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Refining trade regulation to support and stabilise local agricultural...
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Meeting the challenge of sustainable forest management
By Martin Perrier, Director of ONF InternationalForests serve ecological functions (they regulate the water cycle, sequester carbon and help preserve biodiversity), social functions (providing places...
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Forestry assets in Africa : promising returns
By Ole C. Sand, Managing partner and Elisabeth M. Lewis, Principal, Global Environment FundSolid biological growth rates, low establishment and maintenance costs, land availability, and demand for...
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Developping the forestry sector with carbon markets
By Mariana Deheza, Research Fellow - Carbon Offsets, Agriculture et Forestry and Valentin Bellassen, Research Unit Manager - Carbon Offsets, Agriculture, forestry, CDC ClimatForests are vital carbon...
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Forest management by community forest enterprises
BY Jean Bakouma, head of the Forest Programme at WWF France and Juan Seve, consultant at WWF usaFor conservation to be synonymous with development, local populations need to be involved in forest...
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Forest management plans in the Congo basin
By Constance-Corbier Barthaux, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)More than half the forests in the Congo Basin have been allocated as concessions, and most are covered by Forest Management Plans...
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Preliminary feedback on FSC certification from an operator's point of view
By Francis Rougier, Vice-President and Chief Executive of Rougier SA and Mickaël Clément, Associate director of Azao conseilIn 2008, Rougier embarked on the process of securing FSC certification for...
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Stimulating private investment in the forestry sector
By Hanna Skelly, Associate Director, Finnfund LtdDeforestation has devastating effects in developing countries. Managed sustainably, forestry projects provide solutions to economic, environmental and...
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Adding value at source in West Africa – a win-win-win scenario
By Anthony Pile, Blue SkiesAnthony Pile sets out to show that business opportunities abound in developing Africa, and not just because the cost of labour is relatively low. Indeed, he argues that,...
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Building long term agricultural partnerships in Africa: four lessons from the...
By Sunny Verghese, co-founder, Group Managing Director and CEO, Olam International LtdFocus Emerging Africa offers increasing opportunities, both as a growing consumer market and a vibrant production...
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$ 40 billion needed to reduce global deforestation
By Tuukka Castrén, World BankPrivate financing for sustainable forest management is far greater than public financing, but still falls far short of what is needed to halve global deforestation by 2020....
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