The United Nations has dedicated 2011 as Year of Forests to raise awareness on the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests. The opening of Forests 2011 took place this week at the 9th meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) in New...
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TRUST |
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Market Wire |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
SAINT-BENOÎT-DU-LAC, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2011) - An agreement between Natural Resources Canada and the Fiducie de recherche sur la forêt des Cantons-de-l'Est will help expand our understanding of forest conservation, restoration and production in the Eastern Townships.
Forests |
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) successfully recertified its resource management of 4.96 million acres of state-administered forestlands to two independent, third-party forest management certification systems. Those third parties are The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI)...
IISD |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
20 January 2011: As reported in the Bulletin of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for January 2011, ASEAN officials met on 19 January 2011 to discuss the integration of socioeconomic aspects in sustainable forest management, as part of the implementation of the ASEAN-Swiss...
DEV Sur |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
NEW YORK/PARAMARIBO--Raymond Landveld, the Counselor at Suriname’s Permanent Mission to the UN, discussing the progress made by the United Nations Forum on Forests, has said that perhaps the most important outcome of the deliberations thus far had been that delegations felt the REDD+ program...
Forest Trends |
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Weathervane |
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Europolitics |
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Thanh Nien News |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
The experiences and successes of Vietnam’s Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) scheme, which has generated significant resources to support forest protection and local livelihoods, were shared at a workshop in Da Lat last Friday. The Asia Regional Biodiversity Conservation...
Report shows how secret land deals can fail to benefit African nations – and how to make them better
African nations risk giving investors access to large areas of land in rushed, secretive and one-sided deals that fail to deliver real benefits or create new social and environmental problems, according to the first ever legal analysis of contracts which is published today (31 January) by the...
WonkRoom |
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Guyana Chronicle |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
AGRICULTURE Minister Robert Persaud said, Wednesday, that the Government has led efforts to strengthen forest legality to ensure access to traditional and new markets and is pursuing avenues to build on what was previously achieved. He was speaking to stakeholders at a European Union (EU) Forest...
The Independent |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
In line with the Cross River State initiative, more states in Nigeria are making plans to be part of the socio-economically beneficial Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) climate mitigation scheme. Indeed, two major forest reserves stretching across four states...
IaDB |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Farmers in Latin America and Caribbean will see billions in lost revenue over the next two decades if a complete ban on deforestation is put in place, highlighting the need for compensatory actions to alleviate poverty in affected rural areas, according to new pilot study by the Inter-...
Timber Community |
vor 13 Jahre 11 months
AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE FINNISH MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND UPM ON PROTECTING FORESTS IN KAINUU The Ministry of the Environment and UPM have agreed upon compensation for the Natura 2000 sites and areas designated for protection under national conservation programmes in UPM's forests...
Forestry Investment Blog |
vor 13 Jahre 11 months
The UK governement has unveiled its long-awaited plans for the Forestry Commission, proposing to lease woodland to private sector operators and hand over control of England´s heritage forests to charitable trusts. The coalition is already committed to taking 15 percent of the public forest...
Paperindex Times |
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EFI |
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