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APP's Borneo expansion to be constrained by forest conservation policy
2013-12-05 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will not convert any blocks of forest found to have high conservation value or substantial carbon stocks as it expands in Indonesian Borneo, according the forestry giant's managing director of sustainability. Responding to a report published by Greenomics, an Indonesian environmental group, Aida Greenbury said APP's 10-month-old forest conservation policy applies to four suppliers operating in East and West Kalimantan. "Our Forest Conservation Policy applies to all of...
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Signed Conservation Easement 2011
2013-11-22 02:11:22| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 1,781kbCategory: Background Information
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Conservation Leaders Support Conservation Compliance
2013-11-18 12:49:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The former chiefs of USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are supporting conservation compliance for all programs including crop insurance in the farm bill. read more
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Prize exploring the next big idea in rainforest conservation announced
2013-11-16 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Mongabay.org, a non-profit that aims to raise awareness about social and environmental issues relating to tropical forests and other ecosystems, has announced the first winner of its environmental reporting prize under its Special Reporting Initiative (SRI) program. The prize sought proposals to explore the question of "What's the next big idea in tropical biodiversity conservation?". After a two-month application window and a month of deliberations, this week an independent panel of journalists,...
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Conservation Group Keeps Buying Land, Helping State Parks Grow
2013-11-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Working quietly and quickly, the Open Space Institute, a nonprofit conservation group, has bought acreage surrounding park borders, combining together smaller parcels as they come up for sale, and then selling them to the state, at cost or below. Using money from the Lila Acheson and Dewitt Wallace Endowment Fund, the group has led efforts to conserve 40,000 acres through 77 individual deals statewide; that represents more than 10 percent of the state park system's current 335,000 acres. "We can...
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