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March 6, 2013 4:58 AM
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Support for a landscape approach to REDD+

Support for a landscape approach to REDD+ | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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.
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March 6, 2013 4:57 AM
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Tree cover in India can increase through agroforestry

Tree cover in India can increase through agroforestry | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
The best chance of increasing forest cover in India is through agroforestry.
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REDD in the news: 25 February – 3 March 2013

REDD in the news: 25 February – 3 March 2013 | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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.
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Forest Products and Technologies for the Future

Forest Products and Technologies for the Future | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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...
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Intégrer le genre en recherche forestière

Intégrer le genre en recherche forestière | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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 ?
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The Sahel and West Africa Program to Support the Great Green Wall Initiative Receives World Bank Green Team Award

World Bank recognizes partnership with GEF in continent-spanning program addressing land degradation and climate change adaptation in Sahel and West Africa
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Trans-boundary infrastructure and land cover change: Highway paving and community-level deforestation in a tri-national frontier in the Amazon

Trans-boundary infrastructure and land cover change: Highway paving and community-level deforestation in a tri-national frontier in the Amazon | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
September 2013
Publication year: 2013
Source:Land Use Policy, Volume 34

Economic globalization manifests in landscapes through regional integration initiatives involving trans-boundary infrastructure.
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How agroforestry schemes can improve food security in developing countries

Agroforestry – the integration of trees and shrubs with crops and livestock systems – has strong potential in addressing problems of food insecurity in developing countries.
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Indigenous peoples’ organisations in Panama pull out of UN-REDD National Joint Programme

Indigenous peoples’ organisations in Panama have withdrawn from the UN-REDD National Joint Programme (NJP) due to the inadequate attention to rights issues by the government and UN agencies and the lack of full and effective consultations with...
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FAO report considers the sustainability of biofuel crops

A new report of UN FAO titled “Biofuels and the Sustainability Challenge,” addresses the issue of biofuel sustainability based on a global assessment of major commodities and feedstocks.
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February 27, 2013 6:13 AM
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Are restoration efforts in China halting soil erosion?

Are restoration efforts in China halting soil erosion? | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
Immense effort has been put into combating soil erosion in China over recent decades, but how effective have these been?
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Are restoration efforts in China halting soil erosion?
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February 27, 2013 6:11 AM
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With microfinancing, Vietnam’s rural people emerge as champions of reforestation

With microfinancing, Vietnam’s rural people emerge as champions of reforestation | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 February, 2013)_Rural people are playing a key role in reforesting Vietnam, using small, low-interest loans for household plantations that both supply the pulp and paper industry and act as personal savings accounts: When in...
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Importance, determinants and gender dimensions of forest income in eastern highlands of Ethiopia

Importance, determinants and gender dimensions of forest income in eastern highlands of Ethiopia | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
Rural households across developing countries rely on diversified sources of income, and forest resources play important role in this regard.
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CIFOR-Backed Study Assesses Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands in the Mexican Caribbean

CIFOR-Backed Study Assesses Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands in the Mexican Caribbean | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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.
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Agriculture needs to use water wisely

Agriculture needs to use water wisely | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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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Asia pulp and paper renonce à l'exploitation des forêts naturelles - Novethic

Asia pulp and paper renonce à l'exploitation des forêts naturelles - Novethic | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it

Attaquée de toutes parts par les ONG environnementales concernant sa contribution au déboisement des forêts tropicales indonésiennes et aux conflits sociaux qui y...

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Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean

Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
Coastal wetlands can have exceptionally large carbon (C) stocks and their protection and restoration would constitute an effective mitigation strategy to climate change.
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March 4, 2013 10:38 AM
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The CARBONES project - understanding CO2 fluxes and stocks from European forests

The CARBONES project - understanding CO2 fluxes and stocks from European forests | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
Facts & Reviews 01.03.2013   The European Forest Institute (EFI) is involved in the forest related DataStream development to provide information on Carbon stock and fluxes of...
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Resolute Forest Products’ 2012 Annual Report

Resolute Forest Products has released its Form 10-K, an annual report for the 2012 year.
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Le RBUE entre en vigueur ce 3 mars 2013 - Actualités News Environnement

Le RBUE entre en vigueur ce 3 mars 2013 - Actualités News Environnement | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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...
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Environmental factors drive moves that lead to deforestation

Land scarcity and soil degradation drive people to migrate to the forest frontier of northern Guatemala and cause deforestation.
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March 4, 2013 10:33 AM
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The need to jump-start REDD

At least US$7.3 billion has been pledged for REDD+ over the period from 2008 to 2015, with $4.3 billion pledged for REDD+ readiness during the fast-start period alone (2010-2012).
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February 27, 2013 6:13 AM
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Private sector, inmates and indigenous farmers go for agroforestry in Philippines

Private sector, inmates and indigenous farmers go for agroforestry in Philippines | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
Prison inmates and indigenous farmers in the Philippines are coming together for a unique agroforestry project.
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February 27, 2013 6:12 AM
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Mobilisation pour l'Amazonie équatorienne, déchirée entre pétrole ... - Le Monde

Mobilisation pour l'Amazonie équatorienne, déchirée entre pétrole ... - Le Monde | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it


Mobilisation pour l'Amazonie équatorienne, déchirée entre pétrole ...
Des écosystèmes qui pâtiraient d'une exploitation d'hydrocarbures.

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February 26, 2013 8:57 AM
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Forest, poverty and conservation

Forest, poverty and conservation | Ecosystèmes Tropicaux | Scoop.it
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,...
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