Join the Global Forest & Trade Network in Buenos Aires for the XIIIth World Forestry Congress
Join the Global Forest & Trade Network in Buenos Aires for the XIIIth World Forestry Congress from October 18-23, 2009. 5000 representatives from government, private sectors and NGOs of more than 160 countries will engage in a week of keynotes, presentations, round tables, side events and exhibitions at the event, which is considered to be the most important gathering for dialogue and experience exchange in the forestry sector.
Saving forests one of the most efficient climate remedies: WWF Sweden
WWF Sweden is urging its government – holding the current EU Presidency - to get behind an effective international agreement on halting forest loss as a key and highly cost effective measure on climate change. A new report shows combatting deforestation to be second only to energy efficiency as a way of combatting climate change.
Aircraft and shipping emissions on course for Copenhagen
Negotiations to bring international aviation and shipping emissions under a Copenhagen climate treaty have begun in earnest at UN climate negotiations now underway in Bangkok, in a signal the world has lost patience with a lack of serious action by the international transport sector.
Forest Certification in Bolivia: Benefits for Communities, Companies, and Forests
Forum in La Paz, Bolivia
On Thursday October 8th a Forum will be held in La Paz, Bolivia, to analyze the benefits generated from forests for Bolivian communities, companies and the forests themselves, catapulting the country as the world leader in sustainable management of native tropical forests. The Forum is organized by the Bolivian Council for Voluntary Forest Certification (CFV) and the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (Ibce).
World Forestry Business Roundtable
October 9th is the deadline for companies to register for the World Forestry Business Roundtable, scheduled to be held on October 21st, 2009, as part of the XIII World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, thanks to the Bolivian Forestry Chamber (CFB) and with the sponsorship of Usaid/Bolivia and FAO.
Train from Kyoto to Copenhagen to Raise Awareness of Climate Change Ahead of Crucial UN Conference
The International Union of Railways (UIC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the global conservation organization WWF today launched the symbolic one-month and nearly 9,000 kilometer-long train journey from Kyoto to Copenhagen to document the impacts of climate change and raise awareness of low-carbon transport solutions.
Spain takes international water treaty past half way mark
Spain has boosted efforts to bring into effect an international treaty to share and protect rivers and lakes crossing or forming international borders, telling the United Nations General Assembly it was committed to jointly addressing issues of security, development and protection of the environment.
Time for stalling past as climate predictions dramatically worsen
Climate negotiators received a new hurry up call today as scientists released new predictions that climate change was happening significantly faster than previous estimates. The new scenario sees warming of double the unacceptable risk levels for runaway catastrophic climate change as "not implausible" if effective action is not taken on emissions and deforestation.
Flamingo paradise becomes largest Andean Ramsar wetland
Celebrations here yesterday marked the recognition of an area of southern Bolivia as a Wetland of international Importance (or Ramsar Site), the largest of its kind yet declared in South America’s 7000 Km long Andes Mountains chain.
Photographic exhibit ‘Bolivian Pantanal, source of life and development’
Currently on display at the Expocruz international fair
The photographic exhibit ‘Bolivian Pantanal, source of life and development’ is a visual journey through the majestic Pantanal and allows us, through impressive imagery, to venture deep into its rivers, dense forests, learn about the hardworking lives of its inhabitants, and the remote places where the hyacinth macaw nests and the jaguars rest. The exhibit is promoted by the Bolivian Pantanal Network and the Bolivian Society for Environmental Law (SBDA), in collaboration with WWF, the global conservation organization.