Sustainable forest management

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March 3, 2011

Gender Continues to be Major Issue in Africa

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7th March 2011

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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March 1, 2011

Climate change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest management

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02/24/2011

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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25 Feb, 2011

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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February 24, 2011

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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February 25, 2011

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).

Issue date:

01 March 2011

Promoting Community Forestry Enterprises in National REDD+ Strategies: A Business Approach

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23 February 2011

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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February 10th, 2011

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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Sustainable forest management

Gender Continues to be Major Issue in Africa

Guyana sees a 300% increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests

Climate change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest management

EU, RI ready to sign timber trade agreement

Land management change urgently needed: Jeffery

U.S. allocates first of $30M in grants for forest conservation in Sumatra

India commits $10 billion to expand forests

Promoting Community Forestry Enterprises in National REDD+ Strategies: A Business Approach

UNEP’s 2011 Sasakawa Prize Winners Focus on Forest Conservation

FAO highlights exemplary forest management in the Dominican Republic and Guyana

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Sustainable forest management

Gender Continues to be Major Issue in Africa

Guyana sees a 300% increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests

Climate change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest management

EU, RI ready to sign timber trade agreement

Land management change urgently needed: Jeffery

U.S. allocates first of $30M in grants for forest conservation in Sumatra

India commits $10 billion to expand forests

Promoting Community Forestry Enterprises in National REDD+ Strategies: A Business Approach

UNEP’s 2011 Sasakawa Prize Winners Focus on Forest Conservation

FAO highlights exemplary forest management in the Dominican Republic and Guyana

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