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

"France has ratified the Convention on the European Forest Institute. The Convention on EFI has now been ratified by a total of 24 European countries. Entry into force will take place on 11 March 2013."

D’ici 2020, la France a pour objectif de mobiliser 21 Mm3 d’équivalent bois rond additionnel par an.

Dans le cadre de la signature de la convention internationale de Ramsar, la France est engagée depuis près de 40 ans dans la préservation des zones humides sur son territoire.

"The deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon decreased sharply in the second half of the 2000s. A previous CPI study titled Deforestation Slowdown in the Legal Amazon: Prices or Policies? found that government conservation policies helped avoid approximately half of the deforestation that would have happened in the absence of such policies."

"A l'occasion de la consultation sur les futurs SDAGE, France Nature Environnement a conçu 24 fiches sur les grands thèmes de l'eau : gouvernance, milieux, qualité et quantité. Un outil pour donner son avis !"

"The ‘Economics of forest and forest carbon projects - Translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation’ report draws lessons on finance options and barriers related to project activities from the forest sector. It investigates the economics of implementing forest and REDD+ projects through a number of case studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia, by analyzing real forest and REDD+ investments. The report sets out to advise policymakers, financial sector stakeholders and project developers on how to structure REDD+ initiatives and implement national REDD+ strategies, especially in relation to attracting private and/or public investments."

British Columbia has reached a milestone in its innovative approach to putting forestry revenue directly back into First Nations communities. The signing of a Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharin...

The UN Envrionment Programme Riso Centre (UNEP Riso), in collaboration with the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD), published a report on the economics of...

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...

Une première version du National Climate Assessment, soumise à examen public pendant une période de 3 mois, vient d'être publiée. Plus de 240 scientifiques ont contribué à cette publication.

L’IPBES (Plate-forme intergouvernementale scientifique et politique sur la biodiversité et les services écosystémiques) a été formellement mise en place, lors d’une assemblée plénière qui s’est tenue à Panama du 16 au 21 avril 2012, sous l’égide du PNUE.

Sa première session plénière se tient du 21 au 26 janvier 2013 en Allemagne à Bonn, siège de son Secrétariat.

Les chartes des parcs nationaux des Écrins, du Mercantour et des Pyrénées viennent d'être approuvées par la Ministre de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie, Delphine BATHO (...)

Fin 2012, près de 60 associations de protection de l'environnement étaient concernées par le renouvellement de l'agrément ministériel. Onze d'entre elles l'ont obtenu et conservent ainsi de précieuses prérogatives devant les tribunaux.

Ministers identified climate change adaptation as a strategic issue in 2007.

"For the past two years, the future of England’s forest estate has been uncertain. Proposals to sell-off large areas of forest in early 2011 were quickly withdrawn, but not replaced by reassuring policies. The publication of the Government’s response to the Independent Panel on Forestry’s final report on the future of forestry and woodland governance today, however, provides closure on this process. The decision that the forest estate will remain in public ownership has been finalised. Proposed forestry and woodland policy to be taken up later this year is also outlined, highlighting the response to the recommendations of the Independent Panel."

Projet de loi ratifiant l'ordonnance n° 2012-92 du 26 janvier 2012 relative à la partie législative du code forestier et harmonisant les dispositions de procédure pénale applicables aux infractions forestières...

Le ministre de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt, Stéphane Le Foll a réuni lundi 4 février 2013 le Conseil Supérieur de la forêt, des produits forestiers et de la transformation du bois (CSF) qui comprend l'ensemble des acteurs de...

  There are increasing expectations that policies should be evidence based. This extends to the use of public funds for development assistance, for example Government initiatives such as those...

"The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) has released a report titled "Putting REDD+ Safeguards and Safeguard Information Systems Into Practice," which highlights policy considerations related to country-level safeguard systems in line with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Cancun Agreement."

"A new study from the Nordic Council of Ministers examines the benefits humans get from nature and the kinds of political action required to ensure sustainable use of these benefits in the Nordic region.

It concludes that the Nordic countries are well placed in terms of economic resources to act as pioneers in promoting a green economy based on the sustainable use of ecosystem services."

Research centre (aka ICRAF) putting trees on farms to raise farmers� incomes and reduce poverty, working between agriculture and forestry

"At a webinar on agroforestry’s potential to foster food security and mitigate and build resilience to climate change, keynote speaker Emmanuel Torquebiau said agroforestry was not simply about “farming trees and farming crops side by side.”"

Le 4ème et dernier volet de la campagne menée par l’Onema, les agences de l’eau et le ministère en charge du développement durable à destination des collectivités locales a démarré.
10 élus témoignent de leur engagement en faveur de l’association du public et des habitants aux actions de reconquête et de préservation de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques.

Les habitants du village de Saül n’en reviennent toujours pas. Ils croyaient l’exploitation minière enterrée dans leur commune...