Sept 28 2010 SCA kept is fourth position on the Top 100 list of pulp and paper companies in the world, passing Stora Enso, which slipped from third to fifth position. The ranking list of the 100 biggest pulp and paper companies in the world is published annually by the magazine PPI, Pulp...
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Norway official site in Indonesia |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Indonesia and Norway has brought their climate and forest partnership several steps forward since the signing of their Letter of Intent in May.
The Independent |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Next year's planted forestry area is set to be the lowest since 1947 unless the capital expenditure budget for forestry is increased, the Association of Irish Forestry Consultants (AIFC) has warned. Planting levels will fall back to 1,800-2,500ha next year, unless funding is increased by €25m...
Papernet |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Sept 28 2010 UPM confirmed Tuesday morning that it is engaged in discussions with Myllykoski concerning a potential take-over of Myllykoski's operations in Finland, Germany and United States. UPM confirms that discussions are going on with the Finnish family owned publication paper company...
Blogs of Mongabay |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
In the discussion about where oil palm and other plantations should go we talk so easily about degraded lands. But the concept is not straightforward. When the US and Europe cleared their forests a few centuries ago, they did so to “improve” the land. Forests were seen as a source of lumber,...
UN |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Holding burning incense sticks in his hands, Buddhist monk Bun Saluth chanted a ritual normally held for Cambodians seeking good luck. But this time the subject blessed by his holy water was not a person. It was a three-metre python he bought from a farmer who was about to sell it as food...
AZO Cleantech |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Shift2Neutral will work closely with the Founder of the Solomon Islands Carbon Project, Mr Charles Stennett Kereau, to begin the key initiatives and drivers of the memorandum of agreement, in the protection of natural land and forests in the Solomon Islands, and to work together to cease the...
Norway official site in Vietnam |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
22/09/2010 // Vietnam is about to enter a second phase in its efforts of reducing green house gas emissions from deforestation through the UN-REDD programme. The province of Lam Dong has been a pilot site for phase 1 of this project, and was the host of the Norwegian...
International Forest Industries |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
A clearing of inventory in China has prompted a firming of CFR (in-market) log prices this month. The seasonal slowdown of Russian supplies, coinciding with a particularly fierce monsoon in the timber producing region of south-western China, have helped to reduce stocks in this market reports...
International Forest Industries |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
The future looks more promising for plantations in Australia’s collapsed management investment scheme (MIS) programs as reputable timber groups take on management and investors consider buying the timberland, or in some cases the land and its trees, The Australian reported on 18 September. Many...
SANHATI |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Indian political and economic elites appear to be quite optimistic on various economic, social and environmental questions: there is a satisfactory rate of economic growth, the promulgation of the Forest Rights Act (2006) aims to remedy historical injustices against adivasis, and the country is...
India Carbon Outlook |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
The article is a primer on the opportunity and potential of REDD+ and summarizes the proceedings of a recently concluded workshop on deforestation drivers in the north east and the roles REDD+ financing can play in forestry conservation
Bennington banner |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
POWNAL -- About 100 people gathered for three hours on Saturday in the grandstand of the former Green Mountain Race Track to hear from developers of a proposed 29-megawatt biomass power generation and wood pellet manufacturing facility, and to ask questions of their own.
Lao Voices |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
(KPL) The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and donors of the Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development Project (SUFORD) were satisfied with the progress that had been achieved. Deputy-Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Tri Phommachack, who was at the steering committee meeting for...
The Jakarta Post |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said he saw no promising future for any deal regarding REDD ahead of the upcoming climate talks in Mexico, prompting his office to aim to forge voluntary pacts with rich nations. As of September, the ministry has signed voluntary agreements with several...
Mongabay |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Forest carbon payment programs like the proposed reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) mechanism could put pressure on "wildlife-friendly" farming techniques by increasing the need to intensify agricultural production, warns a paper published this June in Conservation...
Reuters |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
(Reuters) - Russia is likely to issue a further 100 million tonnes of carbon credits by the end of 2012 after completing its inaugural tender this year, Standard & Poor's head of carbon markets told Reuters in an interview.
Bloomberg |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
The European Union will keep trying to link its carbon market, the world’s biggest, with any U.S. program at the federal level rather than regional systems.
The Australian |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
TREASURY has repudiated Tony Abbott's direct action approach to climate change. It argues that it would be in Australia's national interest to "rely on market-based mechanisms" to limit the nation's greenhouse gas emissions.
All Africa |
vor 13 Jahre 9 months
Lagos — The Minster of Environment, John Odey said since Nigeria now controls over 40 percent of the certified emission reduction in Africa, it can leverage on it to generate ingestible funds. Speaking at the Lagos State Carbon Credit Awareness Campaign and Capacity Development Programme, Odey...