Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Cross-posted from THE ENVIRONMENTALIST. -------------------- The European Commission (the Commission) just released their proposal for addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. This is the long awaited Communication on the European Union's...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
This post first appeared on Globalwarmingisreal.com. ---------- The BBC is reporting on a new study which estimated that current deforestation is costing the world $2-5 trillion per year. Wow...that is a lot of dollars, euros, yen, or whatever you are...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Interesting developments in Indonesia on the deforestation front! An editorial in the Jakarta Post discusses a recent announcement from the Indonesian Forestry Ministry to require forest certification. As the editorial outlines this: bold move to require forestry companies to have...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
I was looking for something else and just stumbled upon this news from the European effort to address illegal logging. As a part of a vote on the EU joining an international agreement on timber trade, the European Parliament agreed...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
As the New Yorker highlighted in their recent article Stolen Forests, illegal logging is a major problem -- causing deforestation, supporting criminal groups, etc. As my colleague Jacob Scherr highlights, it is also a threat to indigenous communities. And, addressing...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, I attended a sort of star studded event with my colleague Jacob Scherr to discuss reducing emissions from deforestation as a part of efforts to tackle global warming pollution, hosted by a group called Avoided Deforestation Partners. No red...continued→
