A new study on biodiversity conservation by scientists from the National University of Singapore and the University of California states that selectively logged forests have considerable conservation value and should be included in effective strategies to protect biodiversity. The study supports recent findings that selectively logged forests maintain significant levels of biodiversity.
The United Nations Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and a coalition of more than two hundred financial institutions launched a new report on the eve of the Durban Climate Change meeting which reveals the REDD+ program requires private sector engagement and funding if it is to achieve its stated aims.
The O’Neill Government has sought to strengthen ties with partners in the Asia Pacific by marking key events in its relations with both the US and Australian governments.
Researchers from the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the World Agro forestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) have collaborated to develop an interactive online mapping tool known as Mapaz, which is set to play a key role in global forest policy development going forward.
Greenpeace has just completed its regular Pacific run to oppose forestry and plantation development in PNG. This year it faced something new: strident opposition from local people whose livelihoods are threatened by Greenpeace’s actions.
Greenpeace has been warning for over a decade that PNG’s special forest resources were about to disappear. No robust numbers have ever been produced by Greenpeace.
Greenpeace has claimed for many years that between 70 and 90 percent of timber in PNG is illegally harvested. There is no empirical evidence of that. To the contrary, research published by the International Tropical Timber Organization shows most forestry in PNG is legal.
It is likely that the Greenpeace message is losing credibility in PNG
This time, the Greenpeace message was unclear.
Greenpeace has demonstrated its modus operandi in PNG: promotion of a false reality. It is little wonder it has lost its charitable status in many parts of the world.
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