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Issue date: 
10 November, 2010

World Bank should shift carbon focus off hydro – report

The World Bank Group has been urged to curtail buying carbon credits from hydropower projects, shifting the emphasis of its carbon finance activities to areas where it can have more influence.

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October 2010

REDD should create jobs, not merlely bring compensation

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November 9, 2010

Sustainable Forest Management increases carbon storage in tropical forests – CM

KOTA KINABALU: Studies have suggested that Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) increase carbon storage in tropical forests with a net effect of 54 tonnes of carbon per hectare.

Issue date: 
29 October 2010

World Bank, IDB pledge to work quickly to fund Amerindian projects

REPRESENTATIVES of the major international financial institutions here have pledged their readiness to work with the Government of Guyana and the indigenous peoples to implement projects that have been proposed for funding

Issue date: 
Friday 29 October

UK government confirms forest sell-off plans

Plans to sell off as much as 150,000 hectares of forest and woodland in England in the biggest sale of public land for nearly 60 years were today confirmed by the government in a letter sent to all MPs.

Issue date: 
01 November 2010

Nature smashes all barriers

During the abnormally hot summer of 2010 fires and hurricanes damaged more than 935 thousand hectares of the Russian forest area. This emergency situation pushed the reform of timber industry complex (TIC) management system.

Issue date: 
November 1st, 201

Learn about the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre

Have you heard of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre?

The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is to create innovative knowledge to expand the economic opportunities for the forest sector to benefit from Canadian wood fibre.

Background

Issue date: 
October 27, 2010

Seems some dispute on forestry is ongoing in DownUnder and SE-Asia...

Conservation Debate I: A Question of Credibility

William Laurance et al | October 27, 2010

Issue date: 
02 November 2010

Finland to offer Angara its experience in forest exploration

Irkutsk region delegation returned from Helsinki (Finland) with a number of business offers made by foreign partners.

CBD wants to shut down half of forestry and agriculture areas

"The negotiations went right down to the wire, but after three weeks of haggling they got a deal on Friday night. The most important target set by the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 will increase the area of protected land in the world – no farming or grazing, no forestry – from 12.5% to 17%." read more here

Let's see how this will be handled. Hopefully the idea is not to transform those 60 Million people who live in and from forests to caretakers of parkways (and to paupers)...

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by Dr. Radut