New World Growth report contains 'false and misleading' information
A new report from World Growth International, a lobby group for industrial forestry interests, contains "false and misleading" information on the economic impact of reducing Indonesia's deforestation rate, says an Indonesian environmental group.
The report, released today, claims that reducing deforestation in Indonesia will cost the country 3.5 million jobs annually by slowing growth of the forestry sector.
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REDD+ should better embrace forest values - land policy think tank
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Brunei Reaffirms Support For Climate Plan
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Asia Pulp & Paper Group Partners with Carbon Conservation on Vision 2020: A Roadmap to Global Leadership in Sustainable
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Apr 5, 2011 - Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced today it is expanding its partnership with Carbon Conservation by engaging the environmental and sustainability consulting firm to help craft Vision 2020, a roadmap to guide sustainability principles, goals and program execution across all aspects of the company’s Indonesian operations from today to the year 2020.
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Struggling Northern forest communities need voice on tenure
April 8 /CNW/ - "By shutting out the North, the Ontario government has just put another nail in the coffin of our province's once-thriving forest sector," says the leader of Ontario's largest forestry union.
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If Govt refuses, Norway will provide details on projects
The Alliance for Change on April 1, met with Norway’s Environment Minister, Erik Solheim, and his team during his visit to Guyana to express their concerns. The meeting was described as very fruitful.
Alliance For Change Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday told media operatives that the Norwegian Minister has committed to providing the opposition parties with information related to the projects associated with the US$250M that country will provide to Guyana over the next five years.
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Revealed: scandal of carbon credit firm A SYDNEY carbon credits company thought to have been running some of the world's biggest offsets deals appears to be a fake, shifting paper certificates instead of saving forests and cutting greenhouse emissions.
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Slash-and-burn threatens African forests
IBIDAN, Nigeria, April 7 (UPI) -- Farming of crops like cocoa, cassava and oil palm has resulted in widespread deforestation and degradation of West Africa's tropical forest area, a study says.
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The Fight Over International Climate Investments
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McKinsey defends its climate costs slide rule
(Reuters) - Global consulting firm McKinsey on Thursday played down suggestions that it had underestimated the costs to farmers and industry of making cuts in carbon emissions.
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Low fertilizer use drives deforestation in West Africa, imperils REDD implementation says new study
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Poland's environmentalists fight foresters for heart of primeval forest
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A Call to Action on the Forest Front
Does the provincial government have a coherent plan to address the exponentially deepening forest health crisis in our province?
Evidently not, as outlined by two scientists in a sobering critique of provincial government forest policy (or the lack thereof) published in today’s Vancouver Sun.
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New policies needed to save our forests April 8th, 2011: The administration and care of British Columbia's publicly owned forestlands - some 60 million hectares, an area larger than France - is unstable and in deep trouble.
The shifting of forest governance among three ministries in less than a year, following a decade of deregulation, has eroded forest stewardship and sustainable forest management in B.C.
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Study calls for REDD+ money to boost yields in West Africa using agrochemicals
Small-scale agriculture — including cocoa, cassava, and oil palm farming — has driven large-scale conversion West Africa tropical forests, reports new research published in the journal Environmental Management.
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GEF Project in Komi Republic Saves Emissions by Reducing Fires and Illegal Logging
5 April 2011: A Global Environment Facility Project is reported to be helping the Government of Komi (Russian Federation) to improve the sustainability of the national protected area system and measure carbon stocks and reduced emissions from deforestation.
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REDD+ climate challenge: Confusion over who owns forested lands
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Foresters alarmed by neglect and deterioration of timberBravo to Professors Simard and Lewis for speaking out on declining stewardship of B.C.'s public forests, a trend many foresters have observed with growing alarm over the past decade.
Re: New policies needed to save our forests, Opinion, April 8
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UPM to sell its logging company in Russia to International Paper
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CBD Releases Report on REDD+ and Biodiversity Safeguards Workshop in Asia-Pacific
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What to Do When Forest Ethics Comes Knocking?
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Adaptation options to reduce climate change vulnerability of sustainable forest management in the Austrian Alps
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World Bank REDD+ costs manual
The World Bank Institute and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility have released a free 262-page manual for assessing the true costs of REDD+ action aimed at saving and restoring forests. “Estimating the Opportunity Costs of REDD+” is a guide for those formulating national avoided deforestation policies and programmes under the emerging global REDD+ framework being developed by the UN, World Bank and others.
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McKinsey Work Lets Congo, Guyana Get Aid, Cut Trees, Greenpeace Says
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We're losing key knowledge about our forestsIf you're a clerk in the produce department at the local supermarket you have a big task on your hands.
Not only must you track how quickly the bins of apples, lemons, lettuce, radishes and dozens of other fruits and vegetables are depleted, but you must constantly root out the rotten from the fresh and be ever vigilant that behind the swinging storeroom door there's sufficient replacement stock.
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How Two 15-Year-Old Girl Scouts Are Changing a Giant Food Conglomerate
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SFI Conservation Grant Supports Dalhousie University Forest Road Research
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 19, 2011 -- Dalhousie University's School of Resource and Environmental Studies has received a Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to develop best management practices for forest road crossings in Atlantic Canada to avoid disrupting water flows in wetlands.
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Let`s forge strong alliance towards forest management
This week GERALD KITABU interviewed the Project Manager for the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative, Elinasi Monga, on forest resources. Excerpts:
QUESTION: What does the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative stand for?
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Forest Service: Increasing Fragmentation a Concern
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Former REDD+ negotiator for Indonesia sentenced to 3 years for corruption
Wandojo Siswanto, one of the negotiators for Indonesia's delegation at 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen and a key architect of its Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) partnership with Norway, has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes.
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Indonesia’s Moratorium: An Opportunity for Forests and Industry
A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements to forest and land management in Indonesia.
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Federal report shows improved natural resources
LITCHFIELD — A report released by the U.S. Department of Forestry, in part with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, shows resource conservation has improved, but work remains to be done.
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Report on the Verification of Progress Related to Enabling Activities for the Guyana‐Norway REDD+ Agreement
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54 hinterland communities granted permission to log
Government yesterday insisted that the forest deal with Norway for US$250M is a good one. It added that the criticisms of the role of McKinsey and Company are totally unfounded.
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EU-Indonesia reach historic agreement on illegal timber
AFTER four years of negotiations, the EU and Indonesia have this week finalised an historic new trade agreement to stem the flow of illegal timber to European markets.
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Alerce Theft Convictions Upheld By Chile Appeals Court
The Puerto Montt appeals court last week unanimously confirmed the verdict against rightist political leader Nelson Schwerter for illegal logging and trading of ancient Alerce trees.
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Amerindians to get Low Carbon-generated cash in July
Village grants to Amerindian communities from Norway’s payment to Guyana for forest carbon services will be handed out to Amerindian chiefs in July, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo.
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Developing Countries to Sign Treaty on Deforestation
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Climate-watchers alarmed over forest degradation proposals
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How is REDD+ unfolding in southern Africa’s dry forests?
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Rockefellers' 1Sky Unveils the New 350.org: More $ -- More Delusion
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USAID Administrator Shah Commemorates Earth Day
Washington, DC – Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), released the following statement on the occasion of Earth Day.
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Nearly Half of Amazon Is Protected But Vulnerable
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Progress with formal REDD-plus planning in Cameroon
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Forests and food security: What we know and need to knowBOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_A few weeks ago, I met a senior diplomat from one of the countries where CIFOR conducts research.
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Oslo urges more forest aid despite corruption risk
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EU FLEGT-REDD Facilities open consultation on development of a Forest Governance Research Agenda
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A report by the Times of India earlier this month that an Indian company, Vaitarna Holdings, controlled 1.82M acres of Guyanese forest deservedly captured media scrutiny here.
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Sustainable forest management in Bangladesh
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Forests require flexible management
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Industry players call for focus in forest management
Akyawkrom (Ash), April 28, GNA - Participants at a workshop that sought to define the different roles of stakeholders in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) have underlined the need for a clear focus in the management of forest resources.
They said it was important to look for efficient and effective ways of protecting the forest resources instead of relying on REDD whose future is not yet known.
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REDD in the Lacandon forest
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Green schemes are 'wide open to major corruption'
Corruption is threatening global steps to combat climate change, a new report from Transparency International (TI) warned yesterday. Billions of pounds will be plundered and wasted, it says, unless stronger measures are introduced against embezzlement and misappropriation.
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Options for REDD+ Voluntary CertificationOur objective was to compare and evaluate the practical applicability to REDD+ of ten forest management, social, environmental and carbon standards that are currently active worldwide: Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB), CCB REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (CCBA REDD+ S&E), Ca
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Global Corruption and Climate Change
The impacts of climate change will be felt all over the world, in developed and developing countries alike. At risk are billions of dollars but more importantly the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Corruption cannot be allowed to jeopardise efforts to combat climate change.
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More community-based management key to forests survival
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Norske Skog Sells Forest In Brazil
Oxenøen, Norway, May 3, 2011 - Norske Skog sells forest areas in Brazil as part of the work to improve the company's financial position
Norske Skog has entered into an agreement with CMNPAR Four Participacoes S.A., a Brazilian company advised by Global Forest Partners LP, a US based, SEC registered investment advisor, for the sale of around 21 500 hectares of forest in Brazil, of which 10 500 hectares are productive forest.
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Wood harvesting in the Kuzbass Area will increase by a factor of 3.2
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New EFI Research Report looks at Private Forest Owners in the Western Balkans
The project “Research into the Organization of Private Forest Owners’ Interest Associations in the Western Balkan Region (PRIFORT)” focused on the following four countries of the Western Balkan region: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.
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European Commission announces new strategy to halt biodiversity loss within ten years
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Monks Fight to Get Cambodian Forests on the Carbon Market
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McKinsey Again: The Consultants and the Congo
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Amazonian Indigenous Organizations Define Position on REDD+
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EU signs a deal with Liberia to end trade of illegal timber
The European Union and the Government of Liberia, which presides over half of the remaining rainforest in West Africa, announced today a landmark agreement to ensure that all Liberian timber products exported from Liberia to the EU are derived from legal sources and that the resulting trade will benefit the Liberian people. EFIs EU FLEGT Facility provided technical support to the preparation, negotiation and implementation of FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Liberia.
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Benefit-sharing is the key issue
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Growing number of mega-fires may contribute to global warming
10 May 2011, Rome/Sun City - Whilst changing climatic conditions may be exacerbating the growing number of mega-fires round the world, these fires may also themselves be a contributing factor to global warming, said FAO in a report presented today at the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference in Sun City, South Africa.
The agency called upon countries to implement more comprehensive fire management strategies and improve the monitoring of wildfire carbon gas emissions that cause global warming.
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Our limited forests of infinite value
It is a pretty well accepted truth that "He who ignores history is doomed to repeat it."
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Commission underlines its commitment to helping world’s least developed countries out of poverty
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Tenure in REDD: Start-point or afterthought?
Every month we highlight a new, groundbreaking or bestselling IIED research outcome. This month we feature a ground breaking IIED publication Tenure in REDD: Start-point or afterthought?
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REDD Rag to Indigenous Forest Dwellers
MEXICO CITY, May 10, 2011 (IPS) - The implementation of a forestry programme against climate change in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas poses a threat to indigenous people in the state, non-governmental organisations warn.
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Rethink growth with forest capital
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Ontario passes Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act
Ontario passed its Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act (Bill 151) in its legislature today.
The Act changes the forest tenure system and provides a more competitive market environment in the allocation and pricing of Crown timber.
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CIFOR Releases Publications on REDD+
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Liberia deal seeks to save West Africa’s forests
Liberia has signed a deal with the European Union promising to crack down on illegal logging on its territory, home to more than half of West Africa’s rainforests, a group linked to the accord said.
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Can’t see the wood for the trees? Look again at the Congo Basin
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‘PLUP fiction’ improves land use planning in Lao PDR
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 May, 2011)_A CIFOR-led project is yielding innovative tools that help rural people improve their livelihoods and protect their natural resources.
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Govt seeks UN funds to reduce carbon footprints
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Vietnam: Preventing corruption in the forestry sector
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Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement celebrates 1st anniversary
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Debate over rainforest conservation gets heated
A debate over the need to conserve forests versus converting them for industrial use grew heated last week at Australian National University (ANU).
A forum brought together policy experts, scientists, and a forestry lobbyist to discuss Australia's role in overseas forestry. But an exchange between William F. Laurance, an ecologist at James Cook University, and Alan Oxley, a former Australian trade ambassador who lobbies on behalf of forestry interests, became the focus of the event.
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Can Bolivia Harvest Its Forests Sustainably?
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Low Carbon Development Strategy investments take shape
AS Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy moves beyond its start-up phase, the government is leading efforts to advance work on the six priority investments for this year. The six investments will accelerate Guyana’s transition to a low carbon economy by deploying the US$70M earned by Guyana for the provision of Forestry Climate Services under the Guyana/Norway Agreement.
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Sheltering forests for people
International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated worldwide on May 22 to further our understanding of biodiversity issues. This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity highlights ‘Forest Biodiversity’ to complement the International Year of Forests 2011, declared by the UN General Assembly. The International Year of Forests gives us an opportunity to renew our awareness of the state of the world’s forests, and to realize their role in greening the environment, sustaining life, and providing for people’s needs and wellbeing.
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Tackling corruption for governing REDD in the Philippines
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Where there is forest, there is life
THE Hindu people of India have a saying in their language stating, “if there is forest there is life and if there life there is forest.”
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UN climate change panel refuses to correct `mistakes' in Cancun pact
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Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award
The co-founder of an initiative that discourages illegal logging by bringing affordable, high quality health care to impoverished communities in Indonesian Borneo has been recognized with a prestigious conservation award.
Dr. Hotlin Ompusunggu, co-founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), was this week awarded the £30,000 Whitley Award during a ceremony hosted in London by Princess Anne.
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REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests
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Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+
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Writing the Rules for a New REDD Paradigm: Norway and Guyana
20 May 2011 | Guyanese Finance Minister Ashni Singh was ebullient when he and his Norwegian counterpart, Erik Solheim, officially launched the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) last October.
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Registration for first Indian REDD project expected soon
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Is REDD+ the right route for conservation organisations?
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Local Forest Management and Climate Change Mitigation in Burkina Faso
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European Parliament adopts report on the Commission Green Paper on Forest Protection and Information
The European Parliament (EP) adopted (at its sitting on 11 May 2011) the Report on the Commission Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU - preparing forests for climate change . The report was drafted by Kriton Arsenis (Greece, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats).
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Amnesty for illegal rainforest loggers moves forward in Brazil
A controversial bill environmentalists say could increase deforestation in the Amazon rainforest moved a step forward to becoming law in Brazil after winning approval in Brazil's lower house of Congress.
The measure, which has been hotly debated for months, next goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass, before heading to President Dilma Rousseff, who has vowed to veto any bill that grants amnesty for illegal deforestation. The bill includes such a measure, although it could be subject to change before a final decision by the president.
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Tanzania: National Forest Policy
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To adapt, to mitigate or both alike? Congo Basin forests in a policy dilemma
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2011)_Bringing together researchers, policymakers, civil society and practitioners on development issues is quite challenging. Particularly more challenging is policy response towards climate change adaptation and mitigation in Congo Basin forests.
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ADB Invests in Three Climate Change Funds That Seek to Raise $700 Million
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