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28 January 2011

Pilippines supports REDD-Plus strategy

The Philippines supports the REDD-Plus Strategy, an effective forest management option which aims to address the threats of climate change.

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27 January 2011

Forests and poverty: the latest thinking

Gill Shepherd, IUCN Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy Thematic Adviser on Poverty and Landscapes, speaks on the latest thinking on forests and poverty, drawing from lessons that have come out of IUCN's innovative 'Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy' (LLS).

 

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29 January 2011

Arkhangelsk Region to Become a Front-Runner in the Development of Biofuel Technologies

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8 January 2011

Agreement worth €3.4 million between the Finnish ministry of environment and UPM

AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE FINNISH MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND UPM ON PROTECTING FORESTS IN KAINUU

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29 January 2011

Govt eyes joint REDD implementation

Dar es Salaam. The government admitted yesterday that there is poor coordination towards the planning and implementation of the REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.

Tanzania is in the initial process of implementing REDD, a mechanism designed to pay developing countries to protect their forests and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas pollutants, especially carbon dioxide.

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January 26, 2011

Nematodes are a real threat for European forests

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January 26, 2011

State aid: Commission approves Swedish €55 million aid for «Domsjö» R&D project

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January 26th, 2011

Notices on their way to Ontario’s wood supply applicants

Ontario has chosen the winners of its wood supply competition and notices have gone out to the applicants.

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20 January 2011

Two Pluses Don't Make a Positive: REDD and agriculture

It is one of the first laws of diplomacy: when it is hard to agree on an answer, change the question. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) schemes are the product of two of these diplomatic back-flips.

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Jan 25, 2011

Finnish FSC standard approved

FINLAND, Jan 25, 2011 - The international Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) granted its unqualified approval to Finland’s redrafted FSC standard on 21st January 2011. The new FSC standard can be adopted once a three-month transitional period has passed.

Common ground on Finland’s national FSC standard was attained after lengthy negotiations between the three chambers of FSC Finland and various stakeholder groups. The meeting of the Finnish FSC Association approved the standard in November 2010.

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