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FSC passes motion greater protection primary forest
2014-09-12 19:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has passed a motion to increase protection of old-growth forests. Motion 65, a measure proposed by Greenpeace, passed with over 90 percent support from FSC members. The motion specifically increases protection of Intact Forest Landscapes, which Greenpeace defines as "remaining large unfragmented areas within the forest zone, undisturbed by roads or other significant human infrastructure." Greenpeace, which over the past year has stepped up its campaign to...
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FSC meeting weighs old-growth forest protection, smallholder participation
2014-09-11 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a body that sets social and environmental certification criteria for forestry products, is weighing measures that could step up protection for old-growth forests and make it easier for indigenous people and traditional forest communities to qualify for certification. The measures are set for a vote this week at the body's General Assembly, which is held every three years to establish and revise criteria that underpin the standard. The motions - two of 43 proposed...
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Climate change could 'fundamentally alter' US forest
2014-09-10 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Wildfires, insects and drought are crippling forests in the western United States' iconic Rocky Mountains, scientists warned on Wednesday, urging more efforts to stop global warming. "If left unchecked, the climate change that is driving this triple assault could fundamentally alter these forests as we know them," said the report by the Union for Concerned Scientists. Researchers found that in the American West, "temperatures have risen on average about two degrees Fahrenheit (about one degree...
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Canada, Russia, Brazil lead world old-growth forest loss
2014-09-05 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Every day, the world loses about 50,000 hectares of forest to agricultural clearing, road development, and other human activities, constricting true wilderness into smaller and smaller areas along with the species that inhabit them. New analysis and maps released this week show these last vestiges are disappearing at a quick pace, with more than 104 million hectares degraded from 2000 to 2013. Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) are areas that are large and pristine enough so that they still contain...
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