Divine Ntaryike | Douala, Cameroon 04 February 2010

Wildlife conservationists say in Cameroon, protected species are more

endangered than ever before. Experts say the continuing popularity of

wildlife meat, or bushmeat, is encouraging armed poachers to gun down

hundreds of thousands of animals. But the government has introduced new

initiatives to halt the illegal trade.

04/02/2010
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1 February 2010:  The latest issue of the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) newsletter, Tropical Forest Update,  includes an article that questions whether payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) can make natural forests competitive with oil palm plantations.

http://climate-l.org/2010/02/02/itto-newsletter-examines-the-competitiveness-of-redd-and-oil-palm/

01/02/2010
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1 February 2010:  The latest issue of the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) newsletter, Tropical Forest Update,  includes an article that questions whether payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) can make natural forests competitive with oil palm plantations.

http://climate-l.org/2010/02/02/itto-newsletter-examines-the-competitiveness-of-redd-and-oil-palm/

01/02/2010
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01/02/2010
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A forest carbon developer has claimed the first validation of a reforestation project to the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), using the opportunity to argue for what it sees as the critical role for forest planting in a sector where attention is turning very much to avoided deforestation, or REDD.

Green Resources is currently developing two reforestation projects in Tanzania, one at Mapanda and Uchindele to the VCS, and another at Idete under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It's been involved in forest carbon investment in eastern and southern Africa since 1997.

http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=1862

28/01/2010
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New research suggests that evolutionary changes in cognitive development underlie the extensive social and behavioral differences that exist between two closely related species of great apes. The study, published online on January 28th in Current Biology, enhances our understanding of our two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and the lesser-known bonobos, and may provide key insight into human evolution.

28/01/2010
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