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May 20, 2011

Local Forest Management and Climate Change Mitigation in Burkina Faso

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May 21, 2011

REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests

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May 14, 2011

Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award

The co-founder of an initiative that discourages illegal logging by bringing affordable, high quality health care to impoverished communities in Indonesian Borneo has been recognized with a prestigious conservation award.

Dr. Hotlin Ompusunggu, co-founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), was this week awarded the £30,000 Whitley Award during a ceremony hosted in London by Princess Anne.

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May 14, 2011

UN climate change panel refuses to correct `mistakes' in Cancun pact

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19.05.2011

Where there is forest, there is life

THE Hindu people of India have a saying in their language stating, “if there is forest there is life and if there life there is forest.”

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2011-05-22

Sheltering forests for people

International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated worldwide on May 22 to further our understanding of biodiversity issues. This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity highlights ‘Forest Biodiversity’ to complement the International Year of Forests 2011, declared by the UN General Assembly. The International Year of Forests gives us an opportunity to renew our awareness of the state of the world’s forests, and to realize their role in greening the environment, sustaining life, and providing for people’s needs and wellbeing.

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18 May 2011

Low Carbon Development Strategy investments take shape

AS Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy moves beyond its start-up phase, the government is leading efforts to advance work on the six priority investments for this year. The six investments will accelerate Guyana’s transition to a low carbon economy by deploying the US$70M earned by Guyana for the provision of Forestry Climate Services under the Guyana/Norway Agreement.

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May 16, 2011

Can Bolivia Harvest Its Forests Sustainably?

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May 18, 2011

Debate over rainforest conservation gets heated

A debate over the need to conserve forests versus converting them for industrial use grew heated last week at Australian National University (ANU).

A forum brought together policy experts, scientists, and a forestry lobbyist to discuss Australia's role in overseas forestry. But an exchange between William F. Laurance, an ecologist at James Cook University, and Alan Oxley, a former Australian trade ambassador who lobbies on behalf of forestry interests, became the focus of the event.

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May 18th, 2011

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement celebrates 1st anniversary

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