goal of reducing clearcutting to no more than 50% of the total tree harvest in the province by 2016.
However, that goal proved to be difficult to implement without a technical definition of clearcutting.
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Asia-Pacific Workshop on Reduced Impact Logging
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Utilisation of mountain wood and the organisation of mountain wood industries - European practices The objective of the work is to identify and analyse positive and sustainable practices regarding the extraction and use of wood and the organisation (formal, e.g.,organisation of wood owner, union, association, etc.; or informal) of wood supply chains in mountain areas (from production to end pr
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Factbox: Biomass energy, carbon and forestry(Reuters) - Forest and farmland together cover more than three quarters of EU territory, but their role in capturing and releasing carbon emissions is not fully documented.
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Forestry management strategies changingRotation lengths, thinning years and intensities are usually the focus of forestry management guidelines. However, a new study has suggested that these might not be the best areas to focus on.
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FSC to tackle timber certification in light of EUTRThe Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is set to address how best to operate a timber product certification scheme in the context of the EU Timber Regulations (EUTR).
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Safcol pins hopes on new business model to unlock R3bn project pipeline Stated-owned forestry company Safcol, which improved its financial performance in 2011/12 on the back of a recovery in lumber markets, expects to complete a review into its future role and structure by September, which could open the way for it to again invest in sawmilling and extend its Souther
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REDD+ initiative for saving forests in Khyber PakhtunkhwaTHE FORESTS in Pakistan are severely threatened by growing consumption of fuel wood and illegal logging. It is feared that if immediate action is not taken this natural resource would be totally consumed within next 15 years.
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Ten Central African countries agree to improve forest monitoringA new regional initiative will help ten Central African countries to set up advanced national forest monitoring systems, FAO announced today.
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Consumer demand 'can influence sustainable forestry'Harvesting forestry sustainably and profitably is entirely possible, but requires consumers and businesses to pressurise governments into action.
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India’s forest area in doubtTo judge from India’s official surveys, the protection of its forests is a success. Somehow, this resource-hungry country of 1.2 billion people is managing to preserve its rich forests almost intact in the face of growing demands for timber and agricultural land.
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REDD+ Finance and SafeguardsFinance for safeguards implementation is essential to attract and sustain funding
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Laos shares land and forestry management goalsLand and forestry is the primary resource of the nation, and needs to be managed properly in order to improve local people's living conditions and further socio-economic development in Laos.
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More logging won't cure trade's ills
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Committee recommends measures to increase timber supplyVICTORIA –The Special Committee on Timber Supply today released its unanimous report making 22 recommendations to increase the supply and value of mid-term timber and to strengthen future forest management in the B.C. Central Interior.
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MLAs aren't facing the truth: B.C. forests are tapped outSince May, when a special committee of the legislature was appointed to address a looming "timber supply" crisis, questions have arisen about what the committee would say about one community in particular.
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MLAs Blow Chance to Help Us See BC's Next Forest IndustryThe Special Legislative Committee on Timber Supply has completed their report intended to help the forest sector and communities impac
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The unanimous decision of the special committee on timber sup-ply to support an increase of logging in "marginally economic forests" and in old-growth reserves previously ruled off limits to logging is outrageous.
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New Way to Capture Carbon: More Forests
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Agriculture Is the Direct Driver for Worldwide DeforestationA new synthesis on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation was published during the Bangkok climate change negotiations in September by researchers from Canada and from Wageningen University, Netherlands.
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Notorious Malaysian Company Surfaces in LiberiaA comprehensive investigation by this paper has unearthed that a notorious Malaysian logging company (Samling) has surfaced in Liberia as a business partner to a Liberian logging company Atlantic Resources.Atlantic Resources is owned by Mr.
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Investment guide to 'triple win' from locally controlled forestryA detailed discussion between investors and forest rights-holders, have resulted in new guidance for investments that can create a 'triple win' of returns for investors, livelihood security for local communities and protection for forests.
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Foresters to draft national action plan for forestry The country’s top professional foresters converged at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center here on Wednesday for a three-day summit with the end in view of drafting a national action plan on the management and promotion of the country’s forest resources.
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Forest governance critical to global forest conservation, industry sustainabilityCOLLEGE STATION – Protecting forests and the livelihoods they support depends on the ability to develop and implement effectively policy and other initiatives with global cooperation, according to Dr.
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Investing In Locally Controlled ForestrySeptember, 2012. Duncan Macqueen, Chris Buss and Teresa Sarroca. The Forests Dialogue. A TFD Publication Number 7. 66 pages
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What does the future hold for ethical investment?Ethical investment has hit the headlines recently as figures have suggested that there has been a slight drop in interest.
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Going once, going twice….. the great green land grab“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore!” Mark Twain’s wry observation on the North American land acquisition boom of the late 19th century remains just as pertinent today as it was then.
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Are conservation projects succeeding in the Lower Mekong Basin?For thousands of years, the people living on the banks of the Mekong river have been paddling through its often treacherous waters in wooden cargo boats laden with all manner of freshly grown produce, ready for trade.
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Açaí: could the wonder fruit also be wonderful for forests?The increased cultivation of açaí — the purple fruit that dangles from palms in the Brazilian rainforest and is touted by many celebrities as the number one superfood for ‘age-defying beauty’ – may be one of the reasons for the country’s staggering increase in forest cover over the past two decad
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IDB, CI-Guyana sign US$1.6M deal for LCDS implementationTHE Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Conservation International-Guyana (CI-Guyana) signed an agreement yesterday, to begin a project that will test models for implementation of this country’s Low Carbon Development S
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Liberia To Investigate Logging Of RainforestsA report by the non-governmental organization Global Witness says more than 60 percent of the West African nation's rainforests have been granted to logging companies in the past six years. The group has found evidence of fraud and misconduct within Liberia's logging sector.
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Agricultural expansion: an “either or more” factor in deforestation Pastureland has been identified as the leading driver of deforestation in many parts of Latin America.
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Country needs assessment: A report on REDD+ readiness among UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership facilityA country needs assessment on REDD+ was commissioned by the UN-REDD Programme following a decision of its Policy Board that such an assessment be conducted to enable it to review its policies and align the Programme’s support with the priority needs of countries.
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Making Forestry Work for the Poor: Assessment of the Contribution of Forestry to Poverty Alleviation in Asia and the PacificSince the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over a decade ago, concerted efforts have been made around the world to improve the contribution of different economic sectors to poverty eradication.
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Manage forests for the futureAs it looks for ways to shore up the province's timber industry, the B.C. government is in danger of not seeing the forest for the trees.
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Long-term plan needed for B.C.'s forests Re: "Manage forests for the future," Oct. 17.
The editorial is spot-on in many respects.
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Wisconsin tribe has much to teach usRe: "Manage forests for the future," Oct. 17.
The editorial correctly observes that B.C.'s public forests must be managed for the future. The Menominee native Americans in Wisconsin are an excellent example of people doing this.
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Letter from Steve Thomson, BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations regarding timber supply action planWith the release of ‘Beyond the Beetle: A Mid-Term Timber Supply Action Plan’, we have outlined a clear strategy to help our forests recover from the damage done by the mountain pine beetle infestation.
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Turning Forests into Carbon BanksFor decades, Lock Haven, Pa., has secured its municipal water supply from 5,200 acres of city-owned forest in northern Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Mountains. In the past, the city kept its water rates down by logging hemlock, hardwoods and other timber from the property.
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Costa Rica scripts a new chapter in forest carbon financeThick cloudy skies subdued the sunlight on an autumnal day in Paris. That did not stop the group of representatives from the public and private sector attending the 5th Carbon Fund Meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) from making a decision that is a major milestone.
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MINEPAT Evaluates Japan Funded Programme on Forest Governance
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Unlocking National Opportunities: New Insights on Financing Sustainable Forest and Land Management
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Amazonas Florestal, Ltd., Sustainable Forest Management Company, Issues First Annual CEO Letter to ShareholdersAmazonas Florestal, Ltd. (OTCPK: AZFL), a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management, today released a letter from President & CEO Michael Ibar to its shareholders:
OUR MISSION
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Stepping out of the REDD+ Shadow – Forests and AdaptationFor those of us with hazy recollections of the middle of the last decade, it is easy to forget that when REDD+ was assigned to the mitigation stream under the UNFCCC, many commentators, including indigenous peoples, thought it should straddle both adaptation and mitigation
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Forests key to protecting economic growth, social progress - expertsForests must be fully valued for their contribution to economic growth and social progress, and included in the next set of global development goals, experts and officials told a forest conference on Sunday.
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Ghana To Get $50m For Sustainable Management Of Forestshana and Burkina Faso have received endorsement of their far-reaching plans for sustainably managing their forest sectors as part of their goals for climate-resilient economic development.
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The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needsIt's a timber company's dream but a horrific industrial vision for others: massive plantations of densely planted GM eucalyptus trees stretching across
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Ghana government approves new forest, wildlife policyThe Cabinet of the Ghana government has approved a revised forest and wildlife policy to enable the country to consolidate and maximise benefits derived from products and services of the forest and wildlife sector.
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Sustainable forestry à la SwedenCould the “Swedish model” of sustainable forest management be part of the solution for forestry in other parts of the world? This is the final question posed in the video above, which was first presented by Sweden at the Rio+20 conference last June.
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UPM and Taaleritehdas Have Agreed to Trade 6,000 Acres of ForestryUPM and Taaleritehdas have agreed today 20.12.2012 around 6000 hectares of forestry trade. The farms are located in Central Finland in the following towns: Pyhäntä, Utajärvi, Kiuruvesi and Converter.
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Logging concessions and local livelihoods in Cameroon Sustainable forest management gives the opportunity to better integrate the way local populations use thei
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Guyana Hits Paydirt on Low Carbon Development PathImagine Guyana and Dominica without forests and rivers, or Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia without beaches.
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Agriculture, Forestry Key to Mitigating Climate Change Forestry experts say it is time for a new approach in mitigating the causes of climate change. And while the 2012 U.N.
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