Climate adaptation versus mitigation
Jakarta Post
Recently, Indonesia signed a forestry partnership with Norway. This US$1 billion cooperation is under the reduction of emissions from deforestation and ...
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Government to boost climate change council for int'l talks
Jakarta Post
Yudhoyono is expected to establish a new council on the UN's REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) proposals and an...
Reuters India
Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum
AFP
At best, say experts, Cancun will...
Reuters India
A climate for European action
Independent
It was also clear they were...
The World Bank Group seeks a middle path between development and environmentalism / asiasentinel.com
MONTREAL, Sept. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Boralex Power Income Fund (the "Fund") has today declared a cash distribution in the amount of $0.01667 for the period from September 1, 2010 to September 15, 2010, being the expiry date of the offer made Boralex Inc. ("Boralex") to acquire all the issued and
Deforestation in the Amazon has been found to have fallen dramatically in the last year, after new satellite surveying methods enabled accurate accounting of large-scale destruction.
World Growth Warning Over UK Government Palm Oil Enquiry
SunHerald.com
... supports the production of palm oil and the use of forestry as a means to promote economic growth, reduce poverty and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Ok so this isn’t strictly related to forestry but let’s face it, this is interesting!
The ongoing saga of the new Amazon dam has finally come to an end with President Luiz Lula da Silva signing the contract for the Belo Monte dam with the Norte Energia consortium.
The 11,000 MW dam will become the world’s third [...]
Amazon deforestation rate slashed
Carbon Positive
Deforestation of tropical forests is a major contributor to greenhouse emissions worldwide. Forest loss adds billions of tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere ...
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WWF, 26 August 2010 | Guided by WWF’s overall forests and climate vision of no net greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation by 2020, the Engaging Civil Society in REDD+ programme sought to build capacity and contribute to the readiness of national REDD+ programmes. Activities focused on several key forest countries – particularly those with high rates of deforestation and forest degradation, and in countries or regions, such as the Congo Basin and Guyana, whose large...
The first half of 2010 saw western timber markets begin to recover after hitting historical lows in mid 2009. The upturn was fueled by optimism in domestic housing markets and strong export demand from Asian markets. In June, when the first time home-buyer credit expired, new home starts fell further than predicted. Things continued to get worse, culminating this week when the lowest seasonally adjusted housing start numbers in more than a decade were released. Housing starts fell twice as fast...
Melbourne, Australia 11-13 October 2010 | Australasia’s premier Trade Fair & Carbon Conference for emissions intensive business and low-carbon economy product & service providers will be this year's best opportunity to network with key domestic and international carbon business players, and to develop strategies to minimise costs and maximise benefits associated with emissions reductions and carbon pricing.
Melbourne, Australia 11-13 October 2010 | Australasia’s premier Trade Fair & Carbon Conference for emissions intensive business and low-carbon economy product & service providers will be this year's best opportunity to network with key domestic and international carbon business players, and to develop strategies to minimise costs and maximise benefits associated with emissions reductions and carbon pricing.
Skepticism mounts on benefits of moratorium
Jakarta Post
The correlation between funds raised through the government's emission reduction plans with the goal to tackle the forestry crisis was vague as there was ...
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जलवायु परिवर्तन विश्वव्यापी रुपमा एउटा खेलजस्तै भएपनि नेपाल जस्ता विकासोन्मुख राष्ट्रहरुको लागि एउटा महत्वपूर्ण सामाजिक तथा वातावरणीय चुनौतीको रुपमा आएको छ । हामीले मलुक भरनै यसका प्रभावहरु महसुस गर्न थालिसककेा छौं । ग्रामीण समदुायहरुले वर्षाको प्रवृत्तिहरुमा परिवतर्न...
BMKG to take lead in monitoring emissions
Jakarta Post
The money from Norway would be disbursed based on tons of emissions reduced from deforestation and forest degradation, which would be verified through the ...
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New climate change mitigation schemes could benefit elites rather than the ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Under REDD+ (for reducing deforestation and forest degradation), industrialized countries will provide developing nations with sizeable sums of money in ...
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Tembec has announced the permanent closure of its newsprint mill located in Pine Falls, Manitoba.
The mill had been indefinitely idled due to a labour dispute on September 1, 2009. After examining a full range of options, Tembec initiated a sales process for the mill in early January 2010. This sales process has proved unsuccessful. After a thorough analysis of the situation, Tembec concluded that the permanent closure of the facility was the only...
