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REPORT: Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit

2010-02-08

"Profit and environmental protection can co-exist"
- President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The WWF Coral Triangle programme together with the Republic of the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hosted the Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit on 19-20 January 2010 at the Makati Shangri la Hotel in Makati City, Philippines.

The summit was called to provide opportunities for business leaders to explore emerging green investment opportunities, to network and forge partnerships with other companies and industries that are dependent on the Coral Triangle's natural resources, and to examine ways to adopt environmentally-responsible business operations.

The 2-day Summit was attended by leaders from tuna and live reef fish businesses, airlines and resort owners, as well as government ministers and officials, and non-government organizations. The event resulted into agreements on how industries could contribute to the protection of the Coral Triangle and the 120 million livelihoods that depend on its marine resources.

GFTN Quarterly Newsletter, January 2010

2010-01-29

Major highlights include:

* Rising to the Challenge: Williams-Sonoma Joins GFTN-North America on a Sustainable Sourcing Trip
* Greening Supply Chains: Home Retail Group Conducts Responsible Timber Sourcing Seminars
* GFTN Participant Recognized as Exemplary Case of Sustainable Forest Management
* Coca-Cola Spain Delivers on Sustainability Commitments
* Responsible Forest Management Drives Change in Amazon
* Partnering Together to Protect Portugal’s Vital Cork Oak Habitats
* Industry Leaders Pledge to Protect World’s Forests
* And more on GFTN's vision in action

Tigers in the Greater Mekong

2010-01-27

WWF-Cambodia Newsletter_Special end-of-year2009

2010-01-27

WWF-Cambodia Newsletter, special edition
Vol. 4, Issue 12 • Jul-Dec 2009
WWF Greater Mekong - Cambodia Country Programme

In this issue:

Fresh notes from the field
Feature articles: Communicating environmental messages through drama play
Photographing Leopard in Cambodian dry forests becomes a reality
Community honey entrepreneurs of Cambodia seek national cooperation
Ecotourism and forest protection go side by side
The Rattan Association of Cambodia is operational
And photos that inspire motivation and commitment.

GFTN Participants Supply Information (Bolivia & Peru)

2010-01-27

This supply information (exporter profile) has been created to promote hardwood species from GFTN participants in the Latin American region, particularly Peru and Bolivia. Find out also about various types of certified timber and lesser known species available in the region.

Doing green business in the Coral Triangle: the case for sustainable tourism

2010-01-25

Doing green business in the Coral Triangle: the case for sustainable seafood

2010-01-25

Manejo Forestal Sostenible: Una oportunidad para consolidar Tierras Comunitarias de Origen en Bolivia

2010-01-21

Los pueblos indígenas deben enfrentar los problemas de gestionar su territorio, después de la titulación de las TCO. Necesitan sentar presencia en extensas áreas que en el papel les pertenecen, pero que en realidad son muchas veces explotadas o avasalladas por otros.

Actualmente las TCO de tierras bajas abarcan el 41,2 % del total de superficie de bosques del pais.

Además de la extracción de madera, el manejo integral del bosque comprende el aprovechamiento de los productos no maderables y los servicios ambientales. Los proyectos de manejo forestal comunitario (MFC) tienen por objetivo el manejo sostenible y la defensa territorial. También generan fuentes de trabajo y diversifican la producción. Además, fortalecen los asentamientos indígenas, impulsando su incorporación al sistema productivo nacional y permitiéndoles cubrir sus necesidades básicas.

Hasta ahora, el MFC ha demostrado la importancia de la participación de los pueblos indígenas en el desarrollo y la conservación de los bosques. Al implementar el MFC a lo largo de varios años, los pueblos indígenas desarrollaron conocimientos, habilidades y destrezas en las operaciones forestales y en el uso de maquinarias. Los nuevos conocimientos, no siempre fáciles de adquirir, permiten reflexionar, tomar acciones y decisiones, dentro del proceso de gestión forestal. En experiencias exitosas, las Empresas Forestales Comunitarias (EFC) han podido acceder a recursos económicos más o menos importantes, y han podido utilizarlos para beneficios sociales en su comunidad. Por otro lado, esas experiencias han permitido reforzar las organizaciones indígenas, lo que fortalece sus capacidades de protección y control, tanto de su territorio como de los recursos naturales que este alberga.

WWF working paper "Interpreting grassland requirements set out within the European Directive on renewable energy"

2010-01-20

This paper aims to provide a basis for discussion, clarification and interpretation of the criteria for the protection of highly biodiverse grasslands set out in Article 17 of Directive 2009/28/EC on renewable energy. In so doing we hope to offer a basis for the development of an effective and practical system to implement these criteria.

Assessment of On-Pack, Wild-Capture Seafood Sustainability Certification Programmes and Seafood Ecolabels

2010-01-18

The MSC is ranked the highest in the ADP report, Assessment of On-Pack, Wild-Capture Seafood Sustainability Certification Programmes and Seafood Ecolabels, with a score of just over 95 percent compliance to the assessment’s criteria requirements.

The report finds that except for the MSC, the other assessed schemes - Naturland, Friend of the Sea, Krav, AIDCP, Mel-Japan and Southern Rocklobster - do not evaluate fisheries across all criteria to the extent required to support sustainable fishing and healthy oceans.

Coral Triangle Business Summit 2010: BROCHURE

2010-01-06

At the Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit, a myriad of opportunities await sectors that rely on marine resources. Come and discover sustainable business solutions and explore financial opportunities for profitable "green" investments that help conserve this fragile, resource-rich region.

Forest Conversion News No. 24 - Dec 2009

2009-12-23

WWF Climate Savers Innovations Case Studies

2009-12-18

Innovation is central to successful business. No successful company rests on its laurels – the need to move forward demands new ideas and new approaches, and this is exactly what the Climate Savers companies have demonstrated.

The innovations they have developed range from creative ideas in renewable energy generation to management initiatives designed to motivate and fully involve staff; and from adaptation of business models to cutting back travel through the use of leading edge telepresence solutions. All in all the Climate Savers companies have driven forward the emission-reduction agenda with vigour and determination.

More information on WWF Climate Savers: panda.org/climatesavers

Content:
* Reaching a point of no return: How Elopak rolls out CO2 reduction initiatives.
* Fairmont Hotels & Resorts stretching the targets for climate action at landmark hotels.
* Developing IT solutions for reducing travel-related CO2 emissions: HP Halo collaboration solutions.
* What does it take to get projects off the ground? Johnson & Johnson capital relief funding for CO2 reduction projects.
* Lafarge’s C-O-Tool: Supporting CO2 mitigation decision-making.
* Nokia Siemens Networks: Connecting Business growth and emissions reductions.
* Developing an innovative business model: Novo Nordisk and Dong Energy driving the market for renewable energy in Denmark.
* Sagawa Express delivers on climate change innovations for the transport industry.
* Lowering CO2 emmissions from products: Sony’s eco-innovation for televisions.
* Breaking down alignment barriers: Tetra Pak pulls together allies to reach climate goals.
* Removing barriers to innovation: Xanterra Parks & Resorts gaining scale in on-site solar power generation.

A New World of Climate Leadership

2009-12-10

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing humankind.

More than a century of large-scale fossil fuel consumption and deforestation have altered the Earth’s climate system as the build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere have led to higher surface temperatures, shifting climate pat- terns and an overall destabilization of the global climatic system.

There is a widespread belief that developing countries do not take climate change seriously, are not taking steps to reduce emissions and will be an obstacle to reaching a new global agreement to stop climate change. In reality, these countries are not only taking action to reduce their own emissions, but many of them are also playing a constructive role in the international climate negotiations.

This paper focuses on fve of the most dynamic emerging economies – Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa – examining the current trends in GHG emissions in these countries, the actions underway to mitigate climate change impacts, the forces driving these efforts, and the potential opportunities to support further emission reductions.

Implementación de los Principios de WWF sobre pueblos indígenas

2009-12-02

Implementación de los Principios de WWF sobre pueblos indígenas y Conservación en la Gestión de Proyectos y Programas.

Escapes de Salmones en Chile

2009-12-02

Eventos, impactos, mitigación y prevención

Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year 2009

2009-11-26

Eutrophication, identified as the single most important threat to the health of the Baltic Sea, cannot be stopped without the active engagement of farmers. Agricultural runoff is the main cause of eutrophication. A major solution to the problem is to be found in the promotion of more sustainable farming and land management practices. The WWF Baltic Sea Farmer of the Year Award competition highlights the important role that farmers play in protecting the Baltic Sea and illustrates impressive examples of how farmers are taking innovative approaches and moving towards a more Baltic-friendly farming.

The annual competition was first launched in 2009. The award for the first competition of its kind went to Ms. Katariina Vapola and Mr. Jyrki Ankelo from Finland “for their strong and long commitment to environmental protection; for the high number of innovative measures to reduce nutrient runoff that have been implemented on their farm; and for the jury’s belief that most of these measures could easily be replicated and duplicated by other farmers around the Baltic Sea”.

El Programa Forestal de WWF Bolivia

2009-11-25

El valor de los bosques está determinado por la importancia comercial de su madera y otros productos forestales, pero también por los beneficios ambientales que brindan, como la conservación de la biodiversidad, la provisión de agua y aire limpios y la regulación del clima, entre otros.

WWF cree que es posible conservar los bosques buscando un equilibrio entre los intereses comerciales y la conservación. Ya sea trabajando con empresarios forestales o con comunidades indígenas, WWF promociona el manejo forestal responsable y la certificación forestal del Consejo de Manejo Forestal (FSC por su sigla en inglés), lo que permite combatir la tala ilegal y a la vez de asegurar un desarrollo socioeconómico de largo plazo.

WWF trabaja temas forestales en Bolivia desde 1993, cuando invirtió esfuerzos en capacitación y manejo comunitario de bosques en la cuenca amazónica. El Programa Forestal de WWF Bolivia tiene la visión de preservar la biodiversidad y productividad para las presentes y futuras generaciones y es de carácter transversal, coordinado estratégicamente con nuestros dos programas ecorregionales nacionales: Amazonia y Pantanal.

El Programa Forestal de WWF Bolivia
Promueve el fortalecimiento de capacidades locales indígenas en manejo forestal y su integración al mercado nacional e internacional a través de la certificación forestal FSC. Fomenta así el comercio forestal responsable, creando una demanda preferencial y una oferta de madera legal proveniente de bosques bien manejados.

Manejo comunitario de bosques y certificación forestal: Desarrollo sostenible y mitigación del cambio climático

2009-11-25

Los bosques naturales en Bolivia son una fuente tradicional de bienes y servicios complementarios para la subsistencia de los pobladores rurales e indígenas del país. Los recursos del bosque son también la base de una creciente industria forestal, generadora de fuentes de trabajo y divisas al Estado y a los gobiernos locales. Gran parte de nuestros bosques tropicales conforman ecosistemas mundialmente reconocidos por sus funciones y servicios ambientales, tales como la mitigación de cambios climáticos, ser anfitriones de ecoturismo, fuentes de biodiversidad y reguladores de regímenes hídricos, además de cumplir con la función social y cultural de los pueblos a los que pertenece.

El trabajo forestal de WWF Bolivia
WWF trabaja temas forestales en Bolivia desde 1993, cuando invirtió esfuerzos en capacitación y manejo forestal con comunidades indígenas en la cuenca amazónica.

El Programa Forestal de WWF Bolivia promueve el fortalecimiento de capacidades locales indígenas en manejo forestal y su integración al mercado nacional e internacional, fomentando así el comercio forestal responsable a través de la creación de una demanda preferencial y una oferta de madera legal proveniente de bosques manejados responsablemente y/o con certificación forestal FSC.

Establishing a Global Carbon Budget

2009-11-25

If we are serious about avoiding catastrophic climate change, we need to limit global warming resulting from increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This means limiting and reducing global net emissions. But who must limit their emissions, by how much, and when? This is where a global carbon budget comes in; more precisely – a long-term cumulative GHG allowance for the entire planet.

A global carbon budget can guide and inform our efforts to limit the total amount of greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere, share the remaining global space equitably, and achieve sufficient effort in the near and medium term so that we don’t leave an impossible task for the next generation in future decades.

OK, sounds interesting. But what exactly is a Carbon Budget?

A Global Carbon Budget sets out the total emissions that humanity is allowed to “spend” over a specific period, and then allocates those allowed expenditures to particular time periods, countries and regions over the period covered by the “budget”.

Science tells us that it is cumulative global emissions in particular long-lived greenhouse gases such as CO2 that drive atmospheric concentration levels and global temperatures, and it will be our total emissions of these gases between now and 2050 that will determine our success in limiting warming to below two degrees. Thus the starting point of a global carbon budget is the total emissions allowed worldwide between now and 2050 to meet a particular objective, such as having a high chance of staying well below 2 degrees C.