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Vietnam: Workshop discuss int’l requirements for REDD+ devp’t & implementation REDD+ is a complexity mechanism implemented under the requirements of environmental and social issues, of which biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, and indigenous right as well as transparency must be considered as “co-benefit” in REDD+ implementation. To achieve the multi-objectives of REDD+ activities and pilot projects, building capacity and sharing experiences of REDD+ implementation have become [...] (Forest Carbon Asia) 17 May 2012 - 09:08 UTC

Teenage girl shot dead in Cambodia land protest Security forces in Cambodia have shot dead a 15-year-old girl who was taking part in a land protest. She was demonstrating against the development of a rubber plantation on farmland in eastern Kratie province. Authorities say local residents, armed with axes and crossbows, would not vacate the area.   This is the latest in a [...] (Forest Carbon Asia) 17 May 2012 - 09:05 UTC

Bonn Climate Change Conference: Highlights for Wednesday, 16 May 2012 In the morning and afternoon, a number of contact groups and informal consultations took place under the AWG-KP, SBI and SBSTA. Under the AWG-LCA, an in-session workshop on equitable access to sustainable development was held.   In the afternoon contact group, Co-Chair Peter Iversen (Denmark) underscored that Decision 2/CMP.7 (LULUCF) requires the SBSTA to address: [...] (Forest Carbon Asia) 17 May 2012 - 09:03 UTC

RI: East Kalimantan is third largest carbon emitter The fast rate of deforestation in East Kalimantan over the last few years has made it the country’s third largest carbon emitting region. According to the East Kalimantan Climate Change Council (DDPI), the province emitted 255 million tons of carbon dioxide last year, behind only Riau (358 million tons) and Central Kalimantan (324 million tons).  [...] (Forest Carbon Asia) 17 May 2012 - 08:56 UTC

Australasia has hottest 60 years in a millennium, scientists find Guardian: The last 60 years have been the hottest in Australasia for a millennium and cannot be explained by natural causes, according to a new report by scientists that supports the case for a reduction in manmade carbon emissions. In the first major study of its kind in the region, scientists at the University of Melbourne used natural data from 27 climate indicators, including tree rings, corals and ice cores to map temperature trends over the past 1,000 years. "Our study revealed that recent... (Rainforest Portal) 17 May 2012 - 06:59 UTC

High-level industry executives join RISI's Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference Program RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that several high-level speakers have been added to the conference program of the 13th Asian Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference. The event will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai, China, on June 11-13, 2012. (RISI) 17 May 2012 - 04:00 UTC

Social organisations in El Salvador critique the World Bank’s FCPF The Salvadoran Ecological Unit (UNES – Unidad Ecológica Salvadoreña) and other social organisations in El Salvador have written to Benoît Bosquet, the coordinator of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) demanding the El Salvador’s R-PP is not approved. UNES also wrote to the Government demanding that the R-PP be withdrawn. The letter [...] (REDD-Monitor) 17 May 2012 - 03:56 UTC

Project to provide training on SFM/biodiversity management launched in Africa. (Communique is available in French only) - (ITTO) 17 May 2012 - 03:05 UTC

New committee formed in British Columbia to examine mid-term timber supply British Columbia’s Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson applauded today’s decision of the Legislative Assembly to form a Special Committee on Timber Supply to examine and make recommendations about mid-term timber supply in British Columbia, as a result of the mountain pine beetle infestation. The committee will be conducting public consultations and [...] New committee formed in British Columbia to examine mid-term timber supply is a post from: ForestTalk.com... (Forest Talk) 17 May 2012 - 01:25 UTC

Company interested in producing wood pellets at the old Grand Falls-Windsor mill Newfoundland and Labrador‘s Minister of Natural Resources, Jerome Kennedy, is confirming that a company is interested in purchasing the old AbitibiBowater mill in Grand Falls-Windsor. Kennedy would not specify who the company was, or where they were from, but he did say that the company is interested in acquiring part of the property to produce [...] Company interested in producing wood pellets at the old Grand Falls-Windsor mill is a post from: ForestTalk.com (Forest Talk) 17 May 2012 - 01:17 UTC

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