Going once, going twice….. the great green land grab
“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore!” Mark Twain’s wry observation on the North American land acquisition boom of the late 19th century remains just as pertinent today as it was then.
Forest governance critical to global forest conservation, industry sustainability
COLLEGE STATION – Protecting forests and the livelihoods they supportdepends on the ability to develop and implement effectively policy and other initiatives with global cooperation, according to Dr.
Agriculture Is the Direct Driver for Worldwide Deforestation
A new synthesis on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation was published during the Bangkok climate change negotiations in September by researchers from Canada and from Wageningen University, Netherlands.
(Reuters Point Carbon) - More than 130 of the world's poorest nations have sought to pressure richer countries to agree new legally-binding goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions by threatening to deny them access to cheap U.N.
Bolivia should prioritize cattle ranching, law enforcement in deforestation fight
Bolivia should prioritize environmental law enforcement and slowing expansion of large-scale cattle ranching to reduce Amazon deforestation, argues a study published last month by researchers from G
REDD+: An incentive structure for long-term performance
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) was agreed at the UNFCCC as part of the 2010 Cancun Agreements, with an objective to ‘slow, halt and reverse forest cover and carbon loss’.
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