Report of the State Level Workshop on Decentralised Forest Governance: Beyond JFMThis publication is the report of the workshop titled “Decentralised Forest Governance: Beyond JFM” held on 14-15th October, 2011 in Bhubaneswar, India. The objectives of the workshop were:
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B.C.'s efforts not enough to halt forestry declinesB.C. auditor general John Doyle said in a report released Thursday that the province is ill-prepared to manage the province's beetle-ravaged forests, which are heading toward a long-term decline in both value and diversity.
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Aging Forests Ministry in poor health
The ravages of age usually affect people more than institutions.
But successive reports on two of the oldest government functions in B.C. have found they are in failing health.
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B.C.'s resources need support
We pride ourselves on being Super, Natural British Columbia, province of pristine lakes, spectacular wilderness, friendly resource communities and vibrant, sophisticated cities.
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Timber inventory a guessing game, critics chargeThe B.C. government is not adequately keeping track of its inventory of timber lands, according to NDP Leader Adrian Dix. And that means the province is putting off some tough decisions, he says, on managing what’s left of pine-beetle-ravaged forests.
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B.C. risks becoming a silvicultural slumRe: B.C.'s resources need support, Column, Feb. 17, Province fails to protect, restore beetle-ravaged area: report, Feb. 17
Both Stephen Hume and Auditor-General John Doyle have pointed out in spades the neglected state of B.C.'s forests.
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Foresters join warning cry over risk to forest sustainability
B.C. forest inventories are so far out of date that the foresters' professional association is questioning whether provincial forestlands can still be managed sustainably.
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Auditor General report on forestry - A trust betrayed
The Auditor General of British Columbia has released a report that is sharply critical of the BC Government and Ministry of Forests’ management of BC forests. Indeed, it would be hard to find a government report that is more withering in its criticism.
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BC Government Killing Forest Industry: Auditor GeneralWorse, the government lacks reliable information on the state of the forest and has no plan for what to do about it, he said.
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UNFCCC fudges decision on climate finance and makes little progress on REDD+ safeguard implementation
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New study highlights need for REDD+ to look beyond carbon BOGOR, Indonesia (21 February, 2012)_A new study on rubber plantations highlights the need for the REDD+ climate change scheme to further consider biodiversity and rural livelihoods.
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Forest and Climate Conservation for the private Sector
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Conservation is priceless for Kenyan forest
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Industry bodies emphasise sustainability of SA forestry sector The domestic forestry and pulp and paper sectors do not have as negative an impact on the environment as many people might believe, industry bodies Forestry South Africa (Forestry SA) and the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) emphasise.
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Bid to revive forests in Jammu and KashmirZAVOORA, India (AlertNet) – Amid thousands of tree stumps stretching over almost 60 hectares (150 acres) of bare plateau, there are signs of life. Delicate saplings of kail and deodar conifers are growing between other newly planted deciduous trees.
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Eucalyptus and pine log prices in Brazil close to all-time highEucalyptus and pine log prices in Brazil close to all-time highs in the 4Q/11, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Wood costs for pulp mills and sawmills in Brazil have gone up over the
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UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI STOPS SALE OF FORESTSKAMPALA, Nov 24 (NNN-NEW VISION) -- PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has stopped the leasing of chunks of forest reserves to individuals to plant trees.
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One can read at various news messages (ONLINE International News Network, Pakistan Today) about the signing of a MoU between the Government of Pakistan and UK based Company Merlins Wood.
All of you might have read and heard about the first and most prominent rule for any REDD+ agreements: they should be based on FREE, PRIOR & INFORMED CONSENT.
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EIB agrees loan for Chinese forestry projectsLondon, 2 March (Argus) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide China with a €250mn ($330mn) loan to help fund forestry projects for climate change mitigation, the bank said on 1 March.
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Carbon Canopy: A Model for Solving Problems by Protecting Rather Than Destroying Our Natural Resources A consortium of forward-thinking environmental groups led by the Dogwood Alliance, major corporations such as Staples and
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ITTO, FAO Workshop Addresses Global Forest Reporting 21 March 2012: The proceedings of a joint workshop organized by the International Tropical Timber Or
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Forests agency sued for loggingSTATE-OWNED timber agency VicForests has been hit with court action by the Environment Department after it allegedly logged protected rainforest.
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Lessons for REDDplus: A comparative analysis of the German discourse on forest functions and the global ecosystem services debateThis paper compares the historic German discourse on forest functions with the current international debate on ecosystem services and analyzes the factors that may have triggered or inhibited the development and the institutionalization of both underlying concepts and subordinate debates.
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REDD in Zanzibar: Objectives, Actors, and StakeholdersToday, I am very pleased to welcome Ingvild Andersen as a contributor to REDD+ EARTH!
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Forest Management and Climate Change: A literature review This document summarizes knowledge and experiences in forest management as a response to climate change,
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Transforming forest management in B.CThe recent auditor-general's report on government mismanagement of our forests should serve as a wake-up call to the people of British Columbia to demand transformation of forest governance and management. Healthy forests provide us with clean water and clean air.
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A crisis of neglect in the province’s forestsIn 1985, the rapidly growing amount of not-satisfactorily-restocked (NSR) land in B.C. forests became a crisis. This resulted in a joint provincial and federal $300-million funding plan, the Forest Resource Development Agreement (FRDA) that restocked many thousands of hectares.
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Politics trumps reason as B.C. eyes bid to raid protected forestsThe fire that destroyed the lumber mill in Burns Lake this winter was sudden and catastrophic, sending a small town into shock. Overnight, 250 jobs vanished.
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Celestial Green Ventures to create 30 clean-tech jobs in DublinCelestial Green Ventures, a Dublin-based sustainable forestry development company, is preparing to create 30 new jobs, as a result of the global growth in green investments.
Ireland's Green IFSC initiative has welcomed the news.
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Guyana’s sustainable forestry use gains int’l recognition – Ghana forestry team visitsA Technical team from Ghana visiting Guyana met with Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud to learn more about its Chainsaw Milling Project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Forestry Training Centre Inc., with oversight by the Guyana’s Forestry Commiss
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Life outside of impeachment trialsMany of us are wondering: what is the latest on the total log ban? All the stakeholders involved here have been quiet, and the newspapers can’t get enough of the current impeachment proceedings.
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Timber industry notes drought lossesJan. 19, 2012 - According to the Texas Forestry Service, East Texas has an abundance of forestland. Individual East Texans own about 64 percent of the forestland, with Timber Investment Management Organizations, forest industry and government owning the rest.
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Sino-Forest Common Shares to be Delisted from Toronto Stock ExchangeTORONTO, April 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest" or the "Company") (TSX:TRE) announced today that the Continued Listings Committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"
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Allowed harvest levels on Haida Gwaii cut in halfThere is a new joint council, called the Haida Gwaii Management Council, that has been established between the Haida and the British Columbia government to govern the forest management of Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
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Japan Backs Ghana’s Forest Preservation Scheme With $7.8mThe Japanese government is providing 7.8 million dollars to finance a special training programme on Geographical Information System and forestry inventory-taking under Ghana’s forest preservation programme.
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Liberia: Sustainable Forest Management
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Green Triangle earns gold starCSIRO Honorary fellow and retired chief scientist, Dr Sadanandan Nambier, told over 200 delegates at the full day conference titled 'Precision Forestry in Action' that the challenge now was learning how to forest in a sustainable way to match the global exponential wood demand.
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Task Force boost to sustainable forestryThe Government has announced it will implement a host of the forestry sector’s own recommendations to boost sustainable forestry and the green economy in its response to the Forestry Regulation Task Force published today, 27 March 2012.
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Climate Conversations - Turning to communities to protect forestsTackling climate change through sustainable forest management is being promoted as a way forward to fight greenhouse gases.
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New Forests Leads Purchase of 46,000 Hectare Australian Softwood PlantationFunds managed by New Forests have taken a controlling interest in the 46,000 hectare Auspine estate. New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund is the lead investor in the transaction, which includes the land and trees of the 64-property estate, formerly owned and managed by Gunns Limited.
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Well-managed logging concession areas could boost REDD+ carbon stocks in Congo BasinA new CIFOR project in the Congo Basin is hoping to bolster scientific evidence that proves sustainable timber production in forests logged by private companies and local communities could increase carbon stocks needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
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Land ownership boosts climate resilience in IndiaEfforts to secure land ownership for tribal people in one of India’s poorest states are bolstering their economic security in the face of climate-induced hardships, and helping conserve farmland and forest.
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EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversityWith its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest.
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Panic in the government should not descend into head-over-heels panicMinister Bell
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
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Enhancing Adaptation of Forests and People in Africa-Development of Pilot Cases for Selected Forest Ecosystems in Ghana and Malawi
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Suriname: Forest Resource assement 2010In many tropical countries forest are destroyed to expand timber, mining and agricultural industries and are affected by infrastructure investments such roads and dams. Deforestation rates in Suriname have been historically low due to the low population pressure and relative remote
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Logging in forest reserve areas within MPB epidemic areaHonorable Steve Thomson
Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
PO Box 9071 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC, V8W 9E9
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Traditional Slash and Burn Agriculture Sustainable Solution to Climate ChangeClimate change is the result of not behaving in the right way according to the isolated Trio, an indigenous people living in Suriname’s Amazon forest near its border with Brazil.
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British Columbia releases new Forest Sector StrategyBritish Columbia released its Forest Sector Strategy today.
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SHARE: print Scientists unlock indigenous secret to sustainable agriculture in the Amazon's savannasIndigenous populations in the Amazon successfully farmed without the use of fire before the arrival of Europeans, demonstrating a potentially sustainable approach to land management in a region that
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Methodology Revisions: Current Versions Valid Until 30 SeptemberAs part of our ongoing work to ensure all program elements meet or exceed evolving best practice, VCS has determined that several methodologies require minor revisions to conform with latest VCS requirements on standardized methods and the timing of crediting from select carbon pools.
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Opposition mounts to government talks on opening forest reserves to loggers
The B.C. government is holding talks with the forest industry over ways to supply more timber to beetle-hit Interior sawmills, including the option of opening forest reserves that have until now been out of bounds to loggers.
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Confidential report warns pine beetle set to destroy B.C. forestry jobsThe full, devastating impact of the pine-beetle epidemic that has swept across British Columbia will be felt in the next few years when up to half the forest-industry jobs in the province’s interior will vanish, according to a government report meant to be confidential.
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A Shocking Glimpse of BC's New Forest PlanFor more than a quarter century, logging companies at the government's blessing have been on a tear through British Columbia's expansive interior forests.
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B.C. plan would open Interior’s protected woods for logging Old-growth forests, wildlife corridors and other long-protected timber zones in the British Columbia Interior could be opened up to logging in order to keep mills operating, according to a cabinet document detailing a proposal under consideration by the provincial government.
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Power Grab Eyed by Clark Gov't to Set Logging LevelsA leaked provincial cabinet document indicates that the provincial government is contemplating "suspending" the powers of one of its most powerful public servants in order to expedite a controversial logging program that has raised alarm bells in the professional forestry community.
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Thousands of forestry jobs on the line in central British ColumbiaA confidential report was leaked this week indicating the British Columbia government is expecting north-central B.C.
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British Columbia: Mid-Term Timber Supply ProjectIn response to concerns expressed by local communities, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations staff have been analyzing potential opportunities to increase timber supply.
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Obstacles to a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Forest Management Under REDD in Central AfricaGiven that the majority of the world’s tropical forests are located in developing countries which are generally poor, “REDD presents a tremendous opportunity to jointly address climate change and rural poverty, while sustaining ecosystem services and conserving biodiversity” (Huberman, 2007).
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Report reveals how much timber there is in Britain’s forestsBritain’s forests contain an estimated 336 million cubic metres of coniferous timber, according to a report just published by the Forestry Commission.
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FAO Releases Asia-Pacific Forestry BriefsApril 2012: Policy briefs resulting from the second Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS II) highlight concerns with biodiversity loss in the region, a need for improved governance and better forest management at the field level, and a call for enhanced training and awareness of for
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Eco forestry rewards scheme 'hits problems'Developing countries are struggling to make a new eco forestry rewards scheme work, says a new report.
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Province considers 'option' of over-riding chief forester to supply mills with timberA leaked Ministry of Forests document reveals a proposal that the B.C. government override the top official charged with managing the province's forests to find a timber supply for Burns Lake.
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Learning for the future: forestry training and educationNational and international focus on forests and forestry has grown rapidly in recent times. New factors are coming into play and an increased understanding of forest-related processes and how to manage them for the greatest benefit is required.
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EARTH MEANDERS: The Great Rainforest HeistThe world’s pre-eminent environmental organizations, widely perceived as the leading advocates for rainforests and old growth, have for decades been actively promoting primary forest logging [
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Leaked Cabinet document reveals how far government was willing to goWhen I was home during the Easter break I caught wind that the government was contemplating a “Burns Lake Recovery Act,” legislation designed to guarantee a log supply for Burns Lake to ensure Hampton Affiliates would rebuild the mill that burned down in January.
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Mexico sets global benchmark on tackling deforestationBelow the global radar, a major victory was secured in Mexico on Tuesday, April 24, in the worldwide battle to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, which are collectively the world’s second largest sources of greenhouse emissions.
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Forester slams sustainable forest management claimsClaims of sustainable management of Guyana’s forests made by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment are false even for one of the best-known timbers, says John Palmer, a Senior Associate of the Forest Management Trust.
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Sappi Strives to Take the Guilt Out of PaperSappi Fine Paper North America has released eQ Journal 004, an in-depth look at sustainable forestry.
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Sustainable Forest Management - Case Studies The book collects original case studies from 12 different countries i
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Thirty Years of Sustainable Forest Management in AfricaAs a contribution to the commemoration of the UN International Year of Forests (2011), the United Nations Forum on Forests commissioned the publication of a book entitled "Forests for People" which contains submissions from key institutions and professionals that are making important contribution
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CANADA: The most experienced country in sustainable forest management!The global rate of deforestation has begun to decline in recent years, but each year, an area of forest the size of Costa Rica, approximately 50,000 sq km, is still destroyed, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Rebirth Control: Lessons Learned from 90 Years of Rainforest RegenerationThere are macaques everywhere—climbing on the rocks, grooming one another as they sit on the forest floor. Others have babies on their backs as they trot along at a fair clip.
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Ecuador Asks World to Pay to Keep Yasuni Oil UndergroundEcuador is eyeing the international Green Climate Fund as a way to help pay for its plan to trade oil for forests, a top government representative said.
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Putting Free, Prior, And Informed Consent Into Practice In REDD+ InitiativesThe principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to developments affecting natural resources is not new.
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Foresters should have their say on new rules
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Uganda ‘tree banks’ offer investors good returnsFor Peter Nyeko, a Ugandan businessman always on the lookout for the next hot investment, nothing in the world beats the humble tree.
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The dilemma on jhum cultivationAs a region, the Chitta-gong Hill Tracts constitutes almost one-tenth of the territory of the country. Both demographic and environmental conditions of the area are different from other regions because of its geographic and cultural peculiarities.
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Logging companies may assist rural development: StudyLogging companies play a key role in developing forest regions in Central Africa, a CIFOR report studying the impact of commercial forest management says.
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Impacts of cardamom cultivation on montane forest ecosystems in Sri LankaThe cultivation of cash crops in the understorey of tropical forests is an ancient practice, but the effects of cultivation on forest ecosystem processes are poorly understood.
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South-South Learning: From Payments for Environmental Services to REDD+ in Latin America
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1.3 billion people rely on forests to survive Hands off our forest! The UN has adopted a series of voluntary guidelines to protect indigenous peoples' rights to the land on which they live.
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The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement … what was that again?Recently, the most common question ForestTalk is asked is, “Whatever happened to that Boreal Forest Agreement?”, and “Have you heard anything about that Boreal Forest Agreement lately?”
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Uganda says could eject Oxfam over land grab claims(reuters) Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.
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Sustainable development needs more than just green economy: Ecuador minister Sustainable development in Ecuador should consider climate-change mitigation measures and capacity building of local communities in addition to a green economy, the Ecuador deputy environment minister told CIFOR.
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Logging of Tropical Forests Needn't Devastate EnvironmentHarvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher.
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Museveni angry over NGO report on land grabbing Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance face deregistration
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China, Korea, Japan Forestry Agreement is Great news for Environment says FRAForestry Research Associates (FRA) has stated that the signing of a sustainable forestry agreement between China, the Republic of Korea and Japan is an "extremely positive move” in the fight against desertification and deforestation.
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Misleading Labels and Greenwashing: What’s A Consumer to Do?Woe is the eco-conscious consumer. Just when they think they’re buying green, something screws it all up.
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Forests remain a source of conflictThe world’s largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island of Java, has again been awarded sustainable forest management (SFM) certification.
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A Papermaker’s Perspective on Sustainable ForestryThere is not a single matter related to papermaking that touches each of us as personally and emotionally as forestry. Simply put, people love trees.
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Group Hopes to Build Forestry Research Center in PeruThe Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) recently launched a 60-day fundraising campaign to establish a Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) training center in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Is New Green Law Creating More Green for Logging Companies?California's new Cap and Trade program has been hailed as the gold standard in environmental law for the entire world. Not only are other states looking to the law but other countries, too, are watching to judge its effects on the global economy and environment.
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Govt plans to allocate RM3 bil for forest plantationsThe government plans to allocate RM3 billion for expansion of forest plantations in the country to achieve an area covering 375,000 hectares by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) said today.
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Forest Management and Climate Change: stakeholder perceptions This document is part of the publications series produced by the Forest and Climate Ch
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Large scale carbon forestry planting underwayPLANTING of more than 10,000 hectares of mallee eucalypt trees is now underway as part of one fo the largest carbon forestry projects in Australia.
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Norway SWF told to invest in land as climate change hedgeNorway’s Government Pension Fund Global should invest in agricultural land and forests as a hedge against any climate change policies that governments around the world may introduce, according to a report specially prepared by investment consultant Mercer.
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Forest Management Plan proves controversialTHE state government's newly released Forest Management Plan (FMP) has proved controversial among conservation and green groups.
Conservation Council WA (CCWA) president Piers Verstegen said the government's next forest management plan will be a death sentence to endangered animals.
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Anti-Corruption Views - Why we need laws to save what's left of our forestsInternational efforts to protect forests and the people that live in them have failed so badly that just 20 per cent of forest remains untouched by commercial activity. It is really, really crucial that we find a global system that looks after what remains of the world’s lungs.
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