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20 Dec 2008
New guide for financial institutions: The Palm Oil Financing Handbook
Practical guidance on sustainable financing and investing in the palm oil sector
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04 Nov 2008
Promoting responsible forest trade of Bolivian Lesser-Known Timber Species (LKTS)
GOOD WOOD AND FOREST CONSERVATION
Many will find it strange that WWF, the global conservation organization, would promote timber and logging -- particularly in tropical forests. But the fact is that WWF does support forest industries in all parts of the world provided that they practice socially and environmentally responsible forest management. While WWF continues work to protect the most ecologically valuable forests in reserves, we see responsible forestry as a key component of sustainable development that can and should go hand in hand with forest conservation. » Read more
09 Oct 2008
Palm oil, soy and tropical forests: a strategy for life.
Between 2000 and 2006, the area harvested for soy and palm oilglobally increased by almost 22 million hectares—an area twice thesize of Cuba. Today this expansion continues unabated, and in manyplaces is occurring at the expense of natural rainforests and thepeople who depend on them to survive. » Read more
11 Sep 2008
WWF Discussion Paper: Policy Approaches and Positive Incentives for REDD
A WWF discussion paper on policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) as part of the post-2012 UN climate agreement.
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13 Jun 2008
Tracking progress in protected area management
Developed by the WWF and World Bank, the Tracking Tool is designed to further track and monitor progress towards worldwide protected area management effectiveness. It is aimed at being cheap and simple to use by park staff, while supplying consistent data about protected areas and management progress over time. New revised version is available now. » Read more
27 May 2008
Green carbon guidebook
Through its Green Carbon Initiative, WWF is deeply involved in the process of developing a credible and comprehensive standard system for forest carbon projects. We are engaged in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiating process
to help ensure a credible and ambitious post-2012
global climate deal. We are discussing the methodological and technical issues with specialists and key carbon market players to ensure that the guidance we provide is relevant to their needs. Finally, we are working closely with the most important existing standard systems that effectively address some of the key components of a comprehensive carbon standard system.
In this guidebook, we set out what an appropriate meta-standard framework (MSF) must encompass in terms of both technical and methodological elements and implementation procedures to guide project developers and investors. » Read more
08 Jan 2008
Landscape Outcome Assessment Methodology (LOAM) in Practice
A practical guide on how to go about implementing the Landscape Outcome Assessment Methodology (LOAM) based on “hands-on” experience gained to date in developing the approach.
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29 Nov 2007
Gift of the Himalayas - high value plants and NTFPs
A report on the the Himalayas' rich repository of native plants and high value nontimber forest products (NTFPs). It is a WWF Nepal's initiative to conserve these high value NTFPs of mountains by providing concise information of prioritized species in mountain program areas of the Sacred Himalayan Landscape. » Read more
28 Nov 2007
Guide to buying “green” paper
WWF launches a buyers' guide to responsible paper purchasing and use. » Read more
28 Nov 2007
Climate Change in Indonesia - Implications for Humans and Nature
Climate change impacts on Indonesia, people and nature
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Climate Change in Indonesia - Implications for Humans and Nature
Climate change impacts on Indonesia, people and nature
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