Forêt, Bois, Milieux naturels : politique, législation et réglementation

Le Cameroun semble très loin de nous. Pourtant, c’est à nous de faire en sorte que ce crime environnemental soit dénoncé dans le monde entier.

"With almost a quarter of the world’s population relying on forest resources for their livelihoods, understanding how forests can improve the lives of the poorest people is an important topic in economic development. In a recently published World Development article, Nicholas Hogarth and colleagues show that rural households in a poor and remote mountainous region in southern China get more than 30% of their livelihoods from managing plantation forests."

"Ten years since the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan was launched, and one month before the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation which makes it a criminal offence to put illegally sourced timber on the EU market, new research by FERN has shown strong forest governance improvements have already been achieved."

"A new ebook from DōShort is providing answers for business and sustainability leaders wondering how REDD+ pertains to the practices of global business and what they can do to reverse tropical deforestation and make a positive environmental impact. Here is an excerpt from the book discussing what REDD+ is and how it can be used to accelerate business sustainability."

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Le projet est national, mais c’est la Ferme en coton qui a donné l’exemple et le coup d’envoi de l’opération en plantant 70 arbres trognes dans ses champs. On le sait, le remembrement...

La Commission européenne souhaite instituer un observatoire sur la

The governor of Indonesia's Aceh Province on the island of Sumatra has proposed opening up more than 50,000 hectares of protected forest to logging, according to a new analysis by an Indonesian environmental group..

World Bank Unmoved on Auditor’s Criticism of Forest Policy - Officials at the World Bank are forcefully rejecting a new internal evaluation that is highly critical of the institution’s decade-long forest policy, expressing their “strong...

Il ne s’était pas réuni depuis trois ans. Le CSF – pour Conseil supérieur de la forêt, des produits forestiers et de la transformation du bois – a été relancé par le ministre de l’Agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, lundi dernier.

"With almost a quarter of the world’s population relying on forest resources for their livelihoods, understanding how forests can improve the lives of the poorest people is an important topic in economic development. In a recently published World Development article, Nicholas Hogarth and colleagues show that rural households in a poor and remote mountainous region in southern China get more than 30% of their livelihoods from managing plantation forests."

"Governing the Forests: An Institutional Analysis of REDD+ and Community Forest Management in Asia By Jose Puppim de Oliveira, Tim Cadman, Hwan Ok Ma, Tek Maraseni, Anar Koli, Yogesh D. Jadhav and Dede Prabowo

REDD+ has become an important component in the discussions on climate change and forest governance, but there is further need to understand the linkages with local governance and the challenges for its implementation. This joint report will serve as a useful reference for policymakers, professionals and practitioners as they work to promote REDD+ in ways that tackle climate change and biodiversity loss but also respect concerns and listen to the voice of local stakeholders."

The Brazilian government wants to see more research on a massive gold-mining project near the Amazon River before the Canadian firm behind it goes ahead with developments.

"One of the most important projects in the fight against global warming has made public its final report, say Suyanto and Sonya Dewi, the project’s leaders

Indonesia has been well-known in scientific circles as the third-highest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, after the USA and China. Most of those emissions come from land uses and land-use changes, particularly deforestation."

Le Conseil européen a présenté une proposition de budget pour la période 2014-2020 d'un montant de 960 milliards d'euros.

Moites et marécageuses, elles semblent ennuyeuses et stériles. Mais contrairement à leur apparence, les zones humides côtières sont riches en biodiversité et aident à maintenir l'équilibre du cycle de l'eau.

"Ten U.S. cities have thriving urban forests — parks, trails, gardens — that clean the air, attract tourists, boost property values and reduce energy costs, a federally funded survey finds."