March 2012

The latest Hardwood Wood Fibre Price Index, which is for the final three months of 2011, shows that hardwood prices rose by 5 per cent compared with the same quarter the year before.

REDD+ SES consists of principles, criteria and indicators that define high social and environmental performance of government-led REDD+ programs. They provide a framework for country-led multi-stakeholder assessment of REDD+ program design, implementation and outcomes.

Back in May 2009, HRH Prince Charles acting in his capacity as a normative leader on environmental issues hosted a meeting of world leaders in St James’s Palace in London.  The express purpose of the meeting was to raise awareness of the need for emergency action to reduce emissions from deforest

THE United Nations has thrown its support behind soil carbon, but Australian attempts to create a market mechanism to reward the building of soil carbon reserves are still mired in complexity.