Illegal logging is laying waste to Sierra Leone’s endangered forests. Despite years of laws and bans, its precious timber is still being exported abroad and unless something is done the country’s woodlands will have been destroyed within a decade. So why can the authorities not do more to stop it?
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REDD Net |
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daptation is of high priority in many developing countries where the impacts of climate change are already being felt. REDD+ is a mitigation opportunity for many developing countries, however for the benefits to be maximised it should be designed in a way that meets national development objectives...
ALLAfrica |
vor 13 Jahre 4 Wochen
In the coming year, pilot countries of the Climate Investment Fund's (CIF) "Forest Investment Program" (FIP), including Burkina Faso, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, can expect to see additional support for their REDD+ activities in the form of a Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous...
Digital Journal |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Recently, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment announced data showing a decrease in the deforestation rates in the Amazon during the past couple of months. Timberinvestments.co, an investment portal, operated by green investments media Dezz, looks into the positive effects that sustainable...
Forest Carbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
The International Year of Forests, declared by the UN, is a good occasion to discuss approaches to reducing forest degradation in developing countries. The articles collected in Thematic Forest Series form a diversity of ideas which is essential for setting the levels below which the countries’...
PaperIndex Times |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Inc. announced today its forest certification standard has once again met the rigorous third-party assessment of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).
Ezine Article |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
At the end of September 2011, the occasion being the World Tourism Day (27th September), the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an organisation of which the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is also a member, promoted its view on the positive influence that ecotourism has on...
Forest Carbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
The story of forests and payments for not cutting them in Nepal began in 2003 when the Dutch government funded research on how communities could teach living to conserve forest for the trees can absorb the carbon dioxide released from burning biofuels. The research was conducted in conjunction with...
Engage Media |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
On last 21 September - the World Day against Monoculture Tree Plantations - the “No REDD Platform”, a coalition of environmental groups and Indigenous peoples organizations, launched a call to the international donor community to halt the diversion of forest conservation funding to REDD+-type...
Korea Herald |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Joint efforts by South Korea and China to stop desertification in the Inner Mongolian desert have made headway, creating a large artificial forest, a local government said Monday. The Forestry Department at China’s autonomous region of Inner Mongolia said an 8.7-square-kilometer forest in the Ulan...
Biomass Magazine |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
ArborGen recently celebrated the planting of its 10 billionth tree seedling. To celebrate, the company planted a ceremonial tree at its new headquarters, which is being constructed in Summerville, S.C. This is further proof that the use of woody biomass resources to produce energy isn’t about clear...
Panda Standards |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
According to Panda Standard V1.0, the new methodology ”Forestation of degraded land using species including bamboo” will open for 20 working days period from 10th November, 2011 to 7th December, 2011 to collect the advices from public. Please send your comments to the secretariat of Panda Standard...
Conduit Street |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
The Sustainable Forestry Council, which was created by the Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009 (SB 549), has released a draft report on a “no net loss of forests” proposal. The draft report cites one of the key reasons of forest loss as past local land use decisions.
Forest Talk |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Coast Tsimshian Resources has signed a contract to sell 150,000 cubic metres of logs to Fujian Hijong Wood Industry Co. Ltd. of Putian, China. Wayne Drury, Coast Tsimshian’s general manager, said of cutting and shipping the logs to fulfill the contract will provide work to support 150 families in B...
CIFOR |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Antonio La Viña, who facilitates REDD+ negotiations at the U.N. climate change summits, said that while he is optimistic of progress at the upcoming talks in Durban there are three main negotiation sticking points that could slow a program to safeguard the world’s forests that are major stores of...
Forest Carbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
Deforestation in the northern parts of the U.S. can cool down the Earth rather than contribute to global warming, according to a study published Wednesday. Cutting trees north of 45 degrees latitude — and leaving open spaces — can increase sunlight reflection and thereby decrease heat absorption,...
IIED |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
With the dusk of the International Year of Forests fast approaching, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable forest management, conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) has the potential to bring positive changes to the lives of people who are...
IIED |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
IIED code: 17112IIED Published: Nov 2011 - IIED
Forest Carbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 1 month
The Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance (APNEG) invites readers to participate in their survey. The survey is on Governance and economic incentives for reducing the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change. They are interested in the perceptions of forest management...
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Download the PDF here... November 15, 2011 The Honourable Christy Clark Premier of British Columbia PO Box 9041 Station Provincial Government Victoria, BC V8W 9E1 Dear Premier Christy Clark,