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Expertos: Corrupción podría amenazar los esfuerzos globales orientados a frenar la pérdida de los bosques
9 Avr 2013
Debido en parte a que las normas de REDD+ no son claras, hay muchas oportunidades para hacer trampas, aseguran expertos. Fotografía cortesía de Vilseskogen
BRASILIA, Brasil (9 de abril de 2013) _ Esfuerzos respaldados por las Naciones Unidas para desacelerar la pérdida de los bosques podrían verse afectados por corrupción, advirtieron expertos al destacar la existencia de una combinación potencialmente peligrosa: la oportunidad para hacer mucho dinero y una gobernanza débil en muchos de los...
6 lessons for stopping deforestation on the frontier
9 Avr 2013
In 1984, at the tail end of the Brazilian dictatorship, I took up residence in a frontier town called Paragominas in the eastern Amazon. I went to study rainforests and pasture restoration, but soon became captivated as well by the drama of the frontier itself. Forests were hotly contested among cattle ranchers, smallholder communities, land speculators and more than a hundred logging companies, sometimes with fatal results. If we are to meet rising global demand for food, conserve tropical...
Bangladesh taking ahead REDD+: Hasan Mahmud
9 Avr 2013
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh has taken a major ... Bangladesh joined the UN-REDD programme in August 2011.
Soldiers detain REDD forest patrol members
9 Avr 2013
By Phak Seangly Community forest patrollers in Oddar Meanchey's Samrong district say they were forced to return saws and timber they seized from illegal ...
Indonesia to raise logging, mining fees in forest areas
8 Avr 2013
Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry will soon raise fees on forest exploitation activities including logging, mining, and oil and gas exploration as part of an effort to increase income from resource use.
Launch of final component of the REDD+ Community Carbon Pools programme in Cambodia
8 Avr 2013
The REDD+ Community Carbon Pools programme has reached a significant milestone as Fauna & Flora International (FFI) launches the Cambodian component to be the fourth and final region of the programme.
New website by Forest Trends to track REDD Expenditures and Forest Finance
5 Avr 2013
Over US$7.3 billion has been pledged to support REDD+ readiness in the run up to 2015, with US$4.3 billion to be spent in the period between 2010 and 2012. Yet, despite high level multilateral and bilateral or government financial commitments, information remains limited on exactly how much of this money is actually flowing to the national level, the types of REDD+ activities supported in this Fast Start period, and the organizations managing and actually implementing these activities.RRI...
Nepal: Eager to join global efforts to fight deforestation, but not getting to the root
5 Avr 2013
Kathmandu, Nepal , Himalayas. ilkerender
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 April, 2013)_Though it has shown enthusiastic support for global efforts to slow forest loss and degradation (REDD+), Nepal has yet to tackle some of the biggest drivers at home, from land tenure disputes and poverty to weak governance, a recent study by the Center for International Forestry Research said.
And without a dramatic turnaround, the scheme could fail in the tiny, troubled nation, warned Naya Paudel, lead author of The...
Investigation clears APP of deforestation allegations in Borneo
5 Avr 2013
Two logging companies that supply Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) with timber have not violated the Indonesian forestry giant's new zero deforestation commitment, according to a field investigation by The Forest Trust, a conservation group. The investigation was a direct response to allegations raised in a report published last week by Relawan Pemantau Hutan Kalimantan (RPHK), a consortium of local NGOs in West Kalimantan, the western-most province in Indonesian Borneo. The RPHK report found...