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March 2012

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    UNFCCC Releases Submissions on Drivers of Deforestation

    23 March 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions by parties on issues identified in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 72 and appendix II, in particular on how to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and on robust and transparent national forest monitoring systems a

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    March 29th, 2012

    Canada’s plan for Forestry Innovation in Canada’s 2012 Budget

    The Government of Canada presented their Budget today for 2012 and beyond.

    Here is the information from today’s budget for “Forestry Innovation and Market Development Support“.

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    26 March, 2012

    Natural teak forests decline, while planted teak forests increase

    6 March, 2012, Rome - The results of a new FAO global Teak Resources and Market Assessment conducted in 60 tropical countries show that natural teak forests are declining worldwide and that the quality of natural gro

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    Stora Enso repurchase EUR 336 820 000

    Stora Enso successfully completes Eurobond tender offer. Stora Enso has successfully repurchased notes with nominal value EUR 336 820 000 from the 2014 bond issued in 2004 and tapped in 2009.

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    6 March 2012

    ETS reminder to hundreds of forest owners

    Waikato Regional Council is writing to hundreds of forest owners in the region reminding them they need to register their forests by 31 March if they want to qualify for and claim Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) New Zealand units under the first five-year sequestration period of the Kyoto Protocol

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    Forest Management and Climate Change: A literature review

    This document summarizes knowledge and experiences in forest management as a response to climate change,

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    20 February 2012

    Indigenous developed forest protection plan

    Wapichan communities of Guyana, presented a proposal to the government of that country to give them the care of 1.4 million hectares of native forests. Its aim is to preserve and protect that area of industries that could threaten its

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    March 10 2012

    Tension as 15,000 ignore eviction notice

    Tension over land ownership is brewing in Ssemabable District as at least 15,300 people, said to be encroachers in the area, continue to ignore an eviction order by the police and district leaders.

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    World Bank Reports Experience with A/R Biocarbon Fund Projects

    6 March 2012: The World Bank has published a new report by the BioCarbon Fund detailing the experience in over 2

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    March 5, 2012

    Greenpeace and APP: Maybe Someday They’ll Even Be Friends

    The long-running battle between Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant Indonesian paper company, is heating up again. But this time, there’s a new wrinkle: The two sides are being surprisingly nice to each other – at least for now.

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    March 12th, 2012

    British Columbia makes regulatory change allowing the removal of private land from woodlot licences

    British Columbia has made an amendment to section 47.1 of their Forest Act that will allow private land to be removed from a woodlot.

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    March 12, 2012

    Africa Wildlife Foundation faces lawsuit from indigenous community in Kenya

    Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the conservation nonprofit based in Washington, DC, is facing a lawsuit by Kenya’s Samburu tribe over alleged unlawful evictions.

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    March 14th, 2012

    Growing criticism of B.C.’s raw log exports

    British Columbia‘s Forest Minister Steve Thomson has rejected the recommendations his own Timber Export Advisory Committee dozens of times in the past 3 months, resulting in millions of dollars worth of raw logs being sent to Asia

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    March 19th, 2012

    Just more red tape?

    TRADA Technology principal consultant Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact the EU Timber Regulation will have on timber specification and supply

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by Dr. Radut