Ecosystèmes Tropicaux

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+.

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."...

Taking a landscape approach to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) could help to address ambiguities and uncertainties that may otherwise undermine the mechanism.

The best chance of increasing forest cover in India is through agroforestry.
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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.

The Russian Federal Forestry Agency and the ECE-FAO Forestry and Timber Section are pleased to announce the organization of the seminar on ‘Forest Products and Technologies for the Future’ to be held at the Saint Petersburg State Technological...

Comment intégrer l’analyse selon le genre dans la recherche forestière ? Par où commencer ? Quels problèmes allons-nous rencontrer ? Quelles sont les compétences requises pour mener une analyse selon le genre ?

September 2013
Publication year: 2013
Source:Land Use Policy, Volume 34

Economic globalization manifests in landscapes through regional integration initiatives involving trans-boundary infrastructure.

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.

A paper appearing in the open-access journal PLOS ONE presents the first whole-ecosystem analysis of carbon stocks of different kinds of coastal wetlands in a tropical karstic zone.

Water scarcity already affects one in three people on Earth and the situation is likely to worsen with population increases and climate change.
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Attaquée de toutes parts par les ONG environnementales concernant sa contribution au déboisement des forêts tropicales indonésiennes et aux conflits sociaux qui y...

Coastal wetlands can have exceptionally large carbon (C) stocks and their protection and restoration would constitute an effective mitigation strategy to climate change.

Actualités News Environnement Le RBUE entre en vigueur ce 3 mars 2013 Actualités News Environnement Selon les derniers chiffres, l'exploitation illégale de bois pèse lourd sur les écosystèmes forestiers, les populations locales et l'économie des...