Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Certification provides small and community landowners with a means to access higher value markets; for customers to reward the achievement of social and environmental outcomes and; for project sponsors to ensure outcomes are consistent with social and environmental expectations.The application of certification remains problematic because of costs associated with implementation and ongoing compliance. Internationally attempts
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
An indigenous community in one of Cambodia’s poorest provinces has received new funding in its effort to set up an eco-tourism site at a lake that was recently returned to villagers from private ownership. The mostly indigenous ethnic Kuoy residents of Romchek village in northeast Preah Vihear province are to receive a share of almost US$20,000
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Canada’s forest and peatland ecosystems are globally significant carbon stores, whose management will be influenced by climate change mitigation policies such as offset systems. To be effective, these policies must be grounded in objective information on the relationships between land use, ecosystem carbon dynamics, and climate. Here, we present the out- comes of a workshop
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Four eastern Himalayan countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal – officially commenced a three-day high-level technical consultative meeting in Kathmandu on the ‘Sacred Himalayas for Water, Livelihoods, and Bio-cultural Heritage’. The meeting is being organised by ICIMOD and the Royal Government of Bhutan and expected outcomes will create a roadmap leading to the proposed
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Untitled Document If an oil spill wasn’t responsible for the formations in these TerraSAR-X images, they might seem like the work of an artist. The images were acquired over the Gulf of Mexico on 9 July 2010. For researchers, such imagery is key in forecasting the distribution of the oil slick. Read More
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
WELSH GOV – Three of the new appointments are to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and one is to the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Following an open selection exercise, the Minister has appointed Ms Melanie Doel, Mrs Carys Lloyd Howell and Professor Alan Terence Arthur Lovell to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The total number of fires to date this season is 6093, about 15% greater than the 10-year average of 5231. The area burned to date is currently estimated at 2,626,577 hectares, nearly twice the 10-year average of 1,352,867 hectares. In the last week, 410,791 hectares burned, most due to fires in BC, Alberta, northern Saskatchewan,
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Alberta announced Tuesday it has teamed with the government of British Columbia to develop a new forecasting system that will provide more advanced notice of anticipated smoke resulting from forest fires. The Blue Sky Western Canada Smoke Forecasting system combines information related to burning wildfires, such as location and size, with weather forecasts, said Alberta
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Envisat has been observing a rare event in the Arctic since early August – a giant iceberg breaking off the Petermann glacier in North-West Greenland. Read More
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Indonesian palm oil giant PT SMART Tbk on Tuesday got a mixed score card in an environmental audit, leaving in doubt whether key buyers including Unilever will renew contracts with the firm. Both SMART, which is part of Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources, and leading critic Greenpeace claimed victory after the audit said SMART had not destroyed
