Since its announcement of the two-year moratorium on the conservation of natural forests in the recent forest and climate summit in Oslo, the eyes of the world are on Indonesia. Also from the Netherlands, we follow with great interest the recent developments regarding sustainable forest...
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The Jakarta Post |
14 years 5 months ago
Stabroek |
14 years 5 months ago
Environmental services provided by Guyana’s forests cannot be sold without the agreement of the government, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud says.
METLA |
14 years 5 months ago
Finland’s forests are a substantial carbon sink. In 2008 Finland’s forests sequestrated 35 million tons of CO2. In Finland strong emphasis has been put on the mitigation issues by promoting the use of wood. These actions include the increased use of wood-based bioenergy (including biofuels) and...
RISI |
14 years 5 months ago
BRUSSELS, Mai. 10, 2010 (RISI) - First of all, what is ICT? Well actually I only found out myself last week that the three little letters stand for: Information Communication Technology. This vast sector covers the multitude of devices, including PCs, gadgets, e-readers and tablets that are...
RISI |
14 years 5 months ago
LONDON, Mai. 24, 2010 (RISI) - Well, it looks like we have stepped on a hornets' nest. Part I in the series of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and its effect on the paper industry has created a lot of dialogue - the hits on the RISI website went into the 1000s, and are still mounting...
RISI |
14 years 5 months ago
The Guardian |
14 years 5 months ago
Finance ministers must realise that mounting devastation of ecosystems harms economic development It is all too easy to forget in the city-centred 21st century that human wellbeing is utterly dependent on the natural world. To state the obvious, we cannot survive without fresh water, food and...
The Washington Post |
14 years 5 months ago
BONN, Germany -- A new round of climate talks ended Friday with rich and poor countries both sharply criticizing a new text meant to pave the way toward a deal to halt global warming. Still, the United Nations said progress was made at the two-week meeting in Bonn. "This all in all is a big...
Probe International |
14 years 5 months ago
As rich countries continue with plans to pour money into forestry programs in the developing world as a way to combat climate change they should heed warnings that the programs will fail to reduce carbon emissions, strip local citizens of their ownership rights, and be ridden with fraud and...
Government of Norway |
14 years 5 months ago
Since the new partnership on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation between Norway and Indonesia was signed last Thursday, the Royal Norwegian Embassy has received a number of questions on how the partnership will work and why Norway chose to work with Indonesia. Read the...
UNECE/FAO Timber |
14 years 5 months ago
According to a new publication, if Europe is to achieve its renewable energy objective of 20% by 2020, it must step up the supply of wood from its sustainably managed forests. In Europe, only 60% of the annual natural growth of the forests is currently being harvested. For a sustainable energy...
Winnipeg Free Pages |
14 years 5 months ago
A group of investors that includes actor Woody Harrelson is hoping to produce high-quality, eco-friendly paper from wheat and flax straw in southern Manitoba for the likes of Staples and Office Depot. Their company, Prairie Pulp and Paper, has already produced small runs of its "tree-free,...
14 years 5 months ago
The Biomass Power Association is requesting an apology and a clarification statement from the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for misinformation communicated in a study released June 10.
Kyodo |
14 years 5 months ago
TOKYO, June 12 KYODO - .... In the fourth area of ''strategies to make Japan a tourism-oriented country and revitalize local areas,'' promoting tourism using Japan's cultural heritage and natural beauty can be instrumental to the economic revitalization of the regions. Already, the conditions...
Mongabay |
14 years 5 months ago
Journalists who report on deforestation and pollution are increasingly at risk of violence, imprisonment, or persecution, finds a new report released last week by Reporters Without Borders.
Science Codex |
14 years 5 months ago
Fire occurrence rates in the Amazon have increased in 59% of areas with reduced deforestation and risks cancelling part of the carbon savings achieved by UN measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation.
Stabroek |
14 years 5 months ago
Dear Editor, While the Government of Guyana leads the world in plans for low carbon development, the considerable carbon emissions’ benefits of improved forest management are not being sufficiently stressed. This oversight is not unique to Guyana – around the world, deforestation and not forest...
Stuff |
14 years 5 months ago
A Wellington company's joint venture deal to process pine timber in China will funnel extra investment back into New Zealand sawmills, a director says. Forest industry company Forme Consulting Group signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese manufacturer Tianjin Sunwin Group this week to...
Las Vegas Sun |
14 years 5 months ago
By 2025, a quarter of Nevada’s energy must come from renewable sources NV Energy’s experimental use of wood chips in one of its coal plants was a bit of a flop, but the utility and state officials are hoping it will wind up being the first step toward using waste wood that is stacking up in...
BBC News |
14 years 5 months ago
Some rich countries are seeking new rules under the UN climate convention that campaigners say would allow them to gain credit for "business as usual". Russia, Australia, Canada and some EU countries are among the accused. The rules relate to land-use change, which can either release or absorb...