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November 2010

CBD wants to shut down half of forestry and agriculture areas

"The negotiations went right down to the wire, but after three weeks of haggling they got a deal on Friday night. The most important target set by the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 will increase the area of protected land in the world – no farming or grazing, no forestry – from 12.5% to 17%." read more here

Let's see how this will be handled. Hopefully the idea is not to transform those 60 Million people who live in and from forests to caretakers of parkways (and to paupers)...

Issue date: 
07 November 2010

New issue of MOST Digest - Russian Timber Industry

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Nov 8, 2010

EU Biofuels Goals May Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lobby Groups Say

Biofuels targets in the European Union could raise emissions of greenhouse gases because forests and wetlands will be destroyed to grow the crops necessary, nine environmental groups said in a

Issue date: 
03 November, 2010

Dutch energy firm buys stake in forestry project developer

Dutch sustainable energy supplier Greenchoice has acquired a 50% share in forest carbon developer Face the Future, for an undisclosed sum.

Issue date: 
1.11.2010

REDD: Das Rennen um den Tropenwald startet

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 –, könnte es Fortschritte geben. Rettet REDD das Weltklima?

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