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Sustainable forest management

Issue date: 
27 October 2010

Defra commits £100 million international forestry funding up to 2015

The Government has today committed £100 million to international forestry projects which provide specific benefits for biodiversity.

The money comes from the new international climate finance included in the Comprehensive Spending Review, which will include new money for the UK’s contribution to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a programme which aims to prevent the loss of forests in developing countries.

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17 February 2011

The future of forestry in England

The consultation on the future management of the Public Forest Estate has been halted and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be removed, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman confirmed today.

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Feb 11, 2011

No Regrets: Maintaining Forests for Adaptation and Mitigation

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February 7, 2011

Common Property Forest Management: Implications for REDD in Ethiopia

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7 February 2011

UNDP Administrator Emphasizes Safeguards for REDD+ at the launch of Forests 2011

In her address at the Ministerial Dialogue with the Heads of the member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, on the occasion of the 9th United Nations Forum on Forests, Administrator Helen Clark emphasized UNDP’s commitment to REDD+ safeguards.

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14 February 2011

No Correlation Between Democracy and Forest Governance

All markets differ from region to region.  Soybean meal from Brazil, for example, has a higher protein content than does soybean meal from the United States, which makes it especially popular in China.  But the two products resemble each other enough that a Chinese buyer will grudgingly accept the latter in lieu of the former – albeit at an agreed upon discount.

That's one of the things that makes soybean meal a commodity', and its status as a commodity is one of the things that makes it so easy to trade.

Issue date: 
10 February 2011

Ms. Bulkan has emerged again from her cocoon

I wish to refer to a letter in the Stabroek News under the caption “Almost nine per cent of Guyana’s budget this year hangs on the  POYRY -  Guyana Forestry Commission Report” in its issue of Thursday February 3, 2011.

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February 8, 2011

Forests to be a hot topic in 2011

Why is the International year of the Forests so important right now?

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February 8, 2011

Stewart Maginnis on Poverty and Forest Restoration

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February 7, 2011

Putting a positive spin on forests

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.

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by Dr. Radut