Sustainability in the media
To keep up with the latest dynamics in sustainable development and natural resource management, staff members at Daemeter follow and share news and updates from various sources, including the media. The reports and views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Daemeter.
Commodity giant Wilmar International is using its buying clout to push suppliers to be greener, or else, setting up a battle with growers and governments that have profited from their environmentally damaging practices, Reuters reported. Given Singapore-listed Wilmar’s muscle – its refineries process nearly half the world’s palm oil – it could also drive up […]
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Human population growth and associated food demand will likely take a heavy toll on tropical ecosystems unless major shifts occur in how crops are produced and consumed, warns a new review published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, mongabay.com reported. Noting that projections published by the U.N. now forecast the human population to swell to […]
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U.N. negotiators on Friday agreed rules on financing forest projects in developing nations, paving the way for multi-billion dollar investments from governments, funding agencies and private firms in schemes to halt deforestation, Reuters reported. The agreement on “results-based” funding for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) was a rare breakthrough at the climate […]
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Environmental initiatives that target zero net deforestation may miss their mark when it comes to slowing climate change and protecting biodiversity, warns a commentary published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, mongabay.com reported. While zero net deforestation may seem like a worthy target in efforts to curb forest loss, Sandra Brown and Daniel […]
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Publisher : mongabay.com Provided two to three days of training, forest communities can accurately and cost-effectively measure biomass and other data needed to assess REDD+ projects, finds a new study published in the journal Ecology and Society, mongabay.com reported. The research was conducted with communities living in lowland rainforest in Indonesia, mountain forest in China […]
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