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Event Coverage
- 5 Jan 2012
“Stop Talking, Start Planting”: Children fight for their future
Felix Finkbeiner is on a mission to plant 1,000 billion trees. Really.
News
- 22 Dec 2011
Booming trade: remnants of the Vietnam War still used as forest products
Scrap metal collectors earn a little more than US$1 per week.
News
- 21 Dec 2011
Undying flame: Replacing fuelwood with bamboo may help to combat Africa’s deforestation crisis
The industry is already worth US$1 billion in China.
Event Coverage
- 7 Dec 2011
Expert: Donors could do more to champion gender in climate mitigation and forestry programmes
Experts believe a host of other priorities is drawing attention away from gender.
6 Dec 2011
“Forests cannot be sustained if people are hungry”: future climate change negotiations likely to include agriculture
Agriculture will most likely be included in future negotiations on global warming, experts said at the U.N. climate change talks in Durban, which may help...
5 Dec 2011
Forest Day 5 experts: New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience
A new wave of deforestation is sweeping across Africa decimating wildlife and threatening the resilience of its ecosystems to withstand the effects of...
4 Dec 2011
REDD needs to move quickly as forest degradation decimates Africa’s wildlife, says leading conservationist
DURBAN, South Africa (4 December, 2011)_The degradation of Africa’s forests is decimating its wildlife, said Helen Gichohi, President of the African...
4 Dec 2011
REDD+ draft texts postpone financing decision to 2012, water down safeguards
DURBAN, South Africa (4 December 2011)__ Latest draft texts on REDD+ that will go forward to a plenary session for approval have postponed a decision on...
3 Dec 2011
New research agenda for Africa’s dry forests defined at Durban
DURBAN, South Africa (3 December, 2011)_Despite the ecological and livelihood importance of dry forests, these forests have to date received far less attention...
Event Coverage
- 2 Dec 2011
REDD+ developers hesitant to talk carbon to local communities, experts say
The trend undermines calls for free, prior and informed consent from local communities.
2 Dec 2011
Newly released draft REDD+ text is robust and emphasises transparency but fails to address verification, says CIFOR scientist
DURBAN, South Africa (2 December, 2011)_The UNFCCC’s scientific sub-committee SBSTA has released a draft text on REDD+ that will go forward to a plenary...
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