Posted on 18 March 2009 by takecover08
World forests face the dual challenge of climate change and the global economic crisis, a key UN report says.
On the BBC News website, environment reporter Mark Kinver said it suggested that although the economic slowdown might reduce deforestation rates in the short term, it was also likely to lead to other problems.
One concern, would be [...]
Filed under: climate change, deforestation, forestry sector, illegal logging, research, tree stats | Tagged: bbc news, climate change, deforestation, ecology, fao, forests, mark kinver, redd, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, rome, state of the world's forests report, un, woodlands, world forest week | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 13 March 2009 by takecover08
Ten million new “green jobs” can be created by investing in sustainable forest management, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
“As more jobs are lost due to the current economic downturn, sustainable forest management could become a means of creating millions of green jobs, thus helping to reduce poverty and improve the environment,” [...]
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Posted on 16 December 2008 by takecover08
After years of extensive flooding and droughts, Zambians are gradually turning to greener energy technologies to save trees, which could slow the impact of climate change, according to a UN news feature.
Charcoal-fed braziers are being replaced by those burning briquettes made of treated coal waste, which are smokeless and emit low levels of sulphur dioxide [...]
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Posted on 9 December 2008 by takecover08
The problem of global warming from greenhouse gases calls for a stronger involvement of agriculture and farming communities, as well as forestry and forest users in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.
“Agriculture and deforestation are major contributors to climate change, but by the same token farmers and [...]
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Posted on 20 October 2008 by takecover08
The role forests can play in the battle against dangerous climate is one of the topics to be discussed by delegates at a summit to mark the first European Forest Week.
The gathering in Rome, hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will run from 20-24 October.
In a press release, the FAO said Europe’s [...]
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Posted on 10 August 2008 by takecover08
Fire is the main cause of forest destruction in the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Amazingly, about 50,000 fires sweep through 700,000 to one million hectares of Mediterranean forests, other wooded land and other land each year.
As well as causing enormous economic damage, the fires result in massive [...]
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