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Sustainable forest management

Issue date: 
Jul 7, 2011

Macquarie, IFC agree forest carbon investment fund

(Reuters) - Australia's Macquarie Group , World Bank member the International Finance Corp and a forest management firm said on Thursday they had raised $25 million for forest carbon projects in poorer nations.

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July 8, 2011

Plans forests owned by the Swedish Church will be corporated

An investigation by the Swedish Church proposes to form a joint forestry company that may be formed already January 2013. Swedish Church is collectively the country's fifth largest forest owner.

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June, 2011

REDD+ Benefit Sharing: A Comparative Assessment of Three National Policy Approaches

This paper reviews three leading forest sector policy approaches relevant to benefit-sharing for reduc- ing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services (PES), participatory forest management (PFM),

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20 June 2011

Southern Pine Beetle Outbreak in New Jersey: Another Example of Why Forests Should be Managed

A large faction of the American public has become convinced that the only way to
conserve our prized forests on public lands is to stop harvesting, prevent wildfires, and restrict or
exclude forest management. Too often this “lock it up and let it go” mentality can have
unintended, disastrous consequences, as demonstrated across the nation in recent years. The
extensive mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreaks in lodgepole pine (Pinus

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July 1, 2011

NASF responds to national report on sustainable forests

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Jun 29 2011

Eastern Cape: New body protects our local forests

An enviromental organisation has been established in Port St Johns to assist communities in sustainable forest management.

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Jun. 29, 2011

Wangari Maathai Calls on AU Leaders to Take Action on Climate Change

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Jul, 03 2011

Speakers demand revision of forest laws

Islamabad—Speakers on a seminar demanded revision of forest laws addressing landownership and judicious distribution of royalty in forest communities. Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here organized, “A Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Forest Management”. Prof. Dr. Babar Shahbaz University of Agriculture Faisalabad, said provision of livelihood opportunities, alternate energy sources and removal of ban on harvesting of trees necessary for sustainable forest management.

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June 22, 2011

How Manomet Got It Backwards: Challenging the ‘Debt-Then-Dividend’ Axiom

Wood-to-energy from sustainably managed forests can provide net-zero carbon emission or even positive carbon sequestration if the woody biomass stock is not depleted or grows over time.
 

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