By providing estimated figures for indigenous and forest peoples’ populations in countries and regions across the globe, this new Forest Peoples Programme report seeks to raise awareness of the existence of peoples who primarily depend on forests for their livelihoods, and to enhance their...
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EDF |
vor 12 Jahre 1 month
As the first country to implement a national level emissions trading system (ETS) that also includes a forestry component as part of its climate change strategy and meets New Zealand’s obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, NZ’s experience in developing this system warrants close attention. In...
Daily Times |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Pakistan has been ranked among the top 20 highly vulnerable countries impacted by climate change, sources told Daily Times on Tuesday. According to the Maple Craft Climate Change Vulnerabilities Index, Pakistan has been placed among the ‘high risk’ category of countries impacted by climate change...
Market Watch |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
For Peter Nyeko, a Ugandan businessman always on the lookout for the next hot investment, nothing in the world beats the humble tree. Five years ago, he and two partners put their money into planting a stand of eucalyptus outside Kampala, which he calls his “tree bank.” Now, he said, he’s just...
IPP Media |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Beekeeping is one of the socio-economic activities, which are friendly to the environment and forests in general. During a recent Training of Trainers (ToT) session on REDD and Climate Change in Dodoma, beekeeping was mentioned as one of the key incentives for forest conservation.
The Financial Express |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
As a region, the Chitta-gong Hill Tracts constitutes almost one-tenth of the territory of the country. Both demographic and environmental conditions of the area are different from other regions because of its geographic and cultural peculiarities. As a result of inundation caused by the Kaptai...
CIFOR |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Logging companies play a key role in developing forest regions in Central Africa, a CIFOR report studying the impact of commercial forest management says.
A step-wise framework for setting REDD+ forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
Developing countries wishing to participate in the REDD+ mechanism can start developing forest reference (emission) levels, based on the guidance provided by COP 17 of UNFCCC and by considering the following points: - The quality and availability of data will determine the methods used to develop...
Scientific American |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Ecuador is eyeing the international Green Climate Fund as a way to help pay for its plan to trade oil for forests, a top government representative said.
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4 May 2012 |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
While forestry talks at the 2011 UN climate change summit in Durban focused predominantly on the reduction of deforestation through mechanisms such as REDD and REDD+, there were other changes proposed to international carbon forestry laws which may have a profound effect on New Zealand foresters...
DAWN |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
To offset the effects of climatic change and global warming in the country, the Pakistan Forests Institute (PFI), Peshawar has completed a comprehensive study to determine the climatic change scenarios in Pakistan’s various ecological zones and its impact on forests resources. “It is the first...
The Telegraph |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
What a strange body the WWF (formerly the World Wildlife Fund, now the Worldwide Fund for Nature) has become these days. It is the largest, richest and most influential environmental lobbying organisation in the world. Originally set up in 1961 by Julian Huxley, Prince Philip, Prince Bernhard and...
Business Standard |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Global demand for carbon credits, especially in Europe for economic reasons, has been declining since 2010. With the prices sliding of Certified Emission Reduction (CER) certificates traded on the international exchange, Indian companies holding the credits are bracing for tough times. Brokers...
Biomass Magazine |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
FuturaGene, a genetic research and development firm focused on enhancing the eucalyptus tree, has been granted approval to begin a fourth field trial of its genetically modified eucalyptus tree in Brazil. The Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) granted the company...
Indigenous People Issues |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
The principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to developments affecting natural resources is not new. However, experience using FPIC in REDD+ implementation is still limited in the Asia-Pacific region, and...
Scientific American |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
There are macaques everywhere—climbing on the rocks, grooming one another as they sit on the forest floor. Others have babies on their backs as they trot along at a fair clip. The air is thick with humidity and it must be 35 degrees Celsius or more—the heavy gray clouds above look ready to crack...
Daily Times Pakistan |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Below the global radar, a major victory was secured in Mexico on Tuesday, April 24, in the worldwide battle to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, which are collectively the world’s second largest sources of greenhouse emissions. A set of legal amendments was approved by the Mexican...
Wiley Online |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
Several studies suggest that protected areas conserve forests because deforestation rates are lower inside than outside protected area boundaries. Such benefits may be overestimated when deforestation rates within protected areas are contrasted with rates in lands where forest conversion is...
ALL Africa |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
As a contribution to the commemoration of the UN International Year of Forests (2011), the United Nations Forum on Forests commissioned the publication of a book entitled "Forests for People" which contains submissions from key institutions and professionals that are making important contributions...
Radio Australia |
vor 12 Jahre 2 months
The $100 million dollar scheme was launched in 2007, but nearly five years on, less than a third of that amount has been committed and the projects targets have been drastically reduced. Speakers: Professor Stephen Howes, director, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, co-...