SAO PAULO, Mär. 22, 2010 (RISI) - The strong earthquake experienced by Chile on February 27th threatened many sectors of the country's economy and interrupted the supply of goods to international markets. Although Chile is mostly known as the largest copper producer in the world, it is also a...
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RISI |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The Telegraph |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall CO2 emissions, writes Christopher Booker .
The Jakarta Post |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The Jakarta Post (Feb. 16) reported that the Forestry Ministry is planning to include oil palm estates to the forestry sector. Even though Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied the plan, an internal source at the ministry said that the decree is in progress (the Post, Feb. 23). This proposal...
Truro Daily News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's forests minister says the outlook for the lumber sector in the province's Interior, ravaged by the mountain pine beetle, isn't as pessimistic as an industry report issued this week. Pat Bell was commenting on a forecast by analysts at Vancouver's...
kaieteur News Online |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The furore surrounding the statement issued by a conference of Amerindian leaders on land rights is, in the opinion of the Guyana Human Rights Association, misplaced and unhelpful. The sensitivity manifest by the supporters of the LCDS and REDD+, is uncalled for, the GHRA said in a statement...
Stabroek News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
A lack of money hinders the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) from holding further consultations in Amerindian communities about government’s forest preservation strategies, the organisation’s head, Yvonne Pearson says.
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
Pablo Solón, Ambassador to the UN for the Plurinational State of Bolivia:
Papernet SE |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The majority of Finland's paper manufacturing capacity has had to be shut down because of the stevedore strike. Stora Enso has closed more than half of its paper production in Finland, and UPM has stopped 15 of its 19 paper machines in the country.
Business Standard |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The threat of climate change is now overwhelming the dialogue on forest policy. Forests, like other ecosystems, will be affected by temperature increase. But the dimension that is receiving much more attention is their role as a store for carbon. Forests hold more carbon than the atmosphere, and...
Treehugger |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
It takes time, sometimes decades, but people power can turn around seemingly unstoppable juggernauts. That seems to be what is happening with regard to Tasmania's old growth forests. For decades environmentalists have expressed their concern that these ancient forests, with all their attendant...
The Vancouver Sun |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The Feb. 27 Chilean earthquake did enough damage to that country's forest products industry to spark global shortages that are pushing prices higher in Canada. Damage to Chile's pulp mills appears to be particularly severe, knocking many mills out for months while damage is assessed and repaired...
The New York Times |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
NEW YORK -- Global carbon dioxide emissions offsetting markets are fast losing their luster in the minds of investors, both in the United States and abroad.
Guyana Chronicle |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
I wish to refer to Stabroek News front page article under the caption ‘Indigenous leaders call for the hold on LCDS, REDD + projects’ and Kaieteur News article under the caption ‘Amerindian community slam LCDS consultation – current mining practices do not respect rights’ in their issues of...
Guyna Chronicle |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
THE National Amerindian Development Foundation, the Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana and the Guyanese Organisation of Indigenous Peoples are baffled by the misleading statements carried in the Stabroek News under caption ‘Indigenous Leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects’ published...
Stabroeck News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
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Stabroeck News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
Indigenous leaders say that they support “in principle” proposals that aim to protect standing forests but said that they must not be pressured into make decisions without full understanding of the implications of such policies. “Recognizing that the indigenous peoples of Guyana are the...
Stabroeck News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
Indigenous leaders are calling on government and international agencies to shelve policies related to projects like the LCDS, REDD+ until free, prior and informed consent guidelines for land use are in place.
Stabroeck News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
The Office of Climate Change (OCC) last night described the objections by some indigenous leaders to the LCDS and REDD+ policies as “malicious misrepresentations and distortions” and a deliberate attempt to mislead the public on the two policies.
Stabroeck News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
Some Indigenous leaders, who recently voiced concerns about the scope of government consultations over forest preservation plans, have since been victims of intimidation tactics, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) disclosed yesterday, while maintaining that genuine concerns of communities...
Mongabay |
vor 14 Jahre 8 months
A survey of 78 forestry concessions in Peru found that 46 (59 percent) were in breach of their concession contracts, reports the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Monitoring conducted by Peru's Agency for Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR) during 2009 found...