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...
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Global Politics |
13 years 3 months ago
Washington Examiner |
13 years 3 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 |
13 years 3 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 |
13 years 3 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 |
13 years 3 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.
Irish Times |
13 years 3 months ago
BYRNEWALLACE: From sustainable forestry credits to food emission labelling, the agriculture sector needs legislation now in order to encourage change IRELAND’S RENEWABLE-energy and carbon-emission reduction targets are set with reference to the European Union targets contained in the 20-20-20 ...
Wildlife Conservation Society |
13 years 3 months ago
As part of a Tanzania-wide investment in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) initiatives, the Royal Norwegian Government is supporting WCS to conduct a REDD Readiness project in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.
13 years 4 months ago
The UNECE/FAO Forestry & Timber Section is organizing a Seminar on the "State of forests and forest management in the UNECE region in the context of current and future needs and challenges". This Seminar takes place on World Forest Day and opens the Regional Forest Information Week (21-25...
BENZINGA |
13 years 4 months ago
(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 15, 2011 ) Boca Raton, FL (TBD) --- ecoForests, a pioneer sustainable forestry investment company, has been selected to appear on 21st Century Business, an award winning international television series. This series will focus on Tropical Timber as a Stable Investment.
Formulation of a National Code of Practice (CoP) for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in Suriname
Until now the Suriname forest sector (both commercial loggers and community based forestry) lacks an appropriate set of rules and regulations for sustainable forest use and management.
IUCN |
13 years 4 months ago
Internet resources for knowledge sharing among the forest community are offered by Andy Alm and Jack Byrne of IUCN CEC. Reprinted from arborvitae 42: Communicating Forest Values
Epsilon |
13 years 4 months ago
Lackmann, Steffen, 2010. Carbon storage and forest fire influences in tropical rainforests : an example from a REDD project in Guatemala. Second cycle, A1E. Umeå: SLU, Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management
Timber Community |
13 years 4 months ago
The sixth continuing resolution (H J Res 48) of Fiscal Year 2011 passed into law this week that will fund the federal US government through April 8th. The spending bill included an overall $6 billion dollars in reduced spending from current levels. The savings came from a number of program...
The Citizen |
13 years 4 months ago
Deforestation and forest degradation have been blamed for increased emissions of carbon dioxide and other green house gases.An environmental expert with the Vice President's Office (VPO), Mr Patrick Ndaki, said in Arusha last week that forest conservation would be given priority in efforts to...
The Center for People and Forests |
13 years 4 months ago
The principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to developments affecting their resources is not new. However, experience using FPIC in REDD+ implementation is still limited in the Asia-Pacific region....
Timber Community |
13 years 4 months ago
New York Times |
13 years 4 months ago
There has been good news recently for America’s national forests, and some that could have been better. On the decidedly plus-side was a decision by a federal district judge in Anchorage reinstating a Clinton-era rule prohibiting logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The Tongass is home...
Stabroek News |
13 years 4 months ago
Dear Editor, I am an international forestry consultant who has lived in Guyana whilst working for the Iwokrama International Centre on an International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) project. I also have experience in Canada and several Latin American and Caribbean countries. More recently...
Nature |
13 years 4 months ago
For more than three years, the world has been trying to implement a practical way to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions from forests. Known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), the initiative was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in...
Alert Net |
13 years 4 months ago
here are a billion hungry people in the world and that number could rise as food insecurity increases along with population growth, economic fallout and environmental crises. But a roadmap to defeating hunger exists, if we can follow the course -- and that course involves ditching corporate-...