Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by expressing the gratitude of all of us here for the leadership of the Netherlands in convening this important conference. It is appropriate that the Netherlands should lead this venture, since you have been a world leader...
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The Borneo Post |
14 years 2 weeks ago
KOTA KINABALU: Studies have suggested that Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) increase carbon storage in tropical forests with a net effect of 54 tonnes of carbon per hectare. With Sabah’s 2.6 million hectares of commercial forest reserves on which Sustainable Forest Management is practised, it...
UN-REDD |
14 years 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2010— In recognition of the urgent need to accelerate and improve international support for the world’s tropical forests, the governing bodies of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), Forest Investment Program (FIP) and UN-REDD Programme – three of the...
European Parliament |
14 years 2 weeks ago
The importance of forests in combating climate change is crucial as trees are absorbing carbon dioxide being emitted by human activities. What is more, deforestation and forest degradation account for a quarter of emissions. Forestry is one area where there are hopes of real progress at the...
Stabroek News |
14 years 2 weeks ago
A French delegation expressed an interest in surveying Guyana’s forest using satellite technology, during a recent courtesy call on President Bharrat Jagdeo. In an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Prefect of La Guyane Daniel Ferey said his delegation is hopeful about a...
Forest Carbon Portal |
14 years 2 weeks ago
By 2012, it is expected that a program for the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD +) will be fully implemented in Mexico; in the short term, this strategy develops actions for the conservation of forests with the participation of various social organizations in the...
Guardian |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Two new power stations that use a fuel critics say contributes to the destruction of rainforest in south-east Asia may be built in the UK through subsidies added to customer bills. The two plants in the south of England would run on palm oil, which in many cases is sourced from plantations...
The REDD desk |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Stabroek News |
14 years 2 weeks ago
John Palmer is a consultant to the UK Government on planning of global forest research and former manager of the UK Government’s tropical forestry research programme. He works on control of illegal logging and trade in illegally harvested timber, and standard setting for forest certification...
ICEP |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Minister aus 193 Ländern wollen beim COP 16, dem Weltklimagipfel in Cancún, eine wirksame Vereinbarung für die Zeit nach Ende des Kyoto-Vertrages 2012 finden. Ein Durchbruch ist nicht zu erwarten. Einzig bei REDD – dem Programm zum Schutz der Tropenwälder in ihrer Funktion als Kohlenstoffspeicher...
UN-REDD |
14 years 3 weeks ago
The Japan-UNDP Partnership Fund just approved a project applied by UNDP’s UN-REDD Programme Asia-Pacific team, titled “Promoting Regional REDD+ Approach and REDD+ Readiness in Under-Supported Regions of Asia/Pacific”.
Stabroek News |
14 years 3 weeks ago
The government’s US$8 million pledge to Amerindian communities, from the first tranche from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) set up with Norway, will be used to accelerate land demarcation and finance a solar power drive, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.
Reuters |
14 years 3 weeks ago
HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Dutch asset manager Robeco (RBEN.AS) plans to raise $500 million for a fund investing in timber and forestry ventures, chasing opportunities as the timber market braces for expected supply shortfalls amid rising demand.
The Jakata Post |
14 years 3 weeks ago
Much is said about how forestry will be an important part of Indonesia’s emission reduction plan. Many in the conservation community believe that the best way to reduce net emissions is to reduce the area of forest harvested for wood products or land cleared for conversion to agriculture or...
ITTO |
14 years 3 weeks ago
Within the framework of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, ITTO has been particularly active in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity in the tropics, in collaboration with member countries and partner institutions. ITTO is presenting much of this work ...
14 years 3 weeks ago
Argentina 16-17 November 2010 Palacio San Miguel - Suipacha 84 - Buenos Aires The Forum follows the successful model of the private sector events organized at the XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires in October 2009. It provides a dynamic dialogue between forest producers and industry,...
Engineering News |
14 years 3 weeks ago
The Gilboa nature reserve is the first forestry property to be proclaimed a private nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) under the biodiversity steward- ship mechanism. Through the biodiversity stewardship initiative, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, in partnership with the Grasslands Programme of the...
EFI |
14 years 1 month ago
The FOREST EUROPE policies play an important role in combating global biodiversity loss. These are the findings of a recently completed assessment, which has been carried out in relation to the 10TH Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is taking place until 29...
Greenwise Business |
14 years 1 month ago
The UK Government has committed to spending £100 million on international projects that will tackle deforestation and improve biodiversity. The global forestry funding is part of £2.9 billion of UK money pledged to climate change projects in the Comprehensive Spending Review last week. It will...