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1 June 2013 Publication year: 2013 Source:Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 297 Enrichment planting within established plantations or secondary forests is a common strategy to enhance forest recovery, given that later...
Protected areas alone are not enough to conserve biodiversity, so forestry and agriculture must play a role.
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In a new broadcast on Irish national radio RTÉ1, world-renowned agricultural, policy and development experts share their thoughts on how to strike the balance between free trade, food security and read more...
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture annonce un appel à propositions pour des projets à travers son " Programme UE-FAO pour l’Application des règlementations forestières, gouvernance et échanges commerciaux...
Colonist farmers have been largely ignored to date in national consultations on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).
Native forests and grasslands worldwide have been converted to developed lands or invaded by exotic species due to human activities.
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Selon l'ONG, 40 % du bois coupé dans les forêts tropicales entre 2000 et 2010 n'aurait pas dû l'être. Cette exploitation hors la loi ne fait pas des dégâts qu'en Indonésie, au Congo et en Amazonie.
Tropical deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate, particularly in Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Nigeria and Tanzania.
A round up of the week’s news on REDD, in chronological order with short extracts (click on the title for the full article). REDD-Monitor’s news page is updated regularly. For past REDD in the news posts, click here.
This activity produced an assessment of law enforcement, certification and legality verification schemes in Southeast Asia that includes recommendations for public and private stakeholders, including local banks to prevent unsustainable and illegal...
Organisations working collectively in Guatemala and Nepal are succeeding in giving a voice to people living in and around forests, experts say.
La diversité des arbres favorise les services fournis par les écosystèmes forestiers.
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Les États-Unis au secours des mangroves océaniennes TAHITI INFOS Parmi ces projets, l'un fait figure de phare : celui concernant la protection et une possible reconstitution des zones humides caractérisées par les mangroves, écosystèmes considérés...
Today is the first annual International Day of Forests. From 1972 until now, 21 March was celebrated as World Forestry Day, but last year the UN General Assembly upgraded it to an official UN Observance Day.
Writer: Rob Finlayson The World Agroforestry Centre and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry’s component on Landscape Management for Environmental Services, Biodiversity Conservation and Livelih Pager Item text: Ecosystems...
Cocoa agroforests can support biodiversity but the intensification of farming is degrading agroforests and affecting ecosystem services such as biological pest control.
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Ce rapport présente les principales conclusions sur lechangement d'utilisation des terres forestières et d'occupation des sols entre 1990 et 2005 de l'Enquête par télédétection de l'Évaluation des ressources forestières mondiales 2010 de la FAO.
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Official Web Site.
Global comparative forest research on climate change, adaptation, production forests, indigenous groups, REDD, dry forests,food security, illegal logging, deforestation, small holder and community groups, forest governance, trade and conservation,...
15 May 2013 Publication year: 2013 Source:Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 296 Afforestation is known as an available mitigation activity to climate change because it causes sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere and stores...
Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass – plants and plant material - in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, suggests a new study.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) published a report on gender in forest research, noting that there is increasing attention to gender in development, forests and forest research and REDD+.
L’objectif de cette école, qui privilégiera une vision critique de la notion de services écosystémiques en favorisant l’interdisciplinarité, est de donner aux participants des bases conceptuelles solides pour une utilisation éclairée de cette notion.
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) reported that the Evergreen Agriculture Project operating in 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, won the UK Climate Week Award for "the Best Initiative Run by a Governmental or Statutory Body."...
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