Sentences with phrase «forest conservation»

There are already international agreements in place that provide cash in exchange for forest conservation projects in developing countries.

It is a great way to get in touch with other people working on similar interests or to learn more about current issues and initiatives in forest conservation.

It's a well - supported, on - target plan to address climate change with tropical forest conservation and restoration.

This can only be done through the support of forest conservation, reduce the clearing of forests land and working towards sustainable management of forests.

Fortunately for the community, many companies and governments around the world volunteer to fund forest conservation projects as an attempt to offset part of their own carbon emissions.

The rising cost of fighting fires in this age of climate change is increasingly taking money away from forest conservation programs.

In addition to pricing carbon, aggressive policies are needed in three key areas: energy efficiency, low carbon energy, and land - use, which includes forest conservation and agriculture.

The business credits would generate by 2015 about $ 12 billion to $ 15 billion for international forest conservation, he added.

Developing a system to predict which species are likely to disappear first from our changing forest habitats, the team is now hoping to use this information to inform forest conservation and restoration efforts.

This is ideal for forest conservation because there would be less chance of unintended consequences and more benefits for the ecosystem than traditional hybrid breeding methods.

Since forest conservation is one of the largest and most affordable greenhouse gas reduction opportunities, it is a logical centerpiece of emerging international carbon offset and trading plans.

These data represent forest conservation and preservation efforts, as well as areas that are important to biodiversity and natural resources.

Given the economic and political context, I also show how and to what extent he could use his ideas to influence the colonial state to implement forest conservation.

For some, the only solution may be simply to pay for forest conservation.

In addition to pricing carbon, aggressive policies are needed in three key areas: energy efficiency, low carbon energy, and land - use, which includes forest conservation and agriculture.

We further find similar pre-packaged regulations coming from federal agencies, including the EPA (which openly admits that some of its grant programs are designed to impose Agenda 21) the Forest Service (which admits that its policies on forest conservation are coming from the UN's Brundtland Commission on Global Governance), as well as polices from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Transportation, to name a few.

Brazil has been recognized as a leader in global efforts to reduce deforestation and associated greenhouse gas emissions — mostly due to the successful implementation of forest conservation policies that reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80 % below historical levels, and prevented more than 5 billion tons of CO2 from reaching the atmosphere over the last decade.

She sees a role for public forest conservation finance in helping governments build up their capacity to monitor the forest — a role that it is already playing, in Brazil and around the world — and adds that the one thing everyone agrees on is that no one has all the answers.

The nifty deal fits into the U.S. Tropical Forest Conservation Act whereby the U.S. government can buy back debt in exchange for conservation projects at a discounted rate.

This reframes the forest as a critical water infrastructure asset, which is ultimately what spurred Blue Forest Conservation to drive capital into forest restoration and preservation via the Forest Resilience Bond.

Thus the Brazil nut industry is a linchpin of forest conservation strategy across its range.

The Rainforest Alliance will continue its commitment to reduce the effects of climate change by building climate resilience in some of the world's most vulnerable regions through forest conservation and sustainable agriculture.

Saw O Moo will be remembered for his life - long passion and commitment to preserving Indigenous Karen cultural traditions, promoting customary land stewardship, and leading local community forest conservation activities as the Luthaw Paw Day Community Forest Coordinator.

She'd rather see public forest conservation finance directed into programs that help small ranchers develop simple technologies that can help them become more efficient.

The size of the property adequately ensures complete representations of habitats and ecological processes and the total area protected is larger than any other legally protected, single forest conservation area in mainland Southeast Asia.

This was supported with funding to WWF from USAID's CARPE program, while work to implement the new forest conservation program will be supported by the Norwegian - based development agency, Norad.

The FHHH initiative is specifically tailored to address this link between forest conservation and health care, which is not addressed by existing federal and state programs that promote forest stewardship private lands.

Since 2009, the Indigenous Advisory Group has been providing advice and feedback to CI on issues related to indigenous rights, climate change and forest conservation issues.

The transaction is the largest working forest conservation easement granted by a private forest owner in the state and first to include lands owned and managed by a major commercial timberland interest, Wal - Mart says.

The move, which established the first compliance carbon trading system in the United States, opened the door for carbon offsets generated via forest conservation projects.

Borneo lacks island - wide forest clearance and logging documentation, making forest conservation planning difficult, especially for selectively logged forests that have high conservation potential but are vulnerable to being converted to plantations.

That threat, however, may now be mitigated by the potential for payments for REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) allowing companies and environmental groups to fund forest conservation by earning carbon credits for saving trees.

Prior to AFF, Paul held numerous positions with The Nature Conservancy for almost 20 years, including roles in executive management, and nearly 10 years directing forest conservation strategies in the southeastern United States.

The study, funded by the National Science Foundation and Forest Conservation Botswana, examined Landsat satellite data from the past 30 years to track broad land cover change in the Chobe district, a 21,000 - square - kilometer area encompassing urban, rural, communally managed, and protected land.

But the Shawi indigenous people hope that a new FIP forest conservation programme will help stem forest loss in this area of the central Peruvian Amazon.

With the assistance of the administration, he helped establish the Madras Forest Department, today known as the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, India's first forest conservation organization.

He has volunteered in Malawi, Guatemala where he worked as a photojournalist to document Community Cloud Forest Conservation's (CCFC) work conserving the cloud forest, with homeless shelters and development programs in both Pittsburgh and the Bay Area.

In 2005, the Coalition for Rainforest Nations proposed creating market based incentives for REDD activities — arguing that because market prices for agricultural goods drive deforestation in many countries, then international prices for carbon would drive forest conservation if REDD is allowed into a global carbon - trading scheme.

If the bill passes and other industrialized countries adopt similar tropical forest conservation measures, deforestation could be ended or even reversed — a huge global achievement that, until Waxman - Markey, seemed tragically out of reach.

In contrast, REDD + funding — which has long been a major pillar of forest protection in the Amazon region — has been insufficient for the country to maintain its long - term forest conservation efforts.

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Identified carbon sequestration pathways include: terrestrial, riparian, and aquatic habitat; agricultural lands and soils; aquatic marine and freshwater natural resources; and working forest conservation easements or deed restrictions.

Successful avoided deforestation will be achieved through a series of interventions including reinforcing the implementation of the approved village land use plan and associated village by - laws, improving forest conservation and management activities, and addressing the primary driver of deforestation: slash and burn agriculture.

SFI also awards Conservation and Community Partnerships Grants to support forest conservation and strengthen forest - dependent communities.

The opinion, which was commissioned by Forest Trends, a Washington, D.C. - based forest conservation group, could boost the efforts of indigenous groups seeking compensation for preserving forest on their lands, effectively paving the way for large - scale indigenous - led conservation of the Amazon rainforest.