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September 2009

Newfoundland and Labrador invests in sawmill industry

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has recently invested in two sawmill companies: Holson Forest Products and Burton’s Cove Logging and Lumber Limited.

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September 1, 2009

Carbon Trading Scheme Pushing People off Their Land

MOUNT ELGON, Uganda, Aug 31 (IPS) - With the world’s attention focused on climate change, one of the methods suggested to reduce global carbon emissions is causing the displacement of indigenous persons as western companies rush to invest in tree-planting projects in developing countries.

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and REDD - Latin America in the lead

This fall, professionals in PES and REDD are headed south. From across the globe practitioners and policymakers in environmental markets are booking flights to Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico to discuss the future of our world's ecosystems. In several cases, this is the first time that Latin America is serving as host to these international conferences on environmental markets. With a strengthening regional economy and four out of five of the world's most bio-diverse countries, Latin America is becoming a major player in REDD and PES.

EU Chair lowers expectations to COP15

2009-08-31: As an agreement that will keep global warming below two degrees C can probably not be found in Copenhagen, instead the EU should see December’s UN conference as a starting point, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt says.

Forest Sector Downturn slowed in Q2 2009

Canada's forest, paper & packaging (FPP) sector continued to be negatively impacted by the global economic downturn during the second quarter of 2009.

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