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Next big idea forest conservation? Making sure REDD+ works
2014-06-12 18:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Brazil, Dr. Amy Duchelle coordinates research on the effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and co-benefits of REDD+ initiatives at the sub-national level in Latin America as part of CIFOR's Gloal Comparative Study on REDD+. REDD, or Reducing Emmisions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, is by not a new program. It was founded in the 90s with the aim of creating a financial value for the carbon stored in forests and offering...
As world dithers on forest carbon rules, private investors go it alone
2014-06-07 07:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The villagers of Ulak Batu in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province may not be fully aware of how decisions made by business executives and governments far away affect their lives. But that is what has steered their shift from fisherfolk to plantation workers to budding forest guardians in recent years. According to Syarian, head of the village in Seruyan district, nearly 70 percent of local people decided to drop fishing seven years ago to work on an oil palm plantation. "They had to change...
Weingarten buys dormant Wake Forest Crossing shopping center for $5.6M
2014-06-07 05:54:17| Real Estate - Topix.net
Weingarten Realty has acquired the Wake Forest Crossing II shopping center in Wake Forest that's anchored by Kohl's department store.
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Half of world's forest species at risk: UN
2014-06-03 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: ROME: Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage them better. In its first global study of forest genetic resources, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said woodland was shrinking fastest in Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria. "Forests provide food, goods and services, which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity," the FAO's forestry director Eduardo...
Forest Park | 5-29-14 | NW Skyline Blvd & NW Vernon Ct | Land Division w/Environmental Review | HEARINGS OFFICER DECISION | LU 13-173754 LDS EN M
2014-05-30 21:38:51| PortlandOnline
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