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Issue date: 
07 Mar 2013

Biodiversity in Logged Forests Far Higher Than Once Believed

New research shows that scientists have significantly overestimated the damage that logging in tropical forests has done to biodiversity, a finding that could change the way conservationists think about how best to preserve species in areas disturbed by humans.

Issue date: 
November 26, 2012

New Iwokrama Board chairman salutes Guyana’s LCDS model

Renowned climate scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri was late this evening installed Chairman of Guyana’s well known international rain forest conservation, research and development centre Iwokrama.

Issue date: 
8 February 2013

Will more trees cause more rain?

JOHANNESBURG, 8 February 2013 (IRIN) - It is commonly believed that destroying trees will influence the climate of a region. But scientific evidence to support that deforestation and afforestation influence local climate - affecting temperature and rainfall - has only just started emerging.

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February 13th, 2013

Actors from 8 Countries Meet in Peru to Discuss Transparency and Participation as Indispensable Elements for Sustainable Development in REDD+ countries

Two UNDP’s Practice Areas from the UNDP Regional Service Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (RSC-LAC), Energy & Environment and Democratic Governance, sponsored and co-organized the Regional Forum on “How to Prevent Corruption in REDD+ and the "Regional Workshop on Participation, Advi

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February 13th, 2013

The Yasuni Project: Protecting the rainforests and fighting climate change

THE GREEN Party is excited to announce a special session “The Yasuni Project” at its spring conference; a fringe event hosted by Dr. Derek Wall in conjunction with the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Issue date: 
February 7, 2013; Feb. 12, 2013

Improving forest governance: A comparison of FLEGT VPAs and their impact

Ten years since the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action P

Issue date: 
04/02/2013

EC Reports on EU-Funded REDD+ Projects

4 February 2012: The European Commission has released the final report from last July’s Second EU REDD+ Projects Coordination Meeting.

Issue date: 
February 4th, 2013

Klausner Lumber One to open $130M sawmill with 350 jobs in Florida

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the construction in Suwannee County of the Klausner Lumber One sawmill.

Issue date: 
04/02/2013

Brazilian Forestry Ministry plans major rainforest survey

The Forestry Ministry in Brazil has announced that it is to carry out a detailed survey of the Amazon rainforest.

The ministry has said that the survey will see data relating to soils, biodiversity and tree species present in the rainforest being collected.

Issue date: 
February 1st, 2013

Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit

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