The Gambia has nominated for the Community Forestry Management Awards under the Future Policy Award 2011, being organized by the World Future Council, a Hamburg-based charitable foundation which brings the interests of future generations to the centre of policy-making across the world. Through...
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Today Gambia |
14 years 1 month ago
PR Newswire |
14 years 1 month ago
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven companies, including four from the Fortune 500, have made new commitments and actions to stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative's (SFI) 'eco-label' on branded paper products or company publications. Aetna, Allstate, Garnet...
Timber Community |
14 years 1 month ago
A common and regulated forest policy for all EU countries can be a threat to the Swedish forestry warned European parlamentarian Lena Ek (C) at the Swedish Forestry Board meeting - reports online magazine Corren. The parlamentarian described policymakers in Brussels with no experience of ...
Times-Advocate |
14 years 1 month ago
EXETER – Terry Schwan does not expect forest cover in the Ausable Bayfield watershed to increase from 13 per cent to the 30 per cent recommended by Environment Canada. “There's too much good farm land,” he said in a speech near Exeter March 17. "They're not going to take that away, but there's a...
GreenBiz |
14 years 1 month ago
Like robins, Sun Belt baseball and daffodils poking their heads up from the soil, it seems to be a rite of spring for advocates of the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to go after each other about the relative credibility of each other’s forestry standards.
Demerara Waves |
14 years 1 month ago
Norway Thursday night stressed the need for anti-corruption mechanisms before compensating Guyana and other countries to preserve their forests. “We do not want to interfere in how Guyana use money…But there must be strict standards for anti-corruption and also strict international standards for...
Timber Industry Magazine |
14 years 1 month ago
Russia’s national forest certification system has had its PEFC membership terminated because of non-payment of fees. This means PEFC’s endorsement of Russia’s scheme – the Partnership on the Development of Forest Certification – has been suspended until a new membership is approved.
Yale 360° |
14 years 1 month ago
With giant tortoises, elephants, and other fruit-eating animals disappearing from many of the world’s tropical woodlands, forests are suffering from the loss of a key function performed by these creatures: the dispersal of tree seeds. But a new experiment shows that introduced species may be able...
World of Future Council |
14 years 1 month ago
IPS News |
14 years 1 month ago
NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador, Mar 29, 2011 (Tierramérica) - When the trunks of the trees move with every step you take, you know you are in a swamp. This is what happens when you walk over the seemingly firm and vegetation-covered ground over what was once a pit used to dump oil sludge in the Ecuadorian...
The Timberland Blog |
14 years 1 month ago
My last post generated a couple of comments that referenced FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act) and the likely impact that the law would “keep Asian demand in U.S. timberland muted”. The law has been around since 1981 so I thought that I would take a look at what the impact of...
Overseas Development Institute |
14 years 2 months ago
This year’s World Forestry Day is special, as 2011 is also the International Year of Forests.
Daily Independent |
14 years 2 months ago
Nigeria’s high expectations at accessing funds to effectively kickstart its National Programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) were somewhat dashed last week in far away Da Lat, Viet Nam, where a gathering of experts took stock of the climate change...
Global Witness |
14 years 2 months ago
This page contains further information on the UN-REDD Policy Board and documents relating to UN-REDD, including Global Witness’ reviews of proposed national REDD+ programmes and reports from Policy Board meetings. Global Witness on the UN-REDD Policy Board
University of East Anglia |
14 years 2 months ago
This project will analyse how REDD-plus mechanisms may reduce carbon emissions and maintain or enhance existing stocks of carbon in vegetation and soil of various land cover types. It will also examine the impact of REDD-plus on the livelihoods and welfare of local farming communities, its...
Global Politics |
14 years 2 months ago
The UK Government recently made an embarrassing U-turn on their proposal to sell off 18% of England’s forests. This was largely due to the energies of a host of vocal opposition groups across the country. Key arguments centred around the risk that private ownership would reduce public access and...
Washington Examiner |
14 years 2 months ago
It's trendy to talk about "corporate social responsibility." The idea is companies have obligations beyond making a profit for their shareholders or creating products and services that their customers want; they have responsibilities to wider society as well. So, CSR may sound harmless, even...
Bernama |
14 years 2 months ago
JOHOR BAHARU, March 21 (Bernama) - Illegal loggers beware! The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is getting more aggressive in its war against illegal logging in the country. And, it is to be armed with tougher legislation by way of an amendment to the National Forestry Act 1984, which...
IFAD Social Reporting |
14 years 2 months ago
When looking at the remarkably complex world of carbon offset, REDD+, sustainable forestry and natural resource management, Mexico is emerging as one of the world’s leading open-air laboratories.
Indigenous People Issues |
14 years 2 months ago
The importance of biodiversity and livelihood aspects within the design of REDD-plus has been recognized at many levels. Achieving these multiple benefits will require new levels of collaboration among different actors at national and international levels.