Since Rio, the focus on forests has been overwhelmingly negative: unacceptable rates of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and desertification when, in fact, there are much better stories to tell about forests.
The Nature Conservancy in Missouri announced last week it purchased 175 acres near Hartshorn, including nearly 1.5 miles of land along the Current River - the largest stretch of private frontage remaining in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Morocco calls for promoting sustainable forest management in Africa
Morocco's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mohamed Loulichki stressed the need for taking measures to promote sustainable forest management in Africa through setting up a global funding mechanism.
The forestry sector said the government should implement plans on the classification of the country’s forests and on the adoption of watershed and ecosystem as well as conduct multi-sectoral community approaches to promote holistic and sustainable forestry activities.
With financial and technical support from our regional and international development partners, Fiji has continued to further the implementation of Sustainable Forest Management.
In 2007, the Government passed a new forest policy that has sustainable forest management as its foundation.
In 2008, Fiji started the process of revising our forest laws to implement the new direction under the new forest policy.
Save the Yunnan golden monkey through community outreach
Project Summary
The Laojunshan Nature Reserve (LNR), located in the northwest of China’s Yunnan Province, is in the Three Parallel Rivers Region, which was named a World Heritage site in July 2003. Comprising four counties (Yulong, Jiangchuan, Weixi, and Lanping), each with different land management laws, the LNR faces myriad and complicated management issues. From June 2003 to March 2005, Rare partnered with The Nature Conservancy to support campaign manager Angela Cun to run a Pride campaign in the LNR.
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