Tanzania has started to implement the National Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) readiness pilot projects from which the lessons learnt will be used to inform policy makers in developing a comprehensive national REDD strategy.
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IPP Media |
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Climate-L |
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9 September 2011: The Tenth Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Dialogue, which convened from 7-8 September 2011, in The Hague, the Netherlands, focused on common approaches to dealing with the challenges of food security and climate change.
World Wire |
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BASEL/GLAND, SWITZERLAND AUGUST 22, 2011 –/WORLD-WIRE/– WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, is “highly concerned ” about corruption allegations against the Malaysian Ta Ann Group, a member of the WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network, and has announced a review of its sustainable forestry...
BC Local News |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
In response to Alex Atamanenko’s claims in his Aug. 2 and Aug. 16 columns, I believe the readers of your newspaper deserve and need to know the facts. While there have been changes in the provincial government’s natural resource ministries over the last year, what hasn’t changed is this government’...
Vancouver Sun |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
In the aftermath of the disastrous wildfires in 2003 that burned hundreds of homes and caused millions of dollars in property damage in and around the communities of Kelowna and Barriere, the City of Cranbrook began doing what hundreds of other communities across B.C. must do if they wish to better...
Vancouver Sun |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
Ever since United States house prices peaked in mid-2006 and the great economic slump began south of the border, British Columbia's government and forest industry alike have been understandably anxious. Dependent as we have been on the U.S. market for billions of dollars in forest product...
The Province |
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In January, a deal was struck between the Pacific Carbon Trust (the provincial Crown corporation responsible for buying carbon "offsets") and one of British Columbia's biggest logging companies - a deal that would allegedly result in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of additional carbon being stored...
PhilStar |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) is urging the government to speed up its evaluation of logging firms so that those who comply with rules on sustainable forest management could resume operations. Antonio C. Olizon, president of PWPA, said Wednesday...
GEF |
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Type of Project: FSP Country: Mexico
TT Journal |
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PEFC International has unanimously approved the application of the China Forest Certification Council (CFCC) to join the world's largest forest certification system. "The Chinese commitment to sustainable forest management and forest certification is to be welcomed," said Ben Gunneberg, PEFC...
Huffington Post |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
NGO-Business partnerships have been getting a bad press lately.
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Huffington Post: Panda bashing REED-Monitor: REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten Myths Exploded
AllAfrica |
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COMMUNITIES in seven villages of Kigoma Rural district will early next year start earning money for protecting Masito-Ugalla forest reserve, which climate change scientists say is helping in the absorption of carbon dioxide and controlling global warming. The villages benefit under a Reducing...
The Citizen |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
Investing just 0.034 per cent of global GDP could transform the world's forestry sector, halving deforestation rates, slashing carbon emissions and creating up to five million new jobs by the middle of the century.That is the conclusion of a major new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP...
The Sydney Morning Herald |
vor 12 Jahre 10 months
IN AUSTRALIA, too often we're told the solution to all environmental problems is locking all native forests in unmanaged reserves, where they'll be immortal, grow forever and continuously suck large amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. We're led to believe all forested landscapes can...
The Ecologist |
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It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops' From India and Indonesia to Colombia and Costa Rica, the number of bamboo plantations worldwide is rising as quickly as the...
Forest Talk |
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Don and Donna Kowaluk live in a rural, agricultural area of southern Ontario, near Strathroy. About 15 years ago, 22,500 trees were planted on the Kowaluk’s property. Last winter, the Kowaluk’s decided to turn their land back into agricultural land. They had half the acreage harvested when the...
AllAfrica |
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The European Union's top envoy to Uganda, Ambassador Roberto Ridolfi, has thrown his weight behind the chorus against a proposal by President Museveni to hand out part of Mabira rainforest to sugar manufacturer-SCOUL to grow sugarcane. In an exclusive interview with Sunday Monitor, Ambassador...
EFI |
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UNEP has published the fifth issue in the Policy Brief on Ecosystem Management series. This policy brief seeks to outline how forests can be a key part of a green economy that provides opportunities for innovative solutions to forest management. The provides an overview of the many values of forest...
PaperIndex Times |
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FINLAND, Sep 1, 2011 Pöyry's Industry Business Group has been awarded services contract by Suzano Papel e Celulose for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the Balance of Plant (BOP), and the Owners' Engineering services during the project implementation. The...