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08 December 2008
Global Emissions Targets Will Not Be Met Unless Forests Are Included in the Next Global Climate Agreement
–With growing concern that governments will fail to reach consensus on the role of forests in the next global climate pact, an alliance of international forestry and environmental organizations today called on negotiators to...
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05 December 2008
New Analysis from Global Forestry Group Offers Options for Negotiators Seeking to Craft Critical Accord on Forests and Climate Change
– The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) today released a comprehensive analysis clarifying major challenges and offering an assortment of options that could help negotiators reach a global agreement on reducing...
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28 November 2008
Climate Impacts on Forests Risk Impoverishing Millions, Destroying Biodiversity, and Exacerbating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
– Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could have a devastating effect on the world’s forests and the nearly 1 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, warned a leading group of forest scientists...
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16 September 2008
New Report Says Blanket Ban on Bushmeat Trade in Central Africa Could Have Dire Consequences for the Region’s Poor
– A new report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) and partners warns that an upsurge in hunting bushmeat—including mammals, birds,...
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03 September 2008
Forests & Climate Change:Cause, Casualty and the Opportunity to Capture Co-Benefits
“Over the last two years, the global public has become increasingly aware of the threat ofclimate change in general, and the role of deforestation in exacerbating that threat inparticular. Nevertheless, the linkages between...
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24 April 2008
International Dialogue on Timber Trade, Forest Law Compliance & Governance
- Delegates from all over the world will meet today to discuss issues surrounding timber trade, forest law compliance and governance. The dialogue will be held as part of Asia Pacific Forestry Week, currently being staged in Hanoi....
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22 April 2008
Forest dwellers can earn money from conservation but only with clear land rights
- Experts from forestry institutions say that to ensure equity in the implementation of a new plan to reduce deforestation, it is essential to clarify land rights in and around forests.
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