New UN scheme seeks to combat climate change from deforestation
United Nations | 24 September 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced a pioneering initiative aimed at combating climate change through creating incentives to reverse the trend of deforestation, at an unveiling with Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg.
The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation [...]
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News: UN-REDD Programme launched
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News: FRA 2010 survey
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FAO place the spotlight on forest monitoring
Environmental Expert | 16 July 2008
SPAIN: Earlier this year, countries and FAO reconfirmed their commitment to jointly prepare the next Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), a comprehensive data collection on the state of the world’s forests which is scheduled for release in 2010. As part of the FRA 2010, [...]
