Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The importance of forests for food security is rarely studied. The subject has been well studied in the following paper (full paper on attachment). The study used a novel empirical model to examine problems of forest policy on food security and livelihoods. It also reviewed progression of forest policies for environment conservation which reduced poor
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is the leading international institute for sustainable mountain development and expertise on the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. The Headquarters are in Kathmandu, Nepal. ICIMOD is a dynamic regional intergovernmental organisation with a growing circle of stakeholders. Its mission is to contribute to the reduction of the scientific uncertainty around
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Forest carbon has the potential to play an important role in climate mitigation. However, forest carbon transactions today raise many challenging issues for participants, including difficult legal questions. Despite almost twenty years of transacting forest carbon, and more than 67.8 million tons of carbon dioxide transacted, transaction costs and legal fees remain significant and unpredictable
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Tasmania is set to become a world leader in forest carbon research, according to the Minister for Energy and Resources Bryan Green. Mr Green said a number of projects were either underway or ready to start under a carbon research program established by Forestry Tasmania last year. “Climate change is a major issue and FT’s carbon research
Friday, December 17th, 2010
We may be becoming an ever more technologically advanced society, but we remain as dependent as ever — if not more and more so — on the natural world that surrounds us. That is one takeaway from new NASA research that has found humans are using an increasing amount of the Earth’s total land plant
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Swedish greenhouse gas emissions are declining substantially. In 2009, emissions fell by over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, the largest reduction in any single year to date* . This means that Sweden s total emissions have now dropped by a total of around 17 per cent since 1990, and levels have never been
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
As a direct result of a Crown Estate–Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum, Hannah Evans of the British Geological Survey has produced this report on historic changes in the Great Yarmouth spit and the related coastal system.
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Governments at the UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, managed to approve a series of tangible if modest steps that sets up a “global climate fund” to help poor nations, create a mechanism to share clean technologies, protect tropical forests and help the poor adapt to impacts ranging from storms to rising sea levels, says
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Alberta’s provincial parks and surrounding rural communities will benefit from a joint investment by the governments of Canada and Alberta towards enhancing park amenities and improving access for visitors. Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, together with Cindy Ady,
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Botanical Research Institute of Texas to present its 2011 International Award of Excellence in Conservation to John Cain Carter for persuading Brazilian landowners to use sustainable land management practices to improve the environment and save the Amazon rain forest.
