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Community Carbon Accounting Research Project

The Community Carbon Accounting (CCA) Action Research Project was launched with the intention of elaborating approaches for engaging communities in forest carbon stock monitoring.

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Issue date: 
17/01/2012
Publisher Name: 
RECOFTC
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.recoftc.org
Reference-Link: 

http://www.recoftc.org/site/resources/Community-Carbon-Accounting-Resear...

16 North Rupununi villages involved in Community Monitoring, Reporting and Verification

Another major initiative to ensure that Guyana’s natural resources and wealth are sustainably harvested for the development of its present and future generations, the Community Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (C-MRV) Project that will have the involvement of 16 villages of the North Rupununi, was launched today in Annai, Region Nine.  Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) is a key component of Guyana’s Readiness Preparation Proposal to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility and it was done so that Government could have presented to the inter

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Issue date: 
29 January 2012
Publisher Name: 
NC Guyana
Publisher-Link: 
http://ncnguyana.com
Reference-Link: 

http://ncnguyana.com/ncngy/index.php/local/local-news/social-issues/2196...

Germany backs growth of Lao forestry

Germany has given Laos further grant aid of 6 million euros (about 61 billion kip) to safeguard the livelihoods of people, mainly in the southern provinces, who depend on the sound management of their natural environment, especially forests.

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Issue date: 
January 30, 2012
Publisher Name: 
Vietnam Times
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.vientianetimes.org.la
Reference-Link: 

http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeContent_Germany.htm

Political insurance for PE funds

A new insurance product has been launched to cover private equity fund investments in Africa and other emerging markets against political risk.

The political risk insurance has been developed by Overseas Private Investment Company (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution.

It aims at shielding investors from the political uncertainty that characterises doing business in the emerging markets and damages arising from violence related to political activity.

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Issue date: 
January 29 2012
Publisher Name: 
The EasAfrican
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke
Author: 
COSMAS BUTUNYI
Reference-Link: 

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Political+insurance+for+PE+fund...

USD 62 million to Nepal Government Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme

The Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme is the product of the first multistakeholder design process to be undertaken in Nepal’s forestry sector. The Programme will build on the achievements of over 20 years of forestry work of the Government of Nepal supported by the UK, Switzerland and Finland. The Programme is designed for 10 years and to be implemented in two phases. NRs 4.45 billion has been agreed as joint grant funding assistance by these three donors for an initial 4 years.

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Issue date: 
1/30/2012
Publisher Name: 
Forestry Nepal
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.forestrynepal.org
Author: 
Bimala Rai Paudyal
Reference-Link: 

http://www.forestrynepal.org/article/news/5580

Forestry Director Seeks to Gazette Kigoma's Masito-Ugalla Forest

ONE of the country's largest natural forest reserve, Masito-Ugalla in Kigoma rural district which is threatened by charcoal and timber traders exporting to neighbouring countries, is not legally protected and now Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism is seeking to gazette it.

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Issue date: 
31 January 2012
Publisher Name: 
AllAfrica
Publisher-Link: 
http://allafrica.com
Reference-Link: 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201201310245.html

World Bank’s New Greenhouse Gas Accounting Methodology Approved by SCS

Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has assessed the World Bank’s new methodology for estimating the emission reductions resulting from adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.

The new methodology was approved under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and is based on the Western Kenya Smallholder Agriculture Carbon Finance project.

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Issue date: 
January 06, 2012
Publisher Name: 
PR WEB
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.prweb.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/1/prweb9082681.htm

Are China's greens set to turn to brown?

China has become greener in recent decades. Since the 1980s trees, shrubs and grasses have been flourishing, thanks to warmer temperatures, a longer growing season and plenty of rain. But now research shows that this beneficial trend appears to be tailing off, with drought stress predominant in some areas. If the warmer, drier trend continues then China's lush green appearance may start turning to parched brown.

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Issue date: 
Jan 30, 2012
Publisher Name: 
Environmental Research WEB
Publisher-Link: 
http://environmentalresearchweb.org
Author: 
Kate Ravilious
Reference-Link: 

http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/48483

Better Forest Data Lends Confidence to Carbon Markets

A study published in Nature Climate Change this week measured both the biomass of different types of tropical forests and the emissions lost via deforestation, providing more accurate data than was previously available, according to lead author Alessandro Baccini. That’s important for creating confidence in nascent carbon markets.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
1/31/2012
Publisher Name: 
Forbes
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.forbes.com
Author: 
Erica Gies
Author e-Mail: 
http://blogs.forbes.com/ericagies/
Reference-Link: 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2012/01/31/better-forest-data-lend...

China is now the world’s largest importer of softwood lumber and logs

Reduced activities in the housing construction sector in China decreased importation of softwood logs and lumber in late 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Despite the decline in the 4Q, total imports during 2011 reached a record high, making China the largest importer of logs and lumber in the world.

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Issue date: 
January 31, 2012
Publisher Name: 
Timber Community
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.timbercommunity.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.timbercommunity.com/content/china-now-world-s-largest-importe...

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