Community Forestry Resource Center http://www.forestrycenter.org RSS Feed of the latest headlines from Community Forestry Resource Center Community Forestry Resource Center http://www.tradeobservatory.org/img/icon_iatp.gif http://www.forestrycenter.org 60 161 Carbon accounting must not neglect emissions from bioenergy production and use http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106940 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106940 Carbon accounting used in the Kyoto Protocol and other climate legislation currently neglects CO2 emissions from the production of biofuels,... Land Managers Expect the Benefits of Forest Certification to Increase http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106941 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106941 <p>A recent survey of FSC certified forestry operations found that most believe the financial benefits of certification with stay the... Roads are the biggest threat to tropical rainforests http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106942 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106942 Roads, the most visible symbols of progress, are the biggest threat to the world's tropical rainforests, says a new study. Canada sets aside its boreal forest as giant carbon vault http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106944 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106944 By banning logging, mining and oil drilling in an area twice the size of California, Canada is ensuring its boreal... Pine beetle impact aggravated by climate change http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106945 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106945 In conifer forests stretching from northern Canada to the Mexican border, a native insect is causing more damage than the environment can handle. Biofuels: The Good, the Bad http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106918 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106918 More and more we're seeing that the source for biofuels is critical in determining whether it produces energy with more... Using Trees To Curb Climate Change Not So Simple http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106922 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106922 Forests are fast becoming a great green hope for slowing climate change. The idea is simple: Forests suck up carbon... Study: Accounting error undermines climate change laws http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106923 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106923 An important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine... Biofuels Can Be Climate Friends or Climate Enemies, UNEP Reports http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106924 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106924 Burning some biofuels can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but not all biofuel use leads to cuts in greenhouse gases,... Spread of ash borer still pestering officials (WIs.) http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106925 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106925 Seven years after the discovery of the emerald ash borer in the United States, officials face bleak prospects for trying... MESSAGE FROM THE XIII WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS TO THE COP 15 OF THE UNFCCC http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106926 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106926 The 13th World Forestry Congress, convened in Argentina in October 2009, notes with concern the impacts of climate change on... Argentina, Paraguay make historic forest pledge http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106927 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106927 Argentina and Paraguay on Tuesday made a historic pledge to save one of the world’s most threatened forests. Wasps used to monitor emerald ash borer http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106928 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106928 The U.S. state of Maine has developed an early-warning system to spot infestations of the emerald ash borer beetle, scientists... Obama administration inches away from 'time out' for roadless forest logging http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106929 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106929 Environmental groups in May hailed the Obama administration's decision to effectively pause development in about 58 million acres of road-free federal forests. Space agencies, Google seek ways to save forests http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106893 http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refID=106893 Space agencies and Google Inc are helping an international project to monitor forests by satellite to fight global warming, the...