For more than a century, British Columbia's forests have been the cornerstone of the province's economy. At 60 million hectares, equivalent to 148,000 Stanley Parks, the province's publicly-owned forests are a vast and valuable asset, sustaining rural and first nations communities, providing...
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Vancouver Sun |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
EFI |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Forest Blade |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Landowners in Emanuel County who grow timber expect that, with time, those trees will be cut, the logs sold, processed, and used for building, paper products or energy. In 1936, there were 21.4 million acres of forestland in Georgia and, in 2004, 24.8 million acres. To borrow a phrase from the...
CIFOR |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Global Witness |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Following the publication of a report commissioned by the Government of Norway to Rainforest Alliance to provide an independent verification of progress of enabling activities for the Guyana-Norway REDD+ agreement, Global Witness, along with Forest Management Trust, Forest Peoples Programme,...
IUCN |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Recent developments in Cameroon show that the country is now steadily advancing with the building of a national REDD+ strategy. Progress with the creation of an all-important national framework for REDD+ implementation has to be taken step by step in order to allow stakeholder engagement and...
Demara Waves |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Village grants to Amerindian communities from Norway’s payment to Guyana for forest carbon services will be handed out to Amerindian chiefs in July, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo. The money will be used to fund projects crafted and approved by Amerindians for their communities.
Kaieteur News Online |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Government yesterday insisted that the forest deal with Norway for US$250M is a good one. It added that the criticisms of the role of McKinsey and Company are totally unfounded. Chairman of the Guyana Forestry Commission, John Caesar, stressed that the officials preparing the report which was...
Green Answers |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
More than thirty developing countries are coming together to find ways of cooperating on protection of the world’s tropical rainforests. In what may be the largest and best-coordinated international forest conservation attempt ever, the different nations will meet at a summit in the Republic of...
USAID |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Washington, DC – Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), released the following statement on the occasion of Earth Day.
EU Campaign Cutting Edge |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
AFTER four years of negotiations, the EU and Indonesia have this week finalised an historic new trade agreement to stem the flow of illegal timber to European markets. The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is the first ever in Asia and will govern a trade estimated to be worth about US$1...
The Hindu |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Climate-watchers have expressed dismay over the Union Government's willingness to actively get involved in the controversial Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Plus programme sponsored mainly by the developed countries and said it would take away the rights of...
Yale |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Santiago Times |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
The Puerto Montt appeals court last week unanimously confirmed the verdict against rightist political leader Nelson Schwerter for illegal logging and trading of ancient Alerce trees. The Alerce or Chilean Larch (Fitzroya cupressoides) are a tree species native to southern Chile and protected by...
Canton Patch |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Local, state and federal officials said they are committed to working together to balance economic growth and environmental conservation after a new study found the forests along the Farmington and Housatonic rivers basins are in danger of increased fragmentation and degradation from...
HuffingtonPost |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
When Kellogg's announced this week that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to make Frosted Flakes, Keebler cookies, Rice Krispies, and Girl Scout cookies, it represented an enormous achievement for two 15-year-old girls from Michigan.
Mongabay |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Wandojo Siswanto, one of the negotiators for Indonesia's delegation at 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen and a key architect of its Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) partnership with Norway, has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes.
PaperIndex Times |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 19, 2011 -- Dalhousie University's School of Resource and Environmental Studies has received a Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to develop best management practices for forest road crossings in Atlantic...
WRI |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements to forest and land management in Indonesia.