Dutch sustainable energy supplier Greenchoice has acquired a 50% share in forest carbon developer Face the Future, for an undisclosed sum. Rotterdam-based Greenchoice provides about 250,000 customers in the Netherlands with renewable energy and sells ‘green’ natural gas, the emissions from which...
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Carbon Finance Online |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Bloomberg |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Biofuels targets in the European Union could raise emissions of greenhouse gases because forests and wetlands will be destroyed to grow the crops necessary, nine environmental groups said in a study.
RUNA |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Business Support Bureau Runa monitors the Russian timber industry and the market for hot topics, news, expert opinion and relevant information and provides you with the most relevant and interesting information in the form of a free digest - to help you make the right business decision. With...
Timber Community |
14 years 2 weeks ago
There are no signs that the planned Russian timber duty increase to 50 euros per cubic meter from 1 January 2011 will be postponed said the Swedish Minister for Trade Ewa Björling when she spoke to the Swedish news agency Direkt. Bjorling refers to a recent meeting with the nordic trade...
International Forest Industries |
14 years 2 weeks ago
A major Japanese bank has come back for a second helping of New Zealand forestry credits. The deal, finalised last week, is being seen as a positive step in the developing international market for New Zealand’s forestry credits.
International Forest Industries |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Sino-Forest Corporation, a leading, commercial forest plantation operator in China, has announced the acquisition of a 13,000 ha New Zealand forestry plantation. Mr. Allen Chan, Chairman of Sino-Forest and Omnicorp, said, “New Zealand is the second largest exporter of softwood into China after...
IRIN News |
14 years 2 weeks ago
MBALE, 3 November 2010 (IRIN) - A three-year project to increase forest cover and help local communities in eastern Uganda adapt to climate change has been launched. "The planting of one million trees has started to sustain an area of tropical forest in Africa the size of Wales," said John...
Mongabay |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Food produced in the tropics comes with high carbon emissions and low crop yields, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the most comprehensive and detailed study to date looking at carbon emissions versus crop yields, researchers found that...
Orissadiary |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Acceleration of science and technology is leading the human race towards the zenith of comfort. But ironically, we are coming closer to that great depression, which may mark the end of another civilization. Entire world is now in the grips of unwarranted scare. Irregularities in natural...
RUNA |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Irkutsk region delegation returned from Helsinki (Finland) with a number of business offers made by foreign partners. During the meeting there were discussed different issues of forest industry development and usage of Finnish experience in forest cluster development in the Irkutsk region.
The Jakarta Globe |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Conservation Debate I: A Question of Credibility William Laurance et al | October 27, 2010 As professional scientists employed by leading academic and research institutions, we are writing to alert the general public about some of the claims and practices being used by the World Growth Institute...
Forest Talk |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Have you heard of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre? The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is to create innovative knowledge to expand the economic opportunities for the forest sector to benefit from Canadian wood fibre. Background The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre was formed in 2006 within the...
FAO |
14 years 2 weeks ago
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory,...
Timbercommunity |
14 years 2 weeks ago
After some tough years, the economic crisis is over for the Baltic states, Poland and Russia, at least in terms of growth, according to Nordea´s Baltic Rim Outlook. Estonia's forthcoming accession of the euro underlines that a new era has begun for the Baltics. Exports have initially been the...
Engineering News |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Paper and packaging group Mondi expects to continue to deliver a strong performance in the last quarter of the year, but warned that the continued strengthening of emerging market currencies was impacting on the competitiveness of some of the group’s businesses. The group, led by CEO David...
Runa |
14 years 2 weeks ago
During the abnormally hot summer of 2010 fires and hurricanes damaged more than 935 thousand hectares of the Russian forest area. This emergency situation pushed the reform of timber industry complex (TIC) management system. In autumn the government demanded specific plans and quick actions...
Guardian |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Plans to sell off as much as 150,000 hectares of forest and woodland in England in the biggest sale of public land for nearly 60 years were today confirmed by the government in a letter sent to all MPs.
COP10 CBD |
14 years 2 weeks ago
A day before the official opening of the high-level segment, a first high-level meeting took place yesterday. Ministers and heads of delegations from 62 countries attended to the meeting to discuss the REDD+ Partnership.
Guyana Chronicle |
14 years 2 weeks ago
REPRESENTATIVES of the major international financial institutions here have pledged their readiness to work with the Government of Guyana and the indigenous peoples to implement projects that have been proposed for funding from the Norway funds, and it is hoped that disbursement of monies...
International Forest Industries |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Essen, Germany - RWE Innogy Italia will build the first biomass cogeneration plant in Sicily. The biomass cogeneration plant has a capacity of 18.7 megawatts and is designed for a power generation output of 128000 megawatt-hours. The investment volume amounts to EUR61 million. Reports Bulk...