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Issue date: 
30 August 2011

Paper company demonstrates environmental and social responsibility in Lao PDR

Finnish-based paper, packaging and wood product producer, Stora Enso, is setting the pace for behavior change needed within large-scale industry, with its plantations in Lao PDR having a positive impact on crop production among local families and promoting community development and local business

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31 August 2011

Macquarie and Partners Build $25 Million Partnership to Find REDD Projects

Profit-minded banking group Macquarie has tapped the expertise of environmental non-profit Flora and Fauna International in the past to identify endangered rainforests that can generate carbon credits if saved.   Now they’ve formed a partnership to scale up the activity, and they have $25 mil

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September 1, 2011

Leaders Announce Global Effort to Restore 150 Million Hectares of Deforested Land

New Global Restoration Council to be led by former Swedish Prime Minister Persson

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September 1, 2011

Do Trees Grow on Money?

In Mayan cosmology, the ceiba tree, with its elephantine, silver-grey trunk that towers above the jungle, is the tree of life, shoring up the corners of the sky and sending its roots deep into the underworld.

Issue date: 
24/08/2011

Just forest governance - for REDD, for sanity

IIED code: G03145
Published: Aug 2011 - IIED 
Details: Book/Report 
Language: English  
Issue date: 
Aug 17, 2011

Mondi Syktyvkar launches Forest of the Future project

Russia, Aug 17, 2011 - Last month Mondi Syktyvkar launched the large-scale Forest of the Future project to further strengthen its forestry operations. The program is scheduled to close in 2013.

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August 20, 2011

Hanging Moss or Timber – Northern Forests Leading the Way to Sustainability

New ways to assess the sustainability of forest based activities in Northern Europe is the main topic of the Northern ToSIA final conference which started today in Rovaniemi, Finland. Drawing on several case studies, the final conference will demonstrate how the results of the project can help managers balance the demands of different aspects of forestry, for example bio-energy and timber production, reindeer husbandry, wildlife management and recreation.

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August 18th, 2011

Enligna Canada in receivership; Pellet mill closes in Nova Scotia

Enligna Canada closed its wood pellet mill in Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia several days ago.

Today comes the news that the company has formally been placed in receivership and 50 people are out of work.

Issue date: 
18.08.11

Neglected CO2-source detected

For the first time, ETH-Zurich researchers provide concrete data on how alternative forms of land use influence the carbon balance in tropical ecosystems.

Issue date: 
Aug 18, 2011

Gunns : Forest Agreement Negotiations

Tasmania, Australia, Aug 18, 2011 - Gunns Limited Managing Director, Mr Greg L'Estrange, today welcomed the Tasmanian Government's decision to appoint a probity auditor to review Gunns' contracts but sought assurances that the process would be expedited to end the onerous uncertainty the decision has created.

Mr L'Estrange said the transparency that an audit process should bring was welcomed but was concerned with recent comments made about Gunns involvement in the Forest Agreements process.

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