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Protecting Community Forests Can Be Major Tool in Climate Fight, Study Says
2014-07-24 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Expanding and strengthening the community forest rights of indigenous groups and rural residents can make a major contribution to sequestering carbon and reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation, according to a new report. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Rights and Resources Initiative said that indigenous people and rural inhabitants in Latin America, Africa, and Asia have government-recognized rights to forests containing nearly 38 billion tons of carbon, equal to 29 times the annual...
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Indonesia: APP won't acquire companies that continue destroy forests
2014-07-08 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will not acquire companies that continue to destroy forests, according to a new procedure for association introduced by the Indonesian forestry giant. The procedure, developed after months of consultations with NGOs, effectively closes a loophole some environmentalists feared would allow APP to sidestep its zero deforestation commitment by acquiring companies that continued to clear forest after its February 5, 2013 deadline. Aida Greenbury, APP's Managing Director of...
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Who is Responsible for Urban Forests?
2014-07-08 18:45:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The sky has a certain clarity, a very specific shade of blue when the temperature is -30°C. read more
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Indonesian forests shrinking quickly
2014-06-29 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Satellite images have found that Indonesia's ancient forests, a cradle of biodiversity and a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than thought, scientists say. Between 2000 and 2012, Indonesia lost around 6.02 million hectares of primary forest, an area almost the size of Sri Lanka, they reported. Primary or ancient forests are distinguished from managed forests, which are plantations of trees grown for timber and pulp. The researchers found that primary forest loss accelerated...
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UN: World's forests fundamental human well-being
2014-06-24 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A senior UN official has described the world's forests as "fundamental" to human well-being and survival. Eva Mueller, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization's Forestry Division, said trees provided a direct source of food, fuel and income. Commenting on the findings of the UN's State of the World's Forest report, she added forests habitats were home to an estimated 80% of global biodiversity. The report has been published at a UN forestry meeting in Rome, Italy. She added:...
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