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Forest Park | 1-15-13 | 350 NW Royal Blvd | Adjustment - NOTICE | LU 12-149752 AD

2013-01-16 00:14:33| PortlandOnline

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Forestry official: Indonesia should extend moratorium on new forest concessions

2013-01-15 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Despite opposition from the powerful palm oil industry, Indonesia should extend its two-year moratorium on new logging and agricultural concessions in carbon-dense peatlands and forests, said a top forestry official. Indonesia's moratorium, which is set to expire this May, was signed in 2011 under a $1 billion climate change mitigation agreement with Norway. The moratorium has made 14.5 million hectares of peatlands and forests off-limits to new concessions. It aims to encourage agricultural expansion...

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A 4°c Warmer World 'Will Be Catastrophic' for Forest Biodiversity - Expert

2013-01-15 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity to adapt, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) warned after the World Bank predicted a 4°C warming of the planet if policymakers continue to be apathetic about greenhouse gas emissions. "The long-term effects will undoubtedly be catastrophic," said Terry Sunderland, CIFOR principal scientist specialising in biodiversity. "Everything will become unbalanced and whole ecosystems...

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World Bank REDD+ forest carbon fund gets $180m injection

2013-01-12 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The World Bank's forest carbon fund got a $180 million injection from Finland, Germany and Norway, reports Point Carbon. The bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), which is providing funding to develop and implement Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) projects in three dozen tropical countries, now had $650 in its coffers. According to the World Bank, the FCPF consists of two funds: The Readiness Fund (about US$260 million) currently provides grant financing...

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Bangladesh: Bengali Forest Could Perish Along With Bengal Tiger Because Of Climate Change

2013-01-11 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: A new report by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) states that human development and global temperature rise is threatening one of the worlds most precious forest systems. The Bengali Forest is disappearing at a record pace and taking along with it, species that may be found nowhere else on Earth. Rapid deterioration of the mangrove forests in the Sundarbans has resulted in as much as 650 feet of coast disappearing in a single year. The report, published in todays issue of Remote Sensing,...

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