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Oil palm plantations in Indonesia: are they sustainable?
22 Avr 2013
Oil palm provides opportunities for people to improve their incomes. However, oil palm expansion is accompanied by environmental costs, rapid immigration, urbanization and a challenge to food supply. It is these indirect effects that bring into question long-term sustainability, say Suseno Budidarsono, Ari Susanti and Annelies Zoomers Palm oil developments have had a [...]
Locals need more legal rights in big African land deals - report
22 Avr 2013
Laws protecting international investors are strong but laws “tend not to be very effective in protecting the rights of poor communities,” researchers note
Last 30 years were the warmest in the last 1,400 years
22 Avr 2013
From 1971 to 2000, the world's land areas were the warmest they have been in at least 1,400 years, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience. The massive new study, involving 80 researchers from around the world with the Past Global Changes (PAGES) group, is the first to look at continental temperature changes over two thousand years, providing insights into regional climatic changes from the Roman Empire to the modern day. According to the data, Earth's land masses were generally cooling...
Indonesia reaches 18% emission reduction
21 Avr 2013
Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya said Indonesia had cut 18 percent of its greenhouse gas emission of its total 26 percent target. “We have cut accumulation of 18 percent since last year,” Balthasar said after inaugurating the Third Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum and Expo here on Thursday.
Balthasar said more than 80 percent of the green house gas emission reduction came from the forestry and peat land sectors. “The government also conducts other efforts...
UN-backed partnership helps Kenyans protect forests, improve ...
20 Avr 2013
... A United Nations-backed project in Kenya is protecting forests and wildlife, ... meaningful REDD emissions reductions, the project has been able to ...
Indonesian palm oil industry would support land swaps to protect forest, while expanding production
19 Avr 2013
Indonesian palm oil companies would support land swaps as a means to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation while simultaneously expanding production, representatives from the country's largest association of palm oil producers told mongabay.com in an interview last month.
Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation
18 Avr 2013
Mongabay: Federal prosecutors in Brazil are threatening to fine 26 beef producers $282 million for buying cattle raised in illegally deforested areas and on Indian reservations, reports Reuters. The fines are based on Brazilian laws that prohibit beef producers from buying cattle from ranches that rely on slave labor, recently deforested areas in the Amazon, and indigenous reservations. The fines are calculated using the number of animals allegedly raised in illegal conditions. According to...
FORESTS: Investing in healthy forests vital for transition to green economy ...
17 Avr 2013
17 April 2013 – Investing in healthy forests is not only vital for human and environmental well-being but also crucial in the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient green economy, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Over a ...See all stories on this topic »UN News Centre
WWF - Hands-on approach brings REDD+ technical capacities to ...
17 Avr 2013
Local community members in the Mai Ndombe region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are learning new technical skills to help them manage their ...wwf.panda.org/?208194/Hands-on-approach-brings...
WWF - Learning Session 10: REDD+ Lessons Learned and Best ...
17 Avr 2013
WWF Forest and Climate Initiative Knowledge Sharing Manager Maria Jose Pacha will guide us through a number of new tools and resources available for ...wwf.panda.org/?208217/Learning-Session-10...