Indian forest and wood certification scheme
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme. This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification
Forest Management
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Scientists develop database to help fight forest degradation in Eastern Africa
Scientists at the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) have designed a forest observatory database that gives information on activities that contributes to the destruction and
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Disempowering democracy: Local representation in community and carbon forestry in Africa
<p>All major agencies intervening in community-based and carbon forestry – such as international development agencies, conservation institutions, and national governments – state that their
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Feigning Democracy: Performing Representation in the UN-REDD Funded Nigeria-REDD Programme
<p>educing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus the sustainable management of forest and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) is a global climate change mitigation initiative. The United
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Brazil to reinstate protection for Amazon reserve
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will reinstate a mining ban in a vast area of the Amazon rainforest, the government announced on Monday, in an about-face that is a victory for environmentalists who feared
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Natura 2000 and forests: assessing the state of implementation and effectiveness
Forests are of crucial importance for Natura 2000, the EU-wide ecological network of protected areas. Nearly 25% of the total forest area in the EU is part of the network, but knowledge about how Natura
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Bunge, partners launch Brazil database to combat deforestation
Bunge Inc and partners on Tuesday launched an online database aimed at helping companies make investment and purchasing decisions that discourage farmers from cutting down trees for arable land. The
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Amazonian locals key to saving 'lungs of the planet' says study
- Locals are more effective than governments in protecting the world's largest rainforest, a study said on Tuesday, amid efforts to crackdown on soaring illegal deforestation. Ranching and logging are
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Top-notch reserve in Amazon brings deforestation to zero
The Juma Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS), in the northern state of Amazonas, is regarded as a model both in the country and across the world. In addition to bringing the deforestation rate down to
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Gambia: Tumani Tenda Community Embarks On Indigenous Tree Planting
The community of Tumani Tenda village in the West Coast Region in collaboration with All Gambia Forestry Platform, and representative from KAMFORA, Department of Forestry Tuesday embarked on a massive
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Brazil's agents of the Amazon fighting loggers, fires to stop deforestation
APUI, Brazil (Reuters) - The small town of Apui sits at the new frontline of Brazil's fight against advancing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, where vast forest fires belch jet black smoke visible