Forestry

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December 13, 2012

Ghana government approves new forest, wildlife policy

The Cabinet of the Ghana government has approved a revised forest and wildlife policy to enable the country to consolidate and maximise benefits derived from products and services of the forest and wildlife sector.

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December 15, 2012

Barama snags coveted timber legality certification

Guyana’s battle to eradicate illegal logging has been given a major boost with one major company recently received a key certification.
Barama Company Limited, which controls 1.6 million hectares of natural forests, has

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13 December 2012

Barama makes history with int'l timber certification

Barama Company Limited (BCL) has secured what it on Thursday announced as the largest single block of tropical forest to be certified under the Verified Legal Origin (VLO) anywhere in the world.

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11.12.2012

Have European forests grown older or are they actually getting younger?

Europe’s forests have changed drastically since the 1950s when forest and land use management caught up with the effects of the World War II.

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Global forest land-use change 1990–2005 - new publication from FRA2010

FAO's new report, Global forest land-use change 1990-2005, presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO's 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. The report focuses on forest land use, and not land cover.

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November 23, 2012

EU promotes forest governance in Laos

The Lao-European Union Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) process will help Laos to reduce illegal deforestation and promote good forest governance, which will bolster poverty reduction and sustainable management of natural resources.

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15 November 2012

The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needs

It's a timber company's dream but a horrific industrial vision for others: massive plantations of densely planted GM eucalyptus trees stretching across

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21 November 2012

Ghana To Get $50m For Sustainable Management Of Forests

hana and Burkina Faso have received endorsement of their far-reaching plans for sustainably managing their forest sectors as part of their goals for climate-resilient economic development.

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Sun, 2 Dec 2012

Forests key to protecting economic growth, social progress - experts

Forests must be fully valued for their contribution to economic growth and social progress, and included in the next set of global development goals, experts and officials told a forest conference on Sunday.

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December 3rd, 2012

Report Explores Experiences and Lessons for Equitable Benefit Sharing and REDD+ in Tanzania

A new report entitled, "Equitable Benefit Sharing: Exploring Experiences and Lessons for REDD+ in Tanzania" has just been published. The report and an accompanying information summary were developed in collaboration with the nine NGOs that are implementing REDD+ pilot

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Forestry

Ghana government approves new forest, wildlife policy

Barama snags coveted timber legality certification

Barama makes history with int'l timber certification

Have European forests grown older or are they actually getting younger?

Global forest land-use change 1990–2005 - new publication from FRA2010

EU promotes forest governance in Laos

The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needs

Ghana To Get $50m For Sustainable Management Of Forests

Forests key to protecting economic growth, social progress - experts

Report Explores Experiences and Lessons for Equitable Benefit Sharing and REDD+ in Tanzania

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Forestry

Ghana government approves new forest, wildlife policy

Barama snags coveted timber legality certification

Barama makes history with int'l timber certification

Have European forests grown older or are they actually getting younger?

Global forest land-use change 1990–2005 - new publication from FRA2010

EU promotes forest governance in Laos

The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needs

Ghana To Get $50m For Sustainable Management Of Forests

Forests key to protecting economic growth, social progress - experts

Report Explores Experiences and Lessons for Equitable Benefit Sharing and REDD+ in Tanzania

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