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June 2010: Wood still no option for UN-REDD...

Markus Sommerauer - Wed, 09/06/2010 - 18:45

Issue date: 
7th June 2010

Safeguarding Multiple Benefits

UN-REDD Programme Officer, Wahida Patwa-Shah and UN-REDD Natural Resources Officer, Linda Rosengren, look beyond carbon to flesh out the many ways forests provide benefits to society, and highlight steps the UN-REDD Programme is taking to ensure these benefits are safeguarde

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May 2010

May/June 2010: BONN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS

The Bonn Climate Change Talks begin today and are scheduled to conclude on Friday, 11 June 2010.

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June 02, 2010

Timber certification is not enough to save rainforests

Activists from the Rainforest Action Network voice support for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme but say stronger policy measures are needed to control deforestation.

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01.06.2010

Belarus, UNDP to implement project to adapt forestry to climate change

MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) – The Foreign Ministry of Belarus jointly with the UNDP Office is planning an investment project to aid adaptation of forestry to climate change, BelTA learnt from Valentin Shatravko, chief of the forestry department of the Forestry Mi

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June 2nd, 2010

GEF Raising African Forestry Fund

Global Environment Fund is raising $150 million for a private equity fund solely focused on sustainable forestry in sub-Saharan Africa. It already has secured a $50 million commitment from UK-based development finance group CDC.

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June 2010

Unasylva

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12/05/2010

Green investment boom expected in next decade

The next decade should see a rising wave of investment in green funds, leading financiers are predicting.

Research firm Prequin said green investment funds have gathered $12 billion to spend worldwide, with a further $26.7 billion on the horizon.

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21/05/2010

Major American pension fund puts confidence in timber

Confidence in timber investment funds has been heightened after a major American state pension fund decided to put $500 million into timber.

Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has decided to make the investment just three years after selling a $700 million section of its timber portfolio.

Senior timber investment officer at Mass PRIM, Tim Schlitzer, said it was a perfect time to reinvest in the long-term benefits that timber can provide.

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU, FLEGT and REDD+

Markus Sommerauer - Thu, 27/05/2010 - 08:30

Editors Note: We wrote that article long time ago - now (July, 2013) the EC is confirming our saying...

July 2013: Study "The impact of EU consumption on deforestation"

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