In the UN-REDD Report entitled "Agricultural Expansion and Deforestation", authors Linda Rosengren (UN-REDD Programme) and Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO) compare the different factors contributing to deforestation in Africa, Asia...
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Green Antilles |
13 years 9 months ago
In 2007 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations began a search for instances of good forest management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The results of that search were published last year, with the hope that the cases highlighted would provide inspiration and guidance...
Bloomberg |
13 years 9 months ago
The European Union option of setting aside as many as 800 million surplus carbon allowances is “unwelcome” regulation that may add 10 euros ($13.66) a ton to prices in 2013, Barclays Plc said.
Timber Community |
13 years 9 months ago
UPM expands its nursery in Joroinen, Finland and builds a second nursery in Uruguay according to a press release from the company. These expansions are said to secure the availability of high quality seedlings and seed material, which is the basis for successful tree cultivation both for the...
Times |
13 years 9 months ago
I've got one more tidbit from last weekend's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and it's nothing less than a new scientific concept: telecoupling.
Business Wire |
13 years 9 months ago
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecotrust today announced the results of a carbon analysis for Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The study evaluated potential carbon storage under a range of forest management scenarios, and found that the carbon storage benefits of reducing timber harvests on the...
The Pine Tree |
13 years 9 months ago
Judge Patrick Riley in El Dorado County presided over a consolidated case in which environmental activists challenged 19 Timber Harvesting Plans (THPs) submitted to the state by Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) in eight counties. Plaintiffs argued that the plans did not comply with the California...
RUNA |
13 years 9 months ago
According to the Council for Investment Development of the Forestry Department of Vologda Region, the regional enterprises have increased the timber harvesting volumes by 20% in January, 2011. The soft wood and hard wood harvesting increased by 14.4% and 33 %, respectively, against the...
RUNA |
13 years 9 months ago
Dmitry Mezentsev, the Governor of Irkutsk Region, held a meeting with Edward S. Verona, the President and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC). The meeting took place during the VIII Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on February 18, according to the information provided by the Government of...
Paperindex News |
13 years 9 months ago
Graz, Austria, Feb 21, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded orders for the supply of fiberlines and chemical recovery systems for renowned customers in India and Laos: Muang Phin mill, Laos
Paperindex News |
13 years 9 months ago
Graz, Austria, Feb 21, 2011 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has been selected to provide a gasification plant to Metsä-Botnia’s Joutseno mill, Finland. The 48 MW plant will generate green fuel gas from local biomass, thus making the mill independent of fossil fuels.
Forest Portal |
13 years 9 months ago
In 2010, the European Investment Bank (EIB) increased financing for climate action projects to €19 billion, representing 30% of its lending in the European Union, and up from €16 billion in 2009. In 2010, total EIB lending reached €72 billion – €63 billion in the EU, and €9 billion outside the EU...
EIB |
13 years 9 months ago
Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) hat ihre Finanzierungen für Klimaschutzprojekte auf 19 Mrd. EUR gesteigert; damit entfallen auf den Klimaschutz beeindruckende 30% der gesamten Darlehen, die die Bank im Jahr 2010 in der Europäischen Union (EU) vergeben hat. Gegenüber 16 Mrd. EUR im Vorjahr...
GRIST |
13 years 9 months ago
AFP |
13 years 9 months ago
WASHINGTON — Global warming could cause up to 60 percent of the world's permafrost to thaw by 2200 and release huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere that would further speed up climate change, a study warned. Using projections based on UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
CIFOR |
13 years 9 months ago
Rwanda, the most densely populated nation in Sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a national plan to reverse the current degradation of soil, land, water and forest resources by 2035 while boosting economic development growth. The new Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative, part of a blueprint to...
U4.no |
13 years 9 months ago
Eko-Eco |
13 years 9 months ago
Last week, Ecosystem Marketplace reported that a major formal voluntary carbon standard has verified its first carbon credits from projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
Tropical Forest Group |
13 years 9 months ago
It is a busy week on the Hill, between the release of President Barack Obama’s budget proposal and the debate in Congress about H.R. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to provide funding for federal programs for the rest of the current fiscal year. Current funding for the federal...
Bretton Woods Projects |
13 years 9 months ago
As record high food prices have contributed to unrest in North Africa and beyond, the World Bank's unwavering faith in markets has stirred debate about how best to address the multitude of factors underlying a global crisis in food prices. Meanwhile, World Bank president Robert Zoellick...