Forestry
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New climate change mitigation schemes could benefit elites rather than the rural poor
www.eurekalert.org via @carbonmeme &bull 4 Hours AgoOaxaca, Mexico (3 September 2010)With governments across Latin America preparing to implement a new financial mechanism aimed at mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests, experts gathering here today warned against a "one-size-fits-all" approach, calling instead for flexible, balanced solutions to the thorny dilemmas surrounding this new mechanism. Among the experts' chief worries is that the wealthy and powerful could capture many of the benefits, largely at the expense of rural communities, including indigenous groups. Organized by Mexico's National Forestry Commission and the Swiss government, with scientific support from CIFOR, this conferencewhich opened on… Full Story »
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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Through Community Based Planning
www.forestrynepal.org via @forestrynepal &bull 5 Hours AgoHelping the millions of poor people at greatest risk from climate change to adapt to its impacts is a daunting task. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report states clearly that climate change is already having discernable impacts. These… Full Story »
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Features of Electric Fencing in controlling Deer. Electric ...
Mahalo &bull YesterdayDeer have become an increasing problem in nearly all areas of the United Kingdom and the deer population is thought to be higher now than at any time in history. Coppice re-growth and natural regeneration of trees is impossible in many places without fencing or other protection. In some areas Muntjac deer are causing significant damage to the ground flora of woodlands. To exclude deer from woodlands, including plantations, coppiced woodlands, newly planted amenity woodlands and those where natural regeneration is needed to maintain or extend woodland cover. Where they choose to feed, rub, walk and breed is a habit… Full Story »
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- Population
- Forestry
- Protection
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Climate Change Adaptation: Workspace Blog: Call for Projects - Planet Action, technology to support climate change assessments
conserveonline.org via @conserveonline &bull YesterdayPlanet Action donates satellite imagery, geographic information and technology support to local projects that investigate and assess climate change focusing on human issues, drought desertification, water resources, forestry, biodiversity, oceans, ice, or awareness raising... We're delighted that you're considering posting a comment on… Full Story »
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The Official State of Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation, State Parks Website
www.state.tn.us via @EastTNLandFLC &bull YesterdayOn a bleak and dreary December day, you have provided me with a most enjoyable morning as I perused the January/February 2010 issue of The Tennessee Conservationist. Forty pages of diversity - informative stories, educational articles, archival material, documentary images, and color reproductions - all presented in a warm and pleasing graphic design." Rich Boyd, Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville. What a beautiful magazine! You are to be congratulated. When I read recent issues I think back to the… Full Story »
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Local banks still shy to fund green projects: UN
UNFCCC: Climate Change Headlines &bull Yesterday
Indonesian banks and financial institutions are reluctant to finance carbon trading projects - despite the government's drive to cut emissions and fight climate change, says a UN report. The report shows that Malaysia has 83 registered projects promoting clean development… Full Story »
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The Revival of the Cardboard Chair
Earth 911 &bull Yesterday
If you're a devoted Earth911.com reader, doubtless you've seen our snarky remarks about our own cardboard chair misadventures last year. But incredibly, our faith in this fantastic and recyclable material-cum-furniture has been restored. A while back, Earth911 met up with… Full Story »
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- Forestry
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Maximising Africa's bioenergy potential
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Sep 2, 2010Africa has immense potential when it comes to producing energy from biomass, particularly 'second generation' technologies that convert woody or grassy materials - including agricultural waste - into biofuels. Africa can potentially produce as much plant biomass as any other continent, and far more than it requires for its own food and basic needs. In theory, the… Full Story »
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B.Sc. Forestry Colleges in India List of Colleges of B.Sc. Forestry
Mahalo &bull Sep 1, 2010Forestry is a branch of science which involves managing of forests, Planting trees all the stuffs related to forests natural resources. This is a very wide field where the person has the knowledge of all other sciences also like physics,… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Forestry
- Nature
- Climatology
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GreenCollar Climate Solutions Lord Stern plugs forestry, says Australia can do a lot on climate change
greencollarclimate.com.au via @SustLandManage &bull Sep 1, 2010Esteemed climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern stressed the importance of deforestation in ameliorating the impacts of climate change while speaking at the National Press Club today. He also said Australia could do a lot on climate change, that the world… Full Story »
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RESEARCH PAPER: Using biodiversity deconstruction to disentangle assembly and diversity dynamics of understorey plants along post-fire succession in boreal forest - Azeria - 2010 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library
onlinelibrary.wiley.com via @apmnicimod &bull Sep 1, 2010Azeria, E. T., Bouchard, M., Pothier, D., Fortin, D. and Hebert, C. , RESEARCH PAPER: Using biodiversity deconstruction to disentangle assembly and diversity dynamics of understorey plants along post-fire succession in boreal forest. Global Ecology and Biogeography, no. Natural Resources… Full Story »
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NFP Facility
www.nfp-facility.org via @apmnicimod &bull Sep 1, 2010The crucial role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation is now widely recognized at international level. Climate change will have major implications on the sustainable management of forests. In most countries, adjustments to forest policies, legislation and institutions will be needed to facilitate effective and equitable mitigation and adaptation measures. With regard to mitigation, countries may… Full Story »
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15th International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2010, Sri Lanka
www.environmentlanka.com via @apmnicimod &bull Sep 1, 2010This symposium is a forum for researchers in the fields of Natural Resources Management, to present their research findings, and networking with policy makers and industry. The authors will be notified on the details of registration once their paper is… Full Story »
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AFP: Fires cost Russia '300 billion dollars' in deforestation
www.google.com via @apmnicimod &bull Sep 1, 2010MOSCOW Wildfires have cost Russia 300 billion dollars in forest loss, environmentalists said on Thursday, explaining the scale of the disaster by Vladimir Putin's "absurd" changes to forestry law. The economic damage amounts to 25,000 dollars per hectare (2.4 acres), or at least 300 billion dollars, according to estimates based on the… Full Story »
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China raises alarm over Yangtze environmental damage
Convention on Biological Diversity: Headlines &bull Sep 1, 2010BEIJING China will spend billions of dollars treating sewage and planting forests to arrest massive environmental degradation along the Yangtze river and its Three Gorges reservoir, officials said Tuesday. Generally speaking, the ecological state (of the river) is still far… Full Story »
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Soil expert encourages homeowners to compost - College of Agricultural Sciences - Penn State University
agsci.psu.edu via @PSUAbdullah &bull Aug 31, 2010GARDENERS KNOW THE JOYS OF COMPOST FOR THEIR FLOWERS AND SHRUBS. BUT A RESEARCHER IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND REDUCED USE OF LANDFILLS, YOU SHOULD BE COMPOSTING. GARY ABDULLAH… Full Story »
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Climate change, human failing behind Pakistan floods
in.reuters.com via @TheOnlyAniil &bull Aug 31, 2010A flood victim carries a bed he saved from his village destroyed by floodwaters, near Nowshera in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 29, 2010. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Global warming might be one explanation for Pakistan's devastating floods, but scientists believe… Full Story »
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Brain Gain Network
www.bgn.org via @ninaterol &bull Aug 31, 2010MANILA, Philippines - Experts in the promotion of renewable energy in Asia said the Philippines is on the right track as they cited the government's efforts in formulating laws that focus on the use of renewable sources of energy. Edwin Khew, chairman of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), observed that the Philippine government is trying to… Full Story »
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Russia and China Set Up First Ever Transboundary Protected Area for Endangered Amur Tigers
World WIldlife Fund &bull Aug 31, 2010
Listen to the story of how WWF helped a masked bandit return to the prairie, in the newest edition of WWF's podcast series "The Wild Things." Learn more. Make a symbolic Amur Leopard adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's… Full Story »
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GreenCollar Climate Solutions IPCC should communicate uncertainty better, report says
greencollarclimate.com.au via @GreenCollarG &bull Aug 31, 2010The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should adjust the way it communicates scientific uncertainty about climate change and reform its management structure, according to a report presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri. The IPCC's working… Full Story »
