Brazil sets example on halting forest loss
The recent announcement by Brazil – one of the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases from deforestation - that it is adopting new emissions reduction targets could help steer negotiators in Copenhagen toward a stronger climate change deal.
Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
Fewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says.
Famed climate change researcher snags WWF award
WWF Brazil has given a special award to Dr. Carlos Nobre, who has conducted pioneering research on the impacts of climate change on the Amazon and helped deepen the world’s understanding of global warming.
Forests fundamental to effective climate deal
The world’s ability to control climate change could be crippled if global leaders do not support clear and effective targets to arrest deforestation at climate talks in Copenhagen in December, WWF said at the conclusion of a key global foresty summit.
Investors ready for forest carbon market if Copenhagen and countries supply certainty
A survey of investors with approximately US$7 trillion of assets under management has shown significant support for an expanded carbon market mechanism which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation.
September 4th: National Protected Areas Day in Bolivia
It has been 11 years since the institutionalization in terms of the functioning of the Sernap (National Service for Protected Areas) in 1998, a decentralized unit of the former Ministry of Sustainable Development responsible for coordinating the functioning of the National Protected Areas System and guaranteeing its integral management. In 2005, the Bolivian Government, with support from WWF, through Supreme Decree Nr. 28315 officially declared September 4th as National Protected Areas Day.
Community Based Forest Enterprises in Latin America, Africa and Asia sustainably manage the forest
With the objective of exchanging lessons learned regarding forest experiences related to Community Based Forest Enterprises (CBFE), representatives from WWF offices, partner organizations and CBFEs in Bolivia, Panama, Papua New Guinea and Cameroon met during the last week of July in the International Meeting on CBFEs held in Concepcion, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries
Conservationists worry that further deforestation will follow from Brazil now allowing squatting on Amazon land – regulations that encompass parcels equal to the combined size of Germany and Italy.
International Day for the Conservation of Tropical Forests
This is the 11th year in which the world celebrates, on June 26th, the conservation of tropical forests, for which Bolivia is the world leader in voluntary forest certification under the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label, with 2,042,856 million hectares of sustainably managed forests.
More studies needed for Amazon dams
La Paz, Bolivia - An international group of scientists has called for more studies into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical regions.