The government has backed away from legislation that would outlaw the possession of illegally logged timber from the world's rainforests.
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The New York Times |
13 years 5 months ago
Forests in the Interior West could soon flip from carbon sink to carbon source, forest experts say. The region's forests once absorbed and stored more carbon from the atmosphere than they released. But huge conflagrations -- like the 138,000-acre Hayman Fire in Colorado in 2002 and the...
The Scotsman |
13 years 5 months ago
SCOTLAND'S forests are in deep decline, threatening jobs and carbon-cutting targets, despite a Scottish Government pledge to plant 100 million new trees by 2015, industry experts have warned. A new report by ConFor, the Confederation of Forest Industries, shows 24,000 hectares of productive...
Daily News |
13 years 5 months ago
IN Kigoma, Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is preparing local communities to benefit from REDD initiative within seven villages bordering the rich biodiversity Masito-Usagalla Ecosystem. The representatives from seven villages of Ilagara, Karago, Songambele, Sigunga, Sunuka and Kirando and...
Guyana Chronicle |
13 years 5 months ago
I wish to refer to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption “Annual Progress Report on REDD-Plus enablers – 2010 – for the Norway-Guyana MOU” by John Palmer (read here) in its issue of Thursday November 4, 2010. Allow me to raise the following points:
Vancouver Sun |
13 years 5 months ago
With two provincial ministries performing the work of one, inefficiency is inevitable and sustainable-use policies will be ignored. After bleeding like a wounded pig for almost a decade from cutbacks to reforestation to constraints on spending its voted funds, Premier Gordon Campbell and Forest...
Carbon Finance Online |
13 years 5 months ago
The World Bank Group has been urged to curtail buying carbon credits from hydropower projects, shifting the emphasis of its carbon finance activities to areas where it can have more influence. A report by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) says: “Carbon finance needs to be redirected away...
Forest Talk |
13 years 5 months ago
Alberta had a good year in its fight against the mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins), thanks to both the weather and to the province’s containment efforts. Aerial surveys are revealing the beetle infestation in the the province has declined this year, and have shown that no...
Carbon Positive |
13 years 5 months ago
Date: Sunday, 5 December 2010 Location: Cancún Center, Cancún, Mexico Organisers: Center for International Forestry Research, Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Government of Mexico, Mexico National Forestry Commission. Forest Day 4: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities For Making REDD+ A...
FAO |
13 years 5 months ago
FIRE HAS BEEN A MAJOR INFLUENCE on the development and management of many of the world's forests. Some forest ecosystems have evolved in response to frequent fires from natural as well as human causes, but most others are negatively affected by wildfire. Every year millions of hectares of the...
Greenwood Management |
13 years 5 months ago
American conglomerate, General Electric (GE), has chosen Brazil as the location for its fifth key research and development centre, in a deal that will see the company invest $500 million in the nation. The decision was made to locate the centre in Brazil as the company emphasizes its push on...
UN-REDD |
13 years 5 months ago
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2010— In recognition of the urgent need to accelerate and improve international support for the world’s tropical forests, the governing bodies of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), Forest Investment Program (FIP) and UN-REDD Programme – three of the...
The Jakarta Globe |
13 years 5 months ago
Conservation Debate I: A Question of Credibility William Laurance et al | October 27, 2010 As professional scientists employed by leading academic and research institutions, we are writing to alert the general public about some of the claims and practices being used by the World Growth Institute...
Stabroek News |
13 years 5 months ago
John Palmer is a consultant to the UK Government on planning of global forest research and former manager of the UK Government’s tropical forestry research programme. He works on control of illegal logging and trade in illegally harvested timber, and standard setting for forest certification...
Guyana Chronicle |
13 years 5 months ago
REPRESENTATIVES of the major international financial institutions here have pledged their readiness to work with the Government of Guyana and the indigenous peoples to implement projects that have been proposed for funding from the Norway funds, and it is hoped that disbursement of monies...
IRIN News |
13 years 5 months ago
MBALE, 3 November 2010 (IRIN) - A three-year project to increase forest cover and help local communities in eastern Uganda adapt to climate change has been launched. "The planting of one million trees has started to sustain an area of tropical forest in Africa the size of Wales," said John...
European Parliament |
13 years 5 months ago
The importance of forests in combating climate change is crucial as trees are absorbing carbon dioxide being emitted by human activities. What is more, deforestation and forest degradation account for a quarter of emissions. Forestry is one area where there are hopes of real progress at the...
Forest Talk |
13 years 5 months ago
Have you heard of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre? The mission of the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is to create innovative knowledge to expand the economic opportunities for the forest sector to benefit from Canadian wood fibre. Background The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre was formed in 2006 within the...
Business Ghana |
13 years 5 months ago
Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by expressing the gratitude of all of us here for the leadership of the Netherlands in convening this important conference. It is appropriate that the Netherlands should lead this venture, since you have been a world leader...
Mongabay |
13 years 5 months ago
Food produced in the tropics comes with high carbon emissions and low crop yields, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the most comprehensive and detailed study to date looking at carbon emissions versus crop yields, researchers found that...