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May 2011

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May 25, 2011

Indirect effect hampers Brazil's 'soy moratorium' from protecting forest

Researchers in the US have, for the first time, quantified the indirect effect that changing pasture land over to soy or biofuel production can have on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

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May 26, 2011

Global Forest Industry CEOs See Positive Future

Montreal, Canada, May 26, 2011 – Forest products industry CEOs from around the world see an important opportunity ahead as a more competitive and significantly transformed industry emerges from the recent global economic downturn. This assessment came at the conclusion of International Council of Forest and Paper Associations’ (ICFPA) 5th Global CEO Roundtable, a meeting of industry leaders from around the world which took place today in Montreal, Canada.

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May 2011

Sri Lanka’s REDD+ Potential: Myth or Reality?

 

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May, 2011

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May 25, 2011

Joint Fact Sheet: The U.S.-UK Partnership for Global Development

Prime Minister Cameron and President Obama reaffirm our commitment to changing the lives of the 1.2 billion poor people in the world today. Recent success and new technologies provide hope and opportunities to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

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25 May 2011

Forests Growing in Quantity, Not Quality

UGRA NATIONAL PARK, Kaluga Region — Viktor Grishenkov uses the weight of his spade to open a slit in the sandy ground, inserts a 30-centimeter oak seedling into the hole and packs the earth tight around it with his foot.

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27 May 2011

Carbon offset provider Carbonica in partnership with REDDMontt Forestry in Chile

UK-based carbon trading and carbon offset company Carbonica will generate VCS REDD and reforestation carbon credits in Chile

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May 25, 2011

The State of Forests in the Amazon Basin, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia

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27 May 2011

Germany to aid Indonesia fight deforestation

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- The government of Germany on Friday agreed to aid Indonesia with its Forest and Climate Change program (ForClime), local media reported.

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May 25, 2011

The investments to the timber industry complex of the Perm Territory will reach 25 bln rubles

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30 May 2011

The wood processing in the Leningrad Region rose by a factor of 1.8

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