If tree planting programme initiated by the Federal Government is taken seriously, the way it should, Nigeria stands to generate a revenue of about N34.44 billion yearly.
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Compass Newspaper |
14 years 8 months ago
CIFOR |
14 years 8 months ago
Rwanda, the most densely populated nation in Sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a national plan to reverse the current degradation of soil, land, water and forest resources by 2035 while boosting economic development growth. The new Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative, part of a blueprint to...
The Morning Star |
14 years 8 months ago
The government's announcement that it is postponing the sale of 15 per cent of the Forestry Commission estate, in order to review the site-by-site criteria for disposal is a first victory in the massive grass-roots anti-privatisation campaign. We have a country-wide wave of anger swelling...
MCOT |
14 years 8 months ago
Jakarta, Feb 15 (ANTARA) - Japanese entrepreneurs grouped in Keidanren offer to establish a mechanism for emission reduction exchange with Indonesia, Vice President Boediono`s spokesman said here Monday. "Keidanren offers a carbon emission exhange system with Indonesia, and Japan will provide...
U4.no |
14 years 8 months ago
234 Next |
14 years 8 months ago
The British government will support Nigeria’s effort to manage her environment through reduction of carbon emission, Henry Bellingham, British minister for Africa and the United Nations, said yesterday in Abuja. Mr. Bellingham, who spoke at the ministries of environment and foreign affairs when...
Forest Talk |
14 years 8 months ago
Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for the Mid Coast timber supply area in British Columbia will be decreased by 23% to 767,000 cubic metres. “This new cut level reflects the creation of new conservancies and the adoption of ecosystem-based management objectives as a result of...
Tropical Forest Group |
14 years 8 months ago
It is a busy week on the Hill, between the release of President Barack Obama’s budget proposal and the debate in Congress about H.R. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives’ bill to provide funding for federal programs for the rest of the current fiscal year. Current funding for the federal...
Manila Standard Today |
14 years 8 months ago
GRIST |
14 years 8 months ago
ECO-Business |
14 years 8 months ago
The US$1 billion forest conservation deal was signed in May 2010. According to the agreement, Indonesia will implement a two year suspension on all new concessions for conversion of peat and natural forest. According to the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Indonesia...
Ecosystem Marketplace |
14 years 8 months ago
Timber Community |
14 years 8 months ago
Timber REIT (FTR) Index of public timber REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) has returned 24.10% year-to-date compared with 5.69% for the S&P 500 (as of February 11, 2011) reports Forisk consulting at their blog.
Forest Carbon Portal |
14 years 8 months ago
BBC |
14 years 8 months ago
Future climate change could change the profile of tropical forests, with possible consequences for carbon storage and biodiversity, a study says. It suggests that if current trends continued, the drier conditions would favour deciduous, canopy species at the expense of other trees. US...
IPS News |
14 years 8 months ago
FAO's State of the World’s Forests report says the average rate of loss of forest cover in Central America, which is made up of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala City, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, was 1.19 percent a year between 2000 and 2010, compared to a global rate of just 0.13...
DEFRA |
14 years 8 months ago
The consultation on the future management of the Public Forest Estate has been halted and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be removed, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman confirmed today. Mrs Spelman also announced that an independent panel of experts will examine...
Ecology and Society |
14 years 8 months ago
Paperindex Times |
14 years 8 months ago
St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb 14, 2011 - In 2010, Ilim Group invested USD 19 million to purchase advanced harvesting and auxiliary equipment for the Company’s Forestry Branch in Koryazhma. The amount of investments is more than 10 times greater than in 2009.