The results are now available of the public consultation on the EC Green Paper on Forest Protection and Information in the EU: Preparing forests for climate change. The consultation was opened on 1 March 2010, and at the closure of the consultation on 31 July 2010, 261 responses had been received.
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SCA |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
For the past five years, SCA Timber has had a representative in Hong Kong, focusing on sales and contract manufacturing. SCA is now about to take the next step and open a sales company in Hong Kong – SCA Timber China & S.E. Asia Ltd – as the solid wood products market in China is...
EFI |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
The European Space Agency (ESA) Earth-observing satellites are helping to understand the intricate role that Eurasia's boreal forest plays in the chemical make-up of the atmosphere and the global climate system. By fostering new use of Earth observation data through the Atmosphere-Land...
Timber Community |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Latvian Forest Company, The Forest Company and Forwood are three forest companies planning FOR IPOs during 2011 or 2012 reports nyemission.nu
Timber Community |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Stora Enso is strengthening its leading position in corrugated packaging in the growth markets of Central and Eastern Europe by renewing containerboard capacity at its OstroÅÄka Mill in Poland. The EUR 285 million investment project is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2013. “...
EFI |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
According to the contract signed by Director Risto Päivinen with Europe Aid on 22 December 2010, EFI will host the newly established EU REDD Facility. The EU REDD Facility aims at assisting developing countries by providing effective support to the emergence of REDD national frameworks,...
Paperindes Times |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Italy, Jan 10, 2011 - One month after having installed a new PMT SMARNIP® mini shoe press, the 4.5 m wide PM6 at Mondi Frantschach (A) has broken the speed world record of sackkraft paper machines, producing for over 24 hours in a row at 1002 m/min at pope-reel, in November 2010. The...
Bloomberg |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Global carbon markets will grow 15 percent in 2011, the most in three years, on higher prices and increased demand for emission allowances from energy companies, analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Emission markets worldwide will expand to 107 billion euros ($139 billion) this year from...
Environmental Leader |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
The global forest carbon offset market is projected to grow from $42.0 million in 2010 to $65.1 million in 2015, according to the latest issue of EL Insights. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 9.2% during this time period.
KpSHK |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Are thousands of citizens of Masurai Subdistrict, Merangin District guilty if they independently utilize area of HPH (forest concession) which has been abandoned since 15 years ago as public coffee plantations? Regulation and legislation ensure cultivation and utilization of forest areas by the...
Ekantipur |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
As a national delegate to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Party-16, I had an opportunity to witness interesting and rigorous deliberations on “climate change disputes” among the 194 parties. These deliberations sometimes seemed worthless, and sometimes thought...
Papernet SE |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Montes del Planta, the joint venture between Stora Enso and Chilean company Arauco, has received the environmental permit for its planned pulp mill project in Uruguay. In February last year, Stora Enso announced that Montes del Planta had decided to initiate a feasibility study on Punta Pereira...
Carbon Capitalist |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State, presented a comprehensive Post-Cancun Update today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) here in Washington D.C. This was the second year in a row that the Deputy Special Envoy...
Viet Nam News |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank last week approved loans and grants worth US$69 million to Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam for a community-based initiative to protect more than 1.9 million ha of threatened forests where 170,000 mostly poor people live. The 32-year loan of $30 million to Viet...
The Centre for People and Forests |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
The mild success of Cancun provided a great advance for the world’s foresters: global attention. But with this attention comes responsibility. From the chill of Copenhagen we reached the calm seas of Cancun, and the mood of climate change negotiators soared with the balmy temperatures. There...
Paper Index Times |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Helsinki, Finland, Jan 11, 2011 - Stora Enso is strengthening its leading position in corrugated packaging in the growth markets of Central and Eastern Europe by renewing containerboard capacity at its Ostrołęka Mill in Poland. The EUR 285 million investment project is scheduled to be completed...
The Jakarta Post |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Looking to influence how climate change money is allocated, Indonesia will nominate a candidate to serve on the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) board, the Environment Minister says. The GCF, which implements the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will have 25 board members, and be...
Phnom Penh Post |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
CAYMAN Islands-registered Green Glory Ltd is in the process of obtaining management rights to establish a carbon credit scheme using Cambodia’s forests, according to a company statement. The firm is seeking rights to 450,000 hectares of the Kingdom’s woodlands for supply-side carbon credits. It...
IPS |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
MEXICO CITY, Jan 5, 2011 (IPS) - Thanks to its experience with community forestry projects, Mexico can provide tips on how to manage forests while fomenting the development of local economies in 2011, the International Year of Forests. Every year, some 13 million hectares of forests are lost...
LiveMint |
vor 13 Jahre 10 months
Strict emissions control standards can impoverish the world’s poor and their less-developed governments alike Third World activists are often animated by an anti-colonial instinct that induces them to oppose initiatives of Western governments, especially when it comes to globalization or...