positive Forests news
EU, Cameroon team up in fight against illegal timber exportsThe European Union has signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement with Cameroon, the largest African exporter of timber products to the EU, to stop illegal trading of wood products to the EU. |
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Mozambique’s war-hit Gorongosa park slowly recoversDespite 95 percent of its wildlife being killed during Mozambique's 16-year civil war, the Gorongosa National Park is back on its feet and Aranje, 62, who started working here in the 1970s wants it to stay that way. |
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US to make ‘wild’ public land eligible for protectionThe US is to make millions of acres of public land eligible for wilderness protection, officials have said. |
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UN to create panel of biodiversity expertsThe UN General Assembly agreed to form a panel of international experts on biodiversity in a resolution approved on Monday. |
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Australia cracks down on illegal timberThe Australian government has announced the creation of new legislation which will put further restrictions on the import of foreign wood products in effort to halt the flow of illegally logged timber. |
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Climate talks agree to pay to protect forestsA new climate change deal reached in Mexico has set up a global framework to pay to protect rainforests vital to the ecosystem, but held off on the controversial introduction of a market role. |
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Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battleFirefighters have overpowered the deadly blaze which tore through a forest in northern Israel after a four-day battle aided by aircraft from around the world, officials said on Sunday. |
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British government launches £4.2m urban tree-planting planENGLAND - A 4.2m pound scheme to plant one million trees over the next four years has been unveiled by the government. |
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Sri Lanka war zone becomes wildlife sanctuarySri Lanka is turning a vast area of jungle, earlier a base for Tamil Tiger rebels, into a wildlife sanctuary. |
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Mexico Forest Communities Excel In Capturing CarbonA study released amid debate over how to reduce the loss and degradation of the world's most vulnerable forests suggests that negotiators at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Cancun should look to Mexico's forest communities for a solution. |
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Tiger summit reaches bold agreement and raises $300 million
via BBC |
Thu November 25, 2010 |
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Macedonia plants 7 million trees to revive its forestsMacedonians took a day off work on Friday to plant seven million trees as part of a project started in 2008 to revive fire-ravaged forests in the landlocked Balkan country. |
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Global scheme to boost rice yields while reducing environment damageScientists have launched a bold new research initiative that aims to dramatically improve the ability of rice farmers to feed growing populations in some of the world's poorest nations, and prevent the emission of greenhouse gases. |
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Cabinet okays draft law to conserve forestsBANGLADESH - The government is going for a tougher law to clamp down on rampant tree-felling in an effort to conserve forests. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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