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January 2013

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Jan 17, 2013

UPM Plans to Reduce 580,000 Tonnes of Graphic Paper Capacity in Europe

he continuing challenges in European economy have significantly impacted the consumption of paper, exacerbating the effect of structural changes in paper end-uses and resulting in further decline in the demand of graphic papers in Europe.

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January 16, 2012

Ministry says REDD+ creates wider benefits beyond reducing deforestation, degradation

Agriculture State Minister Sileshi Getahun said that the implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has evolved wider benefits in managing forests more sustainably, ensuring greater conservation efforts and carbon through forest expansion, beyond reduci

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Jan. 17, 2013

Steps taken to improve coastal forest economy

To increase harvesting activity on the coast, government is exploring the use of new scanner technology for scaling logs, accelerating the auction of an additional 500,000 cubic metres by BC Timber Sales, improving the log-export system and exploring ways to better harvest the timber profile.

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Jan 17, 2013

Sodra Leaves Russian Pulp Mill Project

Södra has chosen to leave the project with Angara Paper to build a greenfield pulp mill in Russia.

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16 January 2013

Forestry carbon cash boost could 'help drive forest REDD+ scheme' claims FRA

The news that the World Bank's Forestry Carbon Fund has been boosted by an impressive $180 million in funding, has been welcomed by FRA.

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17 January 2013

Deforestation Drivers: Population, Migration, and Tropical Land Use

The tiny global minority residing in rural frontier areas—how long people remain there; the timing, magnitude, and characteristics of their consumption; and their demographic transitions—promises a vast impact on future tropical deforestation.

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17 January 2013

Ecuadorian tribe gets reprieve from oil intrusion

An indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon has won a reprieve after building up an arsenal of spears, blowpipes, machetes and guns to fend off an expected intrusion by the army and a state-run oil

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17 Jan 2013

REDD+ District-Level Consultation Workshops in Balochistan Province, Pakistan

ICIMOD and WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with the

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Jan 8, 2013

Development of integrated MRV systems for REDD+ in the SADC region

Title: Development of integrated MRV systems for REDD+ in the SADC region
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conversation and Nuclear Safety

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Jan. 06 2013

How the Great Bear project is a leader in carbon offsets

As concepts go, carbon offsets are a simple thing: for every ton of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere, a ton can be “offset” by, say, using wood waste instead of coal in a cement manufacturing plant.

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by Dr. Radut