26 May 2014, IISD news - On the occasion of the High-level Conference on Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss, the European Commission (EC) Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potočnik, discussed the phenomenon of imported deforestation, through which EU domestic...

30 may 2014, Mongabay news - The U.S. government will put financial support behind an initiative that offers finance for emissions-reducing forest conservation projects. In an announcement made during the Carbon Expo conference in Cologne, Germany, Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. Agency for International Development...

3 June 2014, IISD News - The Council of the Europe Union has endorsed the 2013 A new EU Forest Strategy: For forests and the forest-based sector, and has released its Conclusions adopted by the Council. The conclusions refer to the Oslo Ministerial Declaration on European Forests 2020 and to criteria and indicators for...

3 June 2014, IISD News - The REDD+ National Coordination Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) convened the first REDD+ University for a hundred participants representing government organizations, civil society, local communities and indigenous peoples. The University covered: climate change and REDD+, the REDD+...

3 June 2014, IISD News - The first day of the international conference on Ecosystems, Economy and Society: How Large-Scale Restoration Can Stimulate Sustainable Development opened with a high-level overview of major challenges and pathways to sustainable development. In opening remarks, Antoine Frérot, CEO, Veolia, pointed to...

7 July 2014, Azdailysun news - Due to significant and widespread rain and rapidly decreasing fire danger, the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in northern Arizona will lift all fire restrictions at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The restrictions included a ban on all campfires, smoking outside building and vehicles, target shooting and...