Delegates meeting at the 16th UN Climate Change Conference held in Cancún, in December 2010, agreed on a framework for addressing the essential elements needed for comprehensive international action on climate change – the Cancún Agreements. Within this overall framework are measures that relate to...
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Heinrich Böll Stiftung |
vor 14 Jahre 6 Stunden
Trust |
vor 14 Jahre 8 Stunden
The development of programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation has sparked debate about the need for climate change actions in the forest sector to create extra benefits for local communities and biodiversity.
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 14 Jahre 6 Stunden
“Forest Carbon projects are not quick and easy, and they are not cheap“, say private sector forest carbon project developers across Asia. How has the private sector engaged across the region? What have been the main challenges in different countries? What lessons have been learnt?
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 14 Jahre 9 Stunden
Three major events related to forestry and climate change start today.
Tropenbos |
vor 14 Jahre 5 Stunden
nvestments in forestry have many desirable features. Under certain conditions, forestry investments yield attractive returns to investors and can contribute substantially to the economic, social and environmental development of countries. Environmentally and socially conscious investors are...
VOA News |
vor 14 Jahre 8 Stunden
Cambodia’s woodlands are seeing continued deforestation, despite a plan by the government to curb illegal logging, environmental groups say. Authorities say they have a plan to protect the forest, but non-governmental groups say the problem persists, including through an increase in land...
UEA |
vor 14 Jahre 6 Stunden
A public debate about the potential for emerging conservation initiatives to make international forestry fairer for local communities in developing countries will take place at UEA London on 20 July.
Open Press Releases |
vor 14 Jahre 9 Stunden
(openPR) - Forest Research Associates (FRA) supports Malaysia’s moves towards managed forestry. The Sabah region of Malaysia has almost 400,000 hectares of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) classified managed forests, making it the most sustainable region. Seattle, WA, July 11, 2011 -- Forest...
NCGuyana |
vor 14 Jahre 5 Stunden
Reforming forest tenure systems and securing forest ownership rights can significantly improve peoples’ livelihoods and enable them to gain income from forest products says a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report . The FAO’s chief policy officer Eva Muller says the...
Forest Talk |
vor 14 Jahre 8 Stunden
The National Fire Protection Association in the United States, has a Firewise Communities program that encourages local solutions for wildfire safety by involving homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, firefighters, and others in the effort to protect people and property from wildfire...
Bloomberg |
vor 14 Jahre 6 Stunden
Deforestation rates in the Amazon, the world’s biggest rain forest, more than doubled in May as Brazilian farmers become more confident they’ll be granted amnesty for illegal logging. Almost 268 square kilometers (66,200 acres) of protected rain forest were cut down in May, up from 110 square...
IISD |
vor 14 Jahre 21 Stunden
1 July 2011: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved US$444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support five nation-wide strategic programmes for climate resilience in Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St.
FAO |
vor 14 Jahre 21 Stunden
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or...
Nicholas Institute |
vor 14 Jahre 20 Stunden
A wide variety of incentive programs and markets have arisen to pay landowners for ecosystem services--the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide, such as water filtration, biodiversity, habitat protection, and carbon sequestration.
Brunei Times |
vor 14 Jahre 3 Tage
BRUNEI'S deforestation rate from 2005 to 2010 was among the lowest in Southeast Asia, according to the Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC). During the period, deforestation in Brunei was recorded at an average annual rate of change of less than 0.5 per cent. Laos shared a similar record in...
Vietnam News |
vor 14 Jahre 3 Tage
HCM CITY — A road completed four years ago has lured farmers who have cleared hundreds of hectares of evergreen forest in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong's Lac Duong District. The road provides a shortcut between the coastal city of Nha Trang to the Highlands city of Da Lat, facilitating...
Brunei Times |
vor 14 Jahre 3 Tage
BRUNEI'S forestry official yesterday stressed the importance of the involvement of local community and not only rely on the government in a bid to promote sustainable forest management and easing reliance. Mahmud Yussof , acting director of Forestry, made this statement as senior officials...
The REDD Desk |
vor 14 Jahre 4 Tage
While the AWG-LCA decision forms the basis for safeguards in the context of support for readiness and REDD+, questions remain as to how they will be interpreted and applied, the extent of the benefit that they can provide and the challenges in their implementation. This background paper seeks to...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 14 Jahre 4 Tage
The new interactive interface for the Voluntary REDD+ Database (VRD) has been launched. The website offers access to maps, graphs and summary statistics on REDD+ financing that has been reported to the REDD+ Partnership, as well as detailed information on individual agreements between countries and...