IATP seeks major new policy directions and corresponding investments at the local, national and international level for a ...

On Oct. 21, representatives of the world’s governments will gather in Cali, Colombia for two weeks of negotiations, side ...

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This report sets an initial framework for developing a truly sustainable forestry sector. It explains why Canada must set aside large tracts of ecologically important forests, significantly reduce the ...

This paper uses a model of horizontal multinational enterprises to explore the relationship between transportation costs and trade policy cooperation. The model predicts a strong regional bias in ...

Third-quarter sales of paper and packaging goods drove financial growth in the U.S. forest products industry enabling continued improvement in companies' balance sheets, according to Fitch Ratings' ...

Citizens here are turning dead lodgepole pines into pencils and pens, log homes, furniture, pellet fuel and more - hoping to make a buck and avert a potential disaster. Residents fret that millions of ...

Some forest landowners never harvest trees because they are afraid that logging would be ugly. Some worry about soil erosion. However, many simply don't know how valuable their trees are or how a well ...

I was travelling through some villages in Wardha district recently, talking to farmers. Wardha is situated in the cotton growing belt of Maharashtra and its farmers are quite aware about agricultural ...

Payments for environmental services (PES) represent a new, more direct way to promote conservation. They explicitly recognize the need to address difficult trade-offs by bridging the interests of ...

Some years back, Oman made an unusual request to India. The oil-rich Middle-East country was looking for four pure-bred animals of the cattle breed - Tharparkar -- found only in the dry and arid ...

Many chefs understand the benefits of buying directly from a local farmer. Local farmers are can provide a fresh tasting, high quality product with a longer shelf life. A chef that develops an ongoing ...