We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people’s recognition of the importance of forest...
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SpringerLink |
13 years 1 week ago
Post Zambia |
13 years 1 week ago
THE United Nations says it will closely monitor all the funds it will give Zambia for climate change projects. And the UN has given Zambia US$4.5 million for the implementation of the UN-REDD plus project. In an interview, United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) environment finance advisor for...
Pakistan Observer |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Islamabad—Speakers on a seminar demanded revision of forest laws addressing landownership and judicious distribution of royalty in forest communities. Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here organized, “A Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Forest Management”. Prof. Dr. Babar...
Paperindex Times |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Ghana Web |
13 years 2 weeks ago
A study, described by its authors as the most comprehensive analysis of tropical forests, has disclosed that Ghana has the highest rate of deforestation, out of 65 nations, apart from Togo and Nigeria. The illegal act of felling trees has become one of the commonest offences in Ghana today, some...
BBC |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Ministers have agreed to back plans to introduce a legally binding agreement to protect Europe's forests. Delegates also agreed to adopt resolutions that would help shape forest policy over the next decade. On Tuesday, a report concluded that sustainable forestry management was essential if...
Philippine Information Agency |
13 years 2 weeks ago
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 30 (PIA) -- The foreign funded campaign Reducing Emission from Deforestation of Forest Degradation (REDD) Plus is now gaining ground as various activities by the participating local government unit are underway.
Timber Community |
13 years 2 weeks ago
The environmental studies for Fibria's expansion project in the region of Três Lagoas (Mato Grosso do Sul state) in Brazil were presented to around 600 people at a public hearing held on June 10th Fibria writes in the latest newsletter. This undertaking will raise the plant's annual production...
Timber Community |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Go For Wood |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Family forestry seeks solutions to the current challenges by continuing to uphold the forest owners’ commitment to sustainable forest management (SFM). The CEPF General Assembly 2011 dwelled on several major policy developments affecting forestry. Integration of SFM into these was indicated as...
Independet Nigeria Online |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Despite a whole range of national efforts, Nigeria’s environmental performance on the global scene still appears dismal. In fact, the 56.2 score recorded in a recent Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks the country 126th out of 149 nations surveyed. Indeed, the low EPI figure puts...
Environmental Expert |
13 years 2 weeks ago
NAIROBI, June 29, 2011 /African Press Organization/ -- On the eve of the Africa Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai is calling on African leaders to respond to the global climate change crisis—a crisis that disproportionately impacts Africans,...
Greenwood Management |
13 years 2 weeks ago
Australian timber group Forester Gunns is to sell some of its softwood forests for AU$107 million (£69 million). The sale to a US-based timber investment management organisation includes 46,000ha with pine trees in the Green Triangle region of South Australia, with Forester Gunns retaining some...
Timber Community |
13 years 2 weeks ago
A large faction of the American public has become convinced that the only way to conserve our prized forests on public lands is to stop harvesting, prevent wildfires, and restrict or exclude forest management. Too often this “lock it up and let it go” mentality can have unintended, disastrous...
Courier Post Online |
13 years 2 weeks ago
he Great Cypress Swamp once covered as much as 60,000 acres in Delaware and nearby Maryland. Today the great swamp totals about 12,000 acres. But even at its diminished size, it remains among the largest contiguous forests left on the Delmarva Peninsula. From the air, there is a massive...
Pakistan Tribune |
13 years 2 weeks ago
The provision of livelihood opportunities, alternate energy and removal of a ban on harvesting trees are necessary for sustainable forest management. This was said at a conference on ‘Sustainable Forest Management’, organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Monday.
The New Age |
13 years 2 weeks ago
An enviromental organisation has been established in Port St Johns to assist communities in sustainable forest management. Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) and the Wild Coast Farm and Forest organisation in Port St Johns have recently established the Wild Coast Forest...
Chloregy |
13 years 2 weeks ago
The Rainforest Alliance and Kingfisher PLC have joined forces to tackle some of the most difficult issues facing companies who strive to source their timber from legal and sustainable sources. The SmartSource programme of the Rainforest Alliance will work with the Kingfisher Group across its...
EuropeAid |
13 years 3 weeks ago
Focus Web |
13 years 3 weeks ago