WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A panel of speakers spoke against the use of biomass as fuel for electricity generating purposes Saturday, in Fellowship Hall at the First Congregational Church of Williamstown. The event was organized by the Bennington-Berkshire Citizens Coalition, formed in response to the...
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Bennington Banner |
14 years 3 days ago
New Scientist |
14 years 3 days ago
South America's tropical forests flourished when temperatures skyrocketed 56 million years ago. Could this mean that climate change will spare the Amazon? Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama, and colleagues excavated pollen and other plant remains...
The Guardian |
14 years 3 days ago
A series of ancient underwater etchings has been uncovered near the jungle city of Manaus, following a drought in the Brazilian Amazon. The previously submerged images – engraved on rocks and possibly up to 7,000 years old – were reportedly discovered by a fisherman after the Rio Negro, a...
Enviroscope |
14 years 3 days ago
Author: Ibarra Gené, Enrique|2010/11|Working Paper No. 8.|Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Nanyang Technological University(Singapore)
IGREC |
14 years 3 days ago
REDD has the potential for creating serious inter-community conflicts that could ignite explosive violence among tribes that have historically been antagonistic. Many tribal communities in heavily populated tropical countries have disputes with neighboring communities over control over...
Mail Tribune |
14 years 3 days ago
Calling them the forgotten forests, a panel of scientists say cool-weather rainforests like those in Western Oregon store more carbon per acre than tropical rainforests. "We are all aware that tropical rainforests are important, that their deforestation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas...
Go For Wood |
14 years 3 days ago
This guideline consists of a set of concepts, guidelines and procedures useful for integrating the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management certification into the organization of REDD+ projects. The guideline is divided into three main sections:
My Central Oregon |
14 years 3 days ago
LA PINE, OR -- The state Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening to review a permit for a proposed biomass plant planned for the La Pine area. The plant, which Biogreen wants to build on Reed Rd., would generate electricity by burning wood materials from...
Eureka Alert |
14 years 3 days ago
In many developing countries, forest restoration at home has led to deforestation abroad, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The authors say their findings could have significant implications for ongoing efforts to protect the world's remaining...
Terra Daily |
14 years 3 days ago
A new study finds a lack of transparency and corruption are reducing the impact of an initiative in Cameroon that channels a portion of national timber levies to rural forest communities. The study highlights the challenges of using a climate change pact to do something similar in forested regions...
Indigenous Portal |
14 years 3 days ago
Anima Pushpa Toppo, Jharkhand Jungle Bachao Andolan: India became a democratic Republic in 1950. During the Constituent Assembly debate Jaipal Singh of Jharkhand expressed his doubt about the sincerity of the leaders of the newly formed nation-state of India. Even then he promised to cooperate...
Department of Natural Resources |
14 years 3 days ago
Provincial Sustainable Forest Management Strategy (2.8 MB) Appendices Description of Activities For Past Five Years (1.5 MB) Newfoundland Forest Service Headquarters Organizational Chart (464 KB)
Government of the Philippines |
14 years 3 days ago
Cagayan de Oro City (22 November) -- There's now hope for the Philippines to reverse the continued destruction of what little is left of its forested mountains. Authors of 13 different bills filed in the House of Representatives that seek to reform the country's forest management laws have...
News Sierra Leone |
14 years 3 days ago
Reuters |
14 years 3 days ago
REUTERS- Markets for sustainable products have expanded significantly over the last five years, growing much faster than those for conventional products, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2010, published last week.
ENPI-FLEG |
14 years 3 days ago
Discrepancies in the system of the Russian forest legislation is the main reason for that. This was the common opinion of participants of the Roundtable organized by WWF at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in early November 2010. Representatives of the Russian legislative bodies,...
14 years 1 week ago
Tackling climate change and fighting corruption go hand-in-hand.
Carbon Positive |
14 years 1 week ago
California has reached agreement with states in Mexico and Brazil for pilot projects to protect their rainforests in return for carbon credits under the provincial-level, international climate initiative of outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger will use his last Governors'...
Timber Community |
14 years 1 week ago
Finnish newspapers report that the machinery contractors association is angered over the sudden shutdown by forestry company UPM. The Confederation has called UPM subcontractors to immediately stop the logging, which would be considered as unreasonable. UPM's purchasing director Pekka Rajala...
Climate Investment Funds |
14 years 1 week ago
A joint meeting of the governing bodies of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the Forest Investment Program (FIP) and the UN-REDD Programme, will be held in Washington, D.C., USA, on November 6, 2010, at the World Bank.