Nearly a year after an agreement involving the Federal Government and a duo of environmental management firms was finalised, fears are being expressed over the prospects of the accord, which appears to be mired. Last September, officials of the Federal Environment Ministry and the Global Oxygen...
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AllAfrica |
13 years 4 days ago
Sunday Times |
13 years 4 days ago
Precise decision-making, safety and comfort are essential terms in modern day life and those would greatly be contributed by natural rubber. It decides the birth, provides a shield against deadly diseases and also joy in the life. Rubber cultivation protects the environment safeguarding the rights...
ForestCarbon Asia |
13 years 4 days ago
Birla Laos Pulp and Plantation Company has invested about US$30 million to plant eucalyptus trees in Laos. Company Chairman Mr Ramesh Vasudevan said a total of 11,867 hectares had been planted by May this year and that eucalyptus trees are being grown in 79 villages of five provinces. “Farmers will...
Heinrich Böll Stiftung |
13 years 4 days ago
Delegates meeting at the 16th UN Climate Change Conference held in Cancún, in December 2010, agreed on a framework for addressing the essential elements needed for comprehensive international action on climate change – the Cancún Agreements. Within this overall framework are measures that relate to...
Trust |
13 years 4 days ago
The development of programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation has sparked debate about the need for climate change actions in the forest sector to create extra benefits for local communities and biodiversity.
ForestCarbon Asia |
13 years 4 days ago
“Forest Carbon projects are not quick and easy, and they are not cheap“, say private sector forest carbon project developers across Asia. How has the private sector engaged across the region? What have been the main challenges in different countries? What lessons have been learnt?
ForestCarbon Asia |
13 years 4 days ago
Three major events related to forestry and climate change start today.
Tropenbos |
13 years 4 days ago
nvestments in forestry have many desirable features. Under certain conditions, forestry investments yield attractive returns to investors and can contribute substantially to the economic, social and environmental development of countries. Environmentally and socially conscious investors are...
VOA News |
13 years 4 days ago
Cambodia’s woodlands are seeing continued deforestation, despite a plan by the government to curb illegal logging, environmental groups say. Authorities say they have a plan to protect the forest, but non-governmental groups say the problem persists, including through an increase in land...
UEA |
13 years 4 days ago
A public debate about the potential for emerging conservation initiatives to make international forestry fairer for local communities in developing countries will take place at UEA London on 20 July.
Open Press Releases |
13 years 4 days ago
(openPR) - Forest Research Associates (FRA) supports Malaysia’s moves towards managed forestry. The Sabah region of Malaysia has almost 400,000 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) classified managed forests, making it the most sustainable region. Seattle, WA, July 11, 2011 -- Forest...
Nicholas Institute |
13 years 5 days ago
A wide variety of incentive programs and markets have arisen to pay landowners for ecosystem services--the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide, such as water filtration, biodiversity, habitat protection, and carbon sequestration.
IISD |
13 years 5 days ago
1 July 2011: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved US$444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support five nation-wide strategic programmes for climate resilience in Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St.
FAO |
13 years 5 days 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, city or...
Brunei Times |
13 years 1 week ago
BRUNEI'S deforestation rate from 2005 to 2010 was among the lowest in Southeast Asia, according to the Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC). During the period, deforestation in Brunei was recorded at an average annual rate of change of less than 0.5 per cent. Laos shared a similar record in...
Vietnam News |
13 years 1 week ago
HCM CITY — A road completed four years ago has lured farmers who have cleared hundreds of hectares of evergreen forest in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong's Lac Duong District. The road provides a shortcut between the coastal city of Nha Trang to the Highlands city of Da Lat, facilitating...
Brunei Times |
13 years 1 week ago
BRUNEI'S forestry official yesterday stressed the importance of the involvement of local community and not only rely on the government in a bid to promote sustainable forest management and easing reliance. Mahmud Yussof , acting director of Forestry, made this statement as senior officials...
CIFOR |
13 years 1 week ago
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 July, 2011)_REDD+ proponents can learn from the multistakeholder approach of experienced certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council, helping to avoid treacherous forest management politics and better engaging civil society and the private sector in sustainable forest ...
International ForestIndustries |
13 years 1 week ago
Global Forest Partners LP (GFP) has put up for sale the plantation forests, freehold land and carbon assets held jointly by two of its New Zealand-based timber funds. The estate comprises 15 individual forests with a net productive area of 16,533 hectares (ha), of which 30%, or 5,015 ha, is...
PHE Ethopia |
13 years 1 week ago
By 2025, children who are 18 years or younger today will represent more than half of the world‘s workforce. A critical strategic opportunity exists to ‗insure‘ the resiliency, effectiveness, and overall return on investment on 20-30 year REDD projects by investing in innovative school-based...