A French delegation expressed an interest in surveying Guyana’s forest using satellite technology, during a recent courtesy call on President Bharrat Jagdeo. In an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Prefect of La Guyane Daniel Ferey said his delegation is hopeful about a...
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Runa |
13 years 5 months ago
During the abnormally hot summer of 2010 fires and hurricanes damaged more than 935 thousand hectares of the Russian forest area. This emergency situation pushed the reform of timber industry complex (TIC) management system. In autumn the government demanded specific plans and quick actions...
Carbon Finance Online |
13 years 5 months ago
Dutch sustainable energy supplier Greenchoice has acquired a 50% share in forest carbon developer Face the Future, for an undisclosed sum. Rotterdam-based Greenchoice provides about 250,000 customers in the Netherlands with renewable energy and sells ‘green’ natural gas, the emissions from which...
The Borneo Post |
13 years 5 months ago
KOTA KINABALU: Studies have suggested that Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) increase carbon storage in tropical forests with a net effect of 54 tonnes of carbon per hectare. With Sabah’s 2.6 million hectares of commercial forest reserves on which Sustainable Forest Management is practised, it...
RUNA |
13 years 5 months ago
Irkutsk region delegation returned from Helsinki (Finland) with a number of business offers made by foreign partners. During the meeting there were discussed different issues of forest industry development and usage of Finnish experience in forest cluster development in the Irkutsk region.
The REDD desk |
13 years 5 months ago
Guardian |
13 years 5 months ago
Plans to sell off as much as 150,000 hectares of forest and woodland in England in the biggest sale of public land for nearly 60 years were today confirmed by the government in a letter sent to all MPs.
International Forest Industries |
13 years 5 months ago
Sino-Forest Corporation, a leading, commercial forest plantation operator in China, has announced the acquisition of a 13,000 ha New Zealand forestry plantation. Mr. Allen Chan, Chairman of Sino-Forest and Omnicorp, said, “New Zealand is the second largest exporter of softwood into China after...
ICEP |
13 years 5 months ago
Minister aus 193 Ländern wollen beim COP 16, dem Weltklimagipfel in Cancún, eine wirksame Vereinbarung für die Zeit nach Ende des Kyoto-Vertrages 2012 finden. Ein Durchbruch ist nicht zu erwarten. Einzig bei REDD – dem Programm zum Schutz der Tropenwälder in ihrer Funktion als Kohlenstoffspeicher...
Engineering News |
13 years 6 months ago
The Gilboa nature reserve is the first forestry property to be proclaimed a private nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) under the biodiversity steward- ship mechanism. Through the biodiversity stewardship initiative, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, in partnership with the Grasslands Programme of the...
The Jakata Post |
13 years 6 months ago
Much is said about how forestry will be an important part of Indonesia’s emission reduction plan. Many in the conservation community believe that the best way to reduce net emissions is to reduce the area of forest harvested for wood products or land cleared for conversion to agriculture or...
ITTO |
13 years 6 months ago
Within the framework of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, ITTO has been particularly active in promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity in the tropics, in collaboration with member countries and partner institutions. ITTO is presenting much of this work ...
13 years 6 months ago
Argentina 16-17 November 2010 Palacio San Miguel - Suipacha 84 - Buenos Aires The Forum follows the successful model of the private sector events organized at the XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires in October 2009. It provides a dynamic dialogue between forest producers and industry,...
Reuters |
13 years 6 months ago
HONG KONG, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Dutch asset manager Robeco (RBEN.AS) plans to raise $500 million for a fund investing in timber and forestry ventures, chasing opportunities as the timber market braces for expected supply shortfalls amid rising demand.
Greenwise Business |
13 years 6 months ago
The UK Government has committed to spending £100 million on international projects that will tackle deforestation and improve biodiversity. The global forestry funding is part of £2.9 billion of UK money pledged to climate change projects in the Comprehensive Spending Review last week. It will...
People Daily CN |
13 years 6 months ago
Delegates from 69 countries met Tuesday in Nagoya, central Japan, on the sidelines of the ongoing U.N. biodiversity talks to discuss ways to help developing nations tackle issues of deforestation in a bid to counter greenhouse gas emissions.
Timbercommunity |
13 years 6 months ago
The Norwegian conglomerate Orkla is selling the wholly-owned forest companies Borregaard Skoger AS, AS Borresen and Borregaard Vafos AS to Statskog for a total of NOK 1 725 million writes Orkla in a pressrelease after a broad process with strong competition and a number of attractive offers.
EFI |
13 years 6 months ago
The FOREST EUROPE policies play an important role in combating global biodiversity loss. These are the findings of a recently completed assessment, which has been carried out in relation to the 10TH Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is taking place until 29...
Demerara Waves |
13 years 6 months ago
Some of Norway's forest-payments to buy solar panels, demarcate Amerindian lands., Jagdeo tells World Bank not to dictate, slow-up process greenhouse gases would be spent on land demarcation and providing clean-energy to Amerindian communities.
FAO |
13 years 6 months ago
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory,...