Landowners in Emanuel County who grow timber expect that, with time, those trees will be cut, the logs sold, processed, and used for building, paper products or energy. In 1936, there were 21.4 million acres of forestland in Georgia and, in 2004, 24.8 million acres. To borrow a phrase from the...
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Forest Blade |
14 years 1 week ago
Stabroek News |
14 years 1 week ago
A report by the Times of India earlier this month that an Indian company, Vaitarna Holdings, controlled 1.82M acres of Guyanese forest deservedly captured media scrutiny here.
Ghana WEB |
14 years 1 week ago
Akyawkrom (Ash), April 28, GNA - Participants at a workshop that sought to define the different roles of stakeholders in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) have underlined the need for a clear focus in the management of forest resources. They said it was...
Demara Waves |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Village grants to Amerindian communities from Norway’s payment to Guyana for forest carbon services will be handed out to Amerindian chiefs in July, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo. The money will be used to fund projects crafted and approved by Amerindians for their communities.
Kaieteur News Online |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Government yesterday insisted that the forest deal with Norway for US$250M is a good one. It added that the criticisms of the role of McKinsey and Company are totally unfounded. Chairman of the Guyana Forestry Commission, John Caesar, stressed that the officials preparing the report which was...
Green Answers |
14 years 2 weeks ago
More than thirty developing countries are coming together to find ways of cooperating on protection of the world’s tropical rainforests. In what may be the largest and best-coordinated international forest conservation attempt ever, the different nations will meet at a summit in the Republic of...
USAID |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Washington, DC – Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), released the following statement on the occasion of Earth Day.
EU Campaign Cutting Edge |
14 years 2 weeks ago
AFTER four years of negotiations, the EU and Indonesia have this week finalised an historic new trade agreement to stem the flow of illegal timber to European markets. The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is the first ever in Asia and will govern a trade estimated to be worth about US$1...
The Hindu |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Climate-watchers have expressed dismay over the Union Government's willingness to actively get involved in the controversial Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Plus programme sponsored mainly by the developed countries and said it would take away the rights of...
Yale |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Santiago Times |
14 years 2 weeks ago
The Puerto Montt appeals court last week unanimously confirmed the verdict against rightist political leader Nelson Schwerter for illegal logging and trading of ancient Alerce trees. The Alerce or Chilean Larch (Fitzroya cupressoides) are a tree species native to southern Chile and protected by...
CIFOR |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Global Witness |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Following the publication of a report commissioned by the Government of Norway to Rainforest Alliance to provide an independent verification of progress of enabling activities for the Guyana-Norway REDD+ agreement, Global Witness, along with Forest Management Trust, Forest Peoples Programme,...
IUCN |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Recent developments in Cameroon show that the country is now steadily advancing with the building of a national REDD+ strategy. Progress with the creation of an all-important national framework for REDD+ implementation has to be taken step by step in order to allow stakeholder engagement and...
Mongabay |
14 years 2 weeks ago
Wandojo Siswanto, one of the negotiators for Indonesia's delegation at 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen and a key architect of its Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) partnership with Norway, has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes.
PaperIndex Times |
14 years 2 weeks ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 19, 2011 -- Dalhousie University's School of Resource and Environmental Studies has received a Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to develop best management practices for forest road crossings in Atlantic...
WRI |
14 years 2 weeks ago
A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements to forest and land management in Indonesia.
IPP Media |
14 years 2 weeks ago
This week GERALD KITABU interviewed the Project Manager for the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative, Elinasi Monga, on forest resources. Excerpts: QUESTION: What does the Forest Justice in Tanzania Initiative stand for? ANSWER: This is a partnership initiative between Tanzania Forest...
The Litchfield News |
14 years 2 weeks ago
LITCHFIELD — A report released by the U.S. Department of Forestry, in part with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, shows resource conservation has improved, but work remains to be done.