This supply information (exporter profile) has been created to promote hardwood species from GFTN participants in the Latin American region, including Peru and Bolivia. Find out also about various types of certified timber and lesser known species available in the region.
The brochure dedicated to the CEPF invetment prtfolio in the Caucasus has been published.
Major highlights include:
* Enabling Markets to Work for Forets: GFTN at the World Forestry Congress 2009.
* Africa: Study Reveals Importance of Certification in Survival of Great Apes
* B&Q Secures Biggest Volume of Tropical FSC-Certified Plywood in the World
* Showcasing GFTN's Certified Wood Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
* Harmonizing Policy and Practice in China
* Sustainable Timber Revolution at Bovis Lend Lease
* Planting the Seeds of Sustainability in West Africa
* And more on GFTN's vision in action
The 2002 review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation established the commitment to introduce recovery plans and multi annual management plans.
Choi, Ga-Young and Karen L. Eckert. 2009. Manual of Best Practices for Safeguarding Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches. Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) Technical Report No. 9. Ballwin, Missouri. 86 pp.
The world has just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. But the good news is that it can be done and that the long term benefits will be immense, according to a new analysis from WWF.
Well-managed and appropriately-located plantations can contribute positively to sustainable development. The project explores how plantations can support biodiversity, benefit local communities and contribute to economic growth.
Posidonia, the WWF Mediterranean newsletter for the community of environmental organizations in the Mediterranean.
The energy we use for heating and cooling buildings accounts for about one quarter of all energy consumed in Europe - as much as all EU transport.