We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people’s recognition of the importance of forest...
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SpringerLink |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
Post Zambia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
THE United Nations says it will closely monitor all the funds it will give Zambia for climate change projects. And the UN has given Zambia US$4.5 million for the implementation of the UN-REDD plus project. In an interview, United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) environment finance advisor for...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
Many countries are beginning to engage stakeholders in domestic REDD+ decision-making processes, often with support from bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental initiatives. As part of the 2010 work plan for the Interim REDD+ Partnership, the Partners identified the need to initiate a process...
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The Forest Industry Engineering Association together with most of the major financial and forestry industry associations in Australia and New Zealand ran an inaugural Future Forestry Finance Conference series in Sydney and Auckland in early March 2010. The turnout exceeded expectations. Over 200...
Business Green |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The World Bank has warned that the complicated processes that afforestation and reforestation projects have to adhere to in order to qualify for the UN's planned forest-based carbon trading system could stifle growth for the embryonic sector. There are currently around 27 forestry projects...
BBC |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The forest is dense, impenetrable beyond the cut trail, and the air is thick, hot and humid. What is most astounding is the noise of the insects and birds. Whistles and clicks and hums, rattles and songs, rising and falling in intensity but always present. The rainforest of Borneo is said to be the...
EU |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
Unclear and/or insecure forest tenure has been identified by many as an indirect driver of deforestation and forest degradation. Consequently, reforming tenure is considered an important measure in order to control deforestation. Clarifying tenure is also seen as a way of promoting equitable REDD+...
International ForestIndustries |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The data on pre-commercial thinning is the highest recorded in over a year. According to the Swedish Forest Agency’s annual surveys conducted on silviculture measures the soil scarification was carried out on 157,500 hectares and 157,200 hectares were planted with seedlings in 2010. There is a...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The anticipated benefits and co-benefits of REDD+ generated considerable enthusiasm and momentum prior to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, and the lack of agreement of a global mechanism for REDD+ at that Conference generated corresponding disappointment. However, experience from earlier...
The REDD Desk |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
This paper reviews three leading forest sector policy approaches relevant to benefit-sharing for reduc- ing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services (PES), participatory forest management (PFM),...
News India MSN |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
New Delhi, July 3 (PTI) What constitutes a forest in India? There is no answer for this simple and plain question even 62 years after independence if one goes by a RTI reply from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The reason cited by the ministry in its reply is that "definition" of forests...
CIFOR |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 July, 2011)_REDD+ proponents can learn from the multistakeholder approach of experienced certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council, helping to avoid treacherous forest management politics and better engaging civil society and the private sector in sustainable forest ...
International ForestIndustries |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
Global Forest Partners LP (GFP) has put up for sale the plantation forests, freehold land and carbon assets held jointly by two of its New Zealand-based timber funds. The estate comprises 15 individual forests with a net productive area of 16,533 hectares (ha), of which 30%, or 5,015 ha, is...
PHE Ethopia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
By 2025, children who are 18 years or younger today will represent more than half of the world‘s workforce. A critical strategic opportunity exists to ‗insure‘ the resiliency, effectiveness, and overall return on investment on 20-30 year REDD projects by investing in innovative school-based...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
In the last months, the Government of Lao PDR received proposals from numerous private enterprises seeking to develop forest carbon projects in Laos. To facilitate information-sharing with and feedback from the private sector, the Department of Forestry organized a workshop “Private sector...
PaperIndex Times |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
Vienna, Austria, Jul 5, 2011 – Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK is holding the Green Event at the WWT Wetland Centre in Barnes, London, UK, on the 29th September 2011. Guest speakers include representatives from WWF, FSC®, Action Sustainability, World Resources International, Two sides Campaign, Mondi’...
The REDD Desk |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
While the AWG-LCA decision forms the basis for safeguards in the context of support for readiness and REDD+, questions remain as to how they will be interpreted and applied, the extent of the benefit that they can provide and the challenges in their implementation. This background paper seeks to...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
The new interactive interface for the Voluntary REDD+ Database (VRD) has been launched. The website offers access to maps, graphs and summary statistics on REDD+ financing that has been reported to the REDD+ Partnership, as well as detailed information on individual agreements between countries and...
PIA |
vor 13 Jahre 6 Tage
A new concept of saving forests from further deterioration while conserving them for biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihood for local communities has been at work in Southern Leyte province since 2009, initiated by a German government organization GIZ. In addition, the Reducing...