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May 2012

Differing views on market-based approaches for REDD+plus finance

Bonn,  22  May  (Hilary  Chiew)  –  Parties  differed  in their  views  on  the  use  of  private  finance  for  forest-related  activities  at  the  spin-off  group  under the Ad Hoc  Working  Group  on  Long  term  Cooperative Action under the Framework Convention on Climate Change  (AWG-LCA) 

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May 27, 2012

Forest Management and Climate Change: stakeholder perceptions

This document is part of the publications series produced by the Forest and Climate Ch

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May 27, 2012

Representing Nature: WWF, REDD, and the Politics of ‘Science’

Earlier this month, political ecologists Betsy Beymer-Farris and Thomas Bassett published “The REDD Menace: Resurgent Protectionism in Tanzania’s Mangrove Forests” in the journal Global Environmental Change.

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May 22, 2012

Govt plans to allocate RM3 bil for forest plantations

The government plans to allocate RM3 billion for expansion of forest plantations in the country to achieve an area covering 375,000 hectares by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) said today.

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May 15, 2012

Rio+20 Dialogues: Water scarcity under a changing climate, can forests help win the battle?

Despite recent research that has closely linked climate change and water scarcity with a rapidly rising deforestation rates, the international climate community still mainly thinks of forests in terms of their carbon storage potential rather than the critical role they play in regulating rainfall

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May 14, 2012

When, where and how wood is used impact carbon emissions from logging

A new study from the University of California, Davis, provides a deeper understanding of the complex global impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions.

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May 18, 2012

Is New Green Law Creating More Green for Logging Companies?

California's new Cap and Trade program has been hailed as the gold standard in environmental law for the entire world. Not only are other states looking to the law but other countries, too, are watching to judge its effects on the global economy and environment.

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May 09, 2012

Group Hopes to Build Forestry Research Center in Peru

The Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) recently launched a 60-day fundraising campaign to establish a Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) training center in the Peruvian Amazon.

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May 9, 2012

A Papermaker’s Perspective on Sustainable Forestry

There is not a single matter related to papermaking that touches each of us as personally and emotionally as forestry. Simply put, people love trees.

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14 May 2012

Forests remain a source of conflict

The world’s largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island of Java, has again been awarded sustainable forest management (SFM) certification.

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May 17, 2012

Misleading Labels and Greenwashing: What’s A Consumer to Do?

Woe is the eco-conscious consumer. Just when they think they’re buying green, something screws it all up.

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May 18, 2012

China, Korea, Japan Forestry Agreement is Great news for Environment says FRA

Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has stated that the signing of a sustainable forestry agreement between China, the Republic of Korea and Japan is an "extremely positive move” in the fight against desertification and deforestation.

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6 December, 2011

Kredite mit „katastrophalen Folgen“

Im Jänner hat der Vorstand der Weltbank einer neuen Darlehensstrategie zugestimmt - dem Program for Results (PforR). Im Rahmen dieses Programms wird die Auszahlung von Darlehen an messbare Ergebnisse geknüpft.

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6 December, 2011

World Bank controversial Program-for-Results (PforR) proposal raises alarm bells



by Dr. Radut