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.
Norway’s $760 billion pension fund has divested from two Malaysian forestry companies due to ‘severe environmental damage’, mongabay.com reported. On Saturday, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) — the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund — announced it has sold stakes in WTK Holdings Berhad and Ta Ann Holdings Berhad, Malaysian companies with extensive logging […]
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With machetes slung over their shoulders and cooking pots tied to their packs, a team of seven surveyors set off from this sleepy hill town recently to complete a mapping project they hope will bring their village into existence for Indonesian officialdom, Christian Science Monitor reported. For four days, the team traversed the forest, guided […]
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Asia is a key supplier of biomass feedstock to markets such as Europe or the United States but within the region, new opportunities and investments in biomass are emerging, particularly in Southeast Asia, Eco- Business.com reported. Of the Asian countries, China, Japan and Korea currently lead the region in biomass projects due to a combination […]
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a presidential decree for the establishment of a long- awaited national agency on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), which looks set to implement a two-year forest moratorium extension, The Jakarta Post reported. The establishment of the ministerial-level agency, according to a press release from the Cabinet secretary’s […]
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Forest certification is considered a promising tool to improve forest management, but there needs to be a robust evaluation of a complex web of factors to establish its true value for various stakeholders, according to a new analysis, CIFOR’s Forests News reported. Certification is a market-based scheme under which companies or communities managing forests voluntarily […]
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