John Muyiisa's small farm in Kasenyi village, Uganda, used to be surrounded by dense forest.
Africa: Forests Vital Resource in Sustainable Development
Covering 31 percent of the planet, forests play a fundamental role in conserving biodiversity and sustaining life for millions of people, but poor forest management practices are threatening their preservation, and more needs to be done to protect them, says José Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Africa: Forests Vital Resource in Sustainable Development
FAO, 24 September 2012
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today stressed the important role of forestry in sustainable development when he opened a five-day meeting of FAO's Committee on… Read more »
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Liberia: Over 60 Percent of Liberia's Rain Forest Offered to Logging Companies
Heritage, 4 September 2012
"They stole my name." That is one of the few explanations Paramount Chief Kaifa Manjo can offer to the dozens of men who had crammed into the back of a shop in Tawalata Town… Read more »
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Liberia: World Bank Provides U.S.$380,000 Grant for Forest Dependent Youth
NEWS, 9 September 2012
The World Bank has provided a grant of US$380, 000 to the Liberian government to assist forest dependent youth in developing income-generating enterprises for themselves. Read more »
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Rwanda: Forest Conservation Campaign Intensifies
New Times, 21 September 2012
The rural communities in the districts of Nyamagabe, Bugesera, Nyaruguru, Burera, Nyanza, Rulindo and Karongi have stepped up efforts to plant trees as a way of preventing… Read more »
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Africa: African Policy Makers Seek to Reduce Pollution for Clean Air Benefits and Climate Protection
UNEP, 20 September 2012
Today, high-level government officials, policymakers, environmental experts and industrial stakeholders from 15 countries converged in Africa for the first time in order to… Read more »
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Kenya: Forest Conservers Want Say in Bill
The Star, 21 September 2012
COMMUNITY forest stakeholders have called for the establishment of policies to ensure the equitable sharing of benefits accrued from the forests. Read more »
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Liberia: Notorious Malaysian Company Surfaces in Liberia
Inquirer, 25 September 2012
A comprehensive investigation by this paper has unearthed that a notorious Malaysian logging company (Samling) has surfaced in Liberia as a business partner to a Liberian logging… Read more »
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Cameroon: U.S. Firm Under Fire Over Palm Oil Project
AlertNet, 24 September 2012
A huge palm oil project in Cameroon's rainforest, led by a U.S.-based agribusiness, Herakles Farms, is stirring up controversy. Environmentalists warn it will destroy precious… Read more »
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Tanzania: Illegal Logging Costs the Nation in Revenue
Daily News, 24 September 2012
FOR years now, Tanzania has been named as one of the countries in the world losing millions of revenue due to increasingly smuggling and illegal business of forest products. Read more »
