"Climate change does not affect everyone equally," says Wangari Maathai, who won her Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her work linking the environment, peace and sustainable development, while promoting democracy in Kenya. "Here in Africa, we are paying a high price for a rapidly changing climate -...
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BusiWeek |
12 years 11 months ago
Universiteit Leiden |
12 years 11 months ago
Prof. dr. Helias Udo de Haes (CML), member of the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committtee (TPAC), describes the newest development on the advice of the committee about forestry in Malaysia to the Dutch government.
The GEF |
12 years 11 months ago
Document Number: 3971 Type of Project: FSP
IPS News |
12 years 11 months ago
THE HAGUE, Jul 5, 2011 (IPS) - Avoiding the coming catastrophic nexus of climate change, food, water and energy shortages, along with worsening poverty, requires a global technological overhaul involving investments of 1.9 trillion dollars each year for the next 40 years, said experts from the U.N...
Guyana Chronicle Online |
12 years 11 months ago
ON July 18, 2011, the World Bank, as Trustee of the Guyana REDD Investment Fund (GRIF), received the second installment of the Norway funds in the amount of NOK 213 million, or approximately US$38M, and as a result, there is now approximately US$68 million available for funding decisions by the...
Eurasia Review |
12 years 11 months ago
Many migrants from southern Brazil who clear forests in Brazil’s state of Amazonas are making their living as small-scale land speculators and not as farmers or as cattle ranchers, new research has found. This on-the-ground reality and the proposed changes to Brazil’s Forest Code are likely to ramp...
12 years 11 months ago
Projects and programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) provide a unique opportunity for Uganda to sustainably conserve forest biodiversity and generate real benefits for the country and its population. Successful implementation of REDD requires clear identification and...
The Borneo Post |
12 years 11 months ago
OTA KINABALU: KTS Plantation Sdn Bhd was awarded the Certificate of Compliance by the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) for its outstanding performance in forest management, yesterday.
Mongabay |
12 years 11 months ago
Legal rights and recognition for the diverse indigenous peoples of Suriname have lagged behind those in other South American countries. Despite pressure from the UN and binding judgments by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Suriname has yet to recognize indigenous and tribal land rights, a...
Huffington Post |
12 years 11 months ago
A study released this week predicts a grim future for the ecosystem in and around Yellowstone National Park.
Eurasia Review |
12 years 11 months ago
A string of recent events indicates that Amazonian deforestation and violence against environmental activists are on the rise. The Brazilian Congress’s lower house approves a bill that weakens protection of the rainforest—which may explain the drastic increase in deforestation, as land clearers...
EIA-International |
12 years 11 months ago
BANGKOK: A new report released today (July 28, 2011) exposes the pivotal role played by the Vietnamese military in a multi-million dollar operation which is smuggling threatened timber over the border from the shrinking forests of neighbouring Laos.
TFT Forests |
12 years 11 months ago
Countries where the majority of tropical forests are located and targeted by the REDD scheme [Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation] are in a condition described as “fragile”. These states have a combination of the following characteristics; a failed rule of law, weak...
Sustainable Business |
12 years 11 months ago
Investors now have access to a growing sector of the sustainable forestry industry through what is said to be the world's first asset-backed bamboo bond. Because it grows so rapidly and spreads so quickly, it's often viewed as an invasive problem in the US, but those qualities make it an important...
Amandala |
12 years 11 months ago
Over the course of the past year, 300 acres inside the Chiquibul Forest have been hacked, and the razed portions of the forest to date amount to 13,000 acres – larger than Belize City. That is according to Rafael Manzanero, the executive director of Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD...
Proparco |
12 years 11 months ago
Paris, 19 July 2011. In March 2011, PROPARCO committed US$10m to the first fund specialized in sub-Saharan Africa’s forestry sector via the Investment and Support Fund for Businesses in Africa (FISEA). GEF Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund (GASFF) was launched in 2010 at the initiative of Britain’s...
Guyana Chronicle Online |
12 years 11 months ago
TOSHAOS and Regional Chairmen of the 10 administrative regions yesterday declared that Guyana does not have any existing group of indigenous people living in isolation. This declaration came following a presentation by Project Coordinator- Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Austin, on the...
MTN Forum |
12 years 11 months ago
Despite the adoption of many international agreements over the last decades, degradation of forests and deforestation has continued. Since this is largely due to the market's failure to account for forests' multifunctionality, this issue argues that a new, holistic approach is necessary to ensure...
Star Tribune |
12 years 11 months ago
Two years ago, the forestry company UPM Blandin was hailed for placing all of its northern Minnesota forestland in state conservation easements to prevent development. In return, the company was given $44 million, most of it coming from the state's new Legacy money. But few predicted what is now...
NC Guyana |
12 years 11 months ago
Amerindian leaders have agreed by majority vote to a resolution calling for the fast-tracking of the institutional requirements for the release of the Norway funds critical to the implementation of projects under the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). The accord emanated on day two of the 5th...