The government had to embark on a major tree-planting revolution as the deforestation rate was becoming a concern.
The world’s 100 most significant timber and pulp companies score just 22.6%, on average, when assessed across 175 environmental, social, and governance indicators, according to the latest assessment by the Zoological Society of London using its Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit (SPOTT).
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics will afflict the planet if levels of deforestation and biodiversity loss continue at their current catastrophic rates.
Resident Manager Chris Hamilton says as part of their social and corporate responsibility, they’ve been planting mangroves in the surrounding coastal areas.
The World Forestry Congress (WFC) is held every six years...It provides a unique opportunity to strengthen international cooperation with forest supporters and inter-sectoral partners by sharing expertise and experiences and projecting a vision of the future roles of forests in the global sustain
For the first time ever, a global survey is being carried out to inventory ongoing activities, key actors, objectives and achievements of formal forest education at all levels...The global survey will provide input to a vision statement and action plan to be developed by some members of the
A recent study in the journal Nature found that New Guinea has more plant species than any other island on Earth.The island has more than 13,000 species of plants, more than two-thirds of which live only in New Guinea.
Does the image above look familiar? If so, there’s a good chance that you – or someone you know – have played a turn-based strategy game.
The Department of Forestry (DoF), in collaboration with the World Bank and other key government agencies including the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MoFEM) have been granted a no cost extension of the REDD+ Project for Vanuatu up to December 2021.
Forests are thought to be crucial in the fight against climate change—and with good reason.