Bogota (AlertNet) – More than 1,000 families in the municipality of Acandi, on the Panama border, are aiming to become one of the first Colombian communities to sell carbon credits generated by their forest conservation activities on the international voluntary market.
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Today Gambia |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
The Gambia has nominated for the Community Forestry Management Awards under the Future Policy Award 2011, being organized by the World Future Council, a Hamburg-based charitable foundation which brings the interests of future generations to the centre of policy-making across the world. Through...
PR Newswire |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven companies, including four from the Fortune 500, have made new commitments and actions to stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative's (SFI) 'eco-label' on branded paper products or company publications. Aetna, Allstate, Garnet...
Timber Community |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
A common and regulated forest policy for all EU countries can be a threat to the Swedish forestry warned European parlamentarian Lena Ek (C) at the Swedish Forestry Board meeting - reports online magazine Corren. The parlamentarian described policymakers in Brussels with no experience of ...
Times-Advocate |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
EXETER – Terry Schwan does not expect forest cover in the Ausable Bayfield watershed to increase from 13 per cent to the 30 per cent recommended by Environment Canada. “There's too much good farm land,” he said in a speech near Exeter March 17. "They're not going to take that away, but there's a...
GreenBiz |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Like robins, Sun Belt baseball and daffodils poking their heads up from the soil, it seems to be a rite of spring for advocates of the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to go after each other about the relative credibility of each other’s forestry standards.
Demerara Waves |
vor 13 Jahre 8 months
Norway Thursday night stressed the need for anti-corruption mechanisms before compensating Guyana and other countries to preserve their forests. “We do not want to interfere in how Guyana use money…But there must be strict standards for anti-corruption and also strict international standards for...
The Timberland Blog |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
My last post generated a couple of comments that referenced FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act) and the likely impact that the law would “keep Asian demand in U.S. timberland muted”. The law has been around since 1981 so I thought that I would take a look at what the impact of...
Yale 360° |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
With giant tortoises, elephants, and other fruit-eating animals disappearing from many of the world’s tropical woodlands, forests are suffering from the loss of a key function performed by these creatures: the dispersal of tree seeds. But a new experiment shows that introduced species may be able...
World of Future Council |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
IPS News |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador, Mar 29, 2011 (Tierramérica) - When the trunks of the trees move with every step you take, you know you are in a swamp. This is what happens when you walk over the seemingly firm and vegetation-covered ground over what was once a pit used to dump oil sludge in the Ecuadorian...
University of East Anglia |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
This project will analyse how REDD-plus mechanisms may reduce carbon emissions and maintain or enhance existing stocks of carbon in vegetation and soil of various land cover types. It will also examine the impact of REDD-plus on the livelihoods and welfare of local farming communities, its...
Overseas Development Institute |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
This year’s World Forestry Day is special, as 2011 is also the International Year of Forests.
Daily Independent |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Nigeria’s high expectations at accessing funds to effectively kickstart its National Programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) were somewhat dashed last week in far away Da Lat, Viet Nam, where a gathering of experts took stock of the climate change...
Global Witness |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
This page contains further information on the UN-REDD Policy Board and documents relating to UN-REDD, including Global Witness’ reviews of proposed national REDD+ programmes and reports from Policy Board meetings. Global Witness on the UN-REDD Policy Board
CIFOR |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Climate & Development Knowledge Network |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
AllAfrica |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
As the world grapples with the challenges of feeding an ever-growing population, findings from a recent research by International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), showed that science-based farming methods integrating the systematic use of fertilizers by farmers can significantly reduce...
Global Politics |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
The UK Government recently made an embarrassing U-turn on their proposal to sell off 18% of England’s forests. This was largely due to the energies of a host of vocal opposition groups across the country. Key arguments centred around the risk that private ownership would reduce public access and...
Washington Examiner |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
It's trendy to talk about "corporate social responsibility." The idea is companies have obligations beyond making a profit for their shareholders or creating products and services that their customers want; they have responsibilities to wider society as well. So, CSR may sound harmless, even...