Deforestation Drivers: Population, Migration, and Tropical Land UseThe tiny global minority residing in rural frontier areas—how long people remain there; the timing, magnitude, and characteristics of their consumption; and their demographic transitions—promises a vast impact on future tropical deforestation.
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Forestry carbon cash boost could 'help drive forest REDD+ scheme' claims FRA The news that the World Bank's Forestry Carbon Fund has been boosted by an impressive $180 million in funding, has been welcomed by FRA.
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How Two Different Studies Found Consensus On Emissions From Tropical DeforestationIn order for the United Nations to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by 50% between now and 2020, they have to know the amount of emissions that is currently caused by destroying tropical forests.
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WWF’s Living Forests Report forecasts a tripling of wood consumption in society by 2050 due to rising population and demandBy 2050, rising population and demand, as well as an increase in use of wood for bioenergy, could triple the amount of wood society takes from forests and plantations per year, according to the latest instalment of WWF's Living Forests Report .
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Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
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Will more trees cause more rain?JOHANNESBURG, 8 February 2013 (IRIN) - It is commonly believed that destroying trees will influence the climate of a region. But scientific evidence to support that deforestation and afforestation influence local climate - affecting temperature and rainfall - has only just started emerging.
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EC Study "The impact of EU consumption on deforestation"Introduction
Deforestation is the permanent conversion of forest land into other uses. The main drivers of worldwide deforestation are agricultural expansion, logging, expansion of urban areas, and natural or human-induced disasters (e.g. wildfire).
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Europas Fleischhunger vernichtete zehntausende Quadratkilometer Wald
Zwischen 1990 und 2008 90.000 Quadratkilometer Wald für Agrarprodukte für Europa abgeholzt
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A new study shows what is wiping out our national forests, and how to find an environmentally friendly way forwardForest areas in Thailand have been shrinking at an alarming rate. Between 1973 and 2009, 30.9 million rai of land was cleared of trees, according to a study by Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, assistant professor at the Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry at Kasetsart University.
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New study forecasts over 25 percent depletion of world's forestsForests worldwide will continue to slowly shrink before leveling out at a lower level, say researchers based at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in a new study.
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“Zero” deforestation targets misleading, say expertsWARSAW, Poland — Targets set by governments and others to cut deforestation can be misleading and might not save as much rainforest as intended, undermining the fight against climate change, scientists say in a review published on
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News: European Parliament gets tough on illegal loggingEU suppliers of timber from illegal sources must pay fines that reflect the real environmental and economic damage done by illegal logging, said Environment Committee MEPs on Tuesday.
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Three Reasons FAO’s New Forest Numbers Don’t Add UpDeforestation has made several big headlines in recent weeks:
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International Forestry Review http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966336
The ‘virtual economy’ of REDD+ projects: does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity?
C. SEYLLER, S. DESBUREAUX, S. ONGOLO, A. KARSENTY, G. SIMONET, J. FAURE et L. BRIMONT
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Ending Tropical Deforestation: Have We Got Our Priorities Backwards?In working to change the world, there’s always a need to keep asking ourselves whether we’re focusing on what’s most important.
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