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- Scientists sound warning on forest carbon payment scheme
- Calls for Prey Lang preservation
- Rich countries accused of carbon ‘cheating’
- Activists hail ‘historic’ Canadian forest agreement
- Cambodia Protects Floodplain Grasslands Sheltering Rare Birds
- Wanted: more people to graze animals in New Forest
- Giant Park Set to Boost Regional Tourism
- DR Congo ring may be giant ‘impact crater’
- Forest Research seed germination expertise to help conserve rare tree species
- Tigers and other farmyard animals
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Scientists sound warning on forest carbon payment scheme
Mongabay Scientists convening in Bali expressed a range of concerns over a proposed mechanism for mitigating climate change through forest conservation, but some remained hopeful the idea could deliver long-term protection to forests, ease the transition to a low-carbon economy, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, conservation, corruption, flora and fauna, forestry, habitat
Tagged Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, ecosystem services, forest-dependent people, low-carbon economy, mitigation, poorly managed projects, REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
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Rich countries accused of carbon ‘cheating’
By Richard Black. Environment correspondent, BBC News, Bonn Some rich countries are seeking new rules under the UN climate convention that campaigners say would allow them to gain credit for “business as usual”. Russia, Australia, Canada and some EU countries … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, conservation, corruption, flora and fauna, forestry, habitat
Tagged campaigners, climate change policy, climate convention, emissions, eu countries, forests, kyoto protocol, loophole, negotiations, proposals, rich countries, royal society for the protection of birds, rspb
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Activists hail ‘historic’ Canadian forest agreement
The Ecologist Logging companies agree to deal safeguarding an area of endangered boreal forest twice the size of Germany Environmental activists and Canadian logging companies have come together in a historic agreement to conserve a large proportion of the country’s … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, conservation, flora and fauna, forestry, habitat, tourism
Tagged 72 million hectares of forest, boreal forest, campaigns, canada, canopy, conservation plans, environmental activists, forest agreement, ForestEthics, forestry companies, greenpeace, logging companies
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Indonesian Government Plans Forest Land Giveaway to Help the Poor
Camelia Pasandaran & Fidelis Satriastanti for The Jakarta Globe The government on Friday said it would allocate 100,000 hectares of forest land to be declared Hutan Tanaman Rakyat , or “People’s Plantations,” as part of efforts to reduce poverty and … Continue reading
Copenhagen ‘fails forest people’
By Mark Kinver. Science and environment reporter, BBC News. A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich nations, a report has warned. The study by the Rights and Resources Initiative said the … Continue reading
More than half world’s science academies support call to save rainforests
mongabay.com More than half world’s science academies have signed a statement supporting a plan to save tropical forests as a means to fight climate change, reports the Global Canopy Program, an initiative that has worked closely with Prince Charles to … Continue reading
Developed countries plan to hide emissions from logging
Jeremy Hance for mongabay.com While developing countries in the tropics have received a lot of attention for their deforestation emissions (one thinks of Brazil, Indonesia, and Malaysia), emissions from logging—considered forest cover change—in wealthy northern countries has been largely overlooked … Continue reading
Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes
By MICHAEL CASEY for AP When it comes to greenhouse gases, the public tends to focus on smokestacks and exhaust fumes. But deforestation, the burning or rotting of trees, is thought to account for up to 20 percent of carbon … Continue reading
Amazon deforestation ‘record low’
By Gary Duffy for BBC News, Sao Paulo The level of deforestation in the Amazon has dropped by 45% and is the lowest on record since monitoring began 21 years ago, Brazil’s government says. According to the latest annual figures, … Continue reading
China crafts forestry development plans
BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) — China plans to expand its forest coverage to 20 percent of its land by 2010, with the forest reserves to reach 13.2 billion cubic meters, according to the forestry development plan drawn … Continue reading