Climate impacts in northern forests
Northern forests hold around 54% of the world’s total terrestrial carbon stock and contribute more than one-third to our global terrestrial carbon sink. This report reviews the impact of human induced
Carbon Sinks
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Sharing lessons on mangrove restoration
A regional colloquium on sharing lessons in mangrove restoration on August 30-31, 2012 in Chennai, India examines the various experiences from MFF countries where mangrove projects have been carried out.
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An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean
This study develops a wide-ranging index to assess the many factors that contribute to the health and benefits of the oceans, and the scores for all costal nations are assessed.
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State level workshop on Green India Mission
‘Green India Mission aims at responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures, which would help enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests• and other ecosystems, adaptation of vulnerable species/ecosystems, and adaptation of forest-dependent communities’ KOHIMA: A State level workshop on Green India Mission was held at the conference hall of Hotel Japfu Kohima on Monday. In a message from the Minister for Forests, Ecology, Environment & Wildlife M C Konyak which was read out in the function, he stated that the Green India Mission aims at responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures, which would help enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests•
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The new climate regime: sustainable development framework for the vision, ambition, accountability and international cooperation
The new climate regime will lead to commitments only for developing countries, because the United States, which did not ratify the legally binding commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, continues to insist
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Amazon deforestation falls again
Data from satellite images shows 23% reduction in deforestation from August 2011 to July 2012 against the previous year Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has fallen again in the past 12 months,
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Nature soaks up more greenhouse gases, brakes warming
Oceans and land have more than doubled the amount of greenhouse gases they absorb since 1960 in new evidence that nature is helping to brake global warming, a study showed on Wednesday. "Even though
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Increase in observed net carbon dioxide uptake by land and oceans during the past 50 years
A comprehensive carbon dioxide mass balance analysis shows that net global carbon uptake has increased by about 0.05 billion tonnes per year over the past 50 years and that in that time the global carbon
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From cash crops to carbon sinks: a new identity to virtual land alienation in Odisha
Growing cash crops is not a new thing in Indian tradition, but considered in the context of efficient land use, food- & fodder security, environmental- & ecological security, and of course the socio-economic
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PNG's forest sell-off revealed
PAPUA New Guinea's former Somare government introduced a controversial concession that allegedly accelerated deforestation of its tropical forests and gave away a potential $US23 billion in carbon-trading
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Report on state level multi-stakeholders workshop on community forestry & REDD+
A state level multi stakeholder workshop on community forestry and REDD+ was organised by Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), Bhubaneswar, with support from Community Forestry International