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May 2011

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May 19, 2011

Sappi's Ngodwana Mill Near Nelspruit, South Africa, to add 210,000 tons of Chemical Cellulose Production During Expansion and Modernisation Project

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May 20, 2011

European Parliament adopts report on the Commission Green Paper on Forest Protection and Information

The European Parliament (EP) adopted (at its sitting on 11 May 2011) the Report on the Commission Green Paper on forest protection and information in the EU - preparing forests for climate change . The report was drafted by Kriton Arsenis (Greece, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats).

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May 20, 2011

Local Forest Management and Climate Change Mitigation in Burkina Faso

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May 16, 2011

Is REDD+ the right route for conservation organisations?

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20 May 2011

Registration for first Indian REDD project expected soon

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20 May 2011

Writing the Rules for a New REDD Paradigm: Norway and Guyana

20 May 2011 | Guyanese Finance Minister Ashni Singh was ebullient when he and his Norwegian counterpart, Erik Solheim, officially launched the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) last October.

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May 20, 2011

Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+

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May 21, 2011

REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests

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May 14, 2011

Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award

The co-founder of an initiative that discourages illegal logging by bringing affordable, high quality health care to impoverished communities in Indonesian Borneo has been recognized with a prestigious conservation award.

Dr. Hotlin Ompusunggu, co-founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), was this week awarded the £30,000 Whitley Award during a ceremony hosted in London by Princess Anne.

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May 16 2011

Kenyan firms to tap new IFC carbon fund

Kenyan companies investing in carbon trading projects are set to benefit from a new fund set up by IFC to cover a financing gap arising from the European Union’s decision to stop buying carbon credits from developing countries beginning next year.

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