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Webinar sobre el tráfico ilegal transfronterizo 3 de junio de 2025
WEBINAR: Ud. está invitado al webinar “Tipificando las infracciones medioambientales en el tráfico transfronterizo de especies de flora y fauna amenazadas“, presentado por la Dra. Bertha García Cienfuegos, Universidad Nacional de Tumbes, Perú. Será el primer seminario en la Serie “Ilegalidad en las selvas tropicales de Latinoamérica” y está auspiciado por la Sociedad Internacional de […]
Connecting Forestry and Agriculture: Establishing a Forest Landowners Association in Puerto Rico
The Centro para la Conservación del Paisaje (CCP), a collaborator NGO of the Puerto Rico ISTF chapter is working on a linking strategy between the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau (Bureau) and the forestry sector. The objective is to integrate private forest landowners under the organized Bureau that has been working in Puerto Rico since 1924 […]
Paradigm Change in Forest Management Governance in Nepal
The development of forest governance in Nepal has been a complex journey shaped by various socio-political transitions, environmental challenges, and evolving policy frameworks. Historically, Nepal’s forests have been central to its socio-economic fabric, providing livelihoods to communities, supporting biodiversity, and regulating ecosystems. Over the years, forest management in Nepal has undergone a considerable shift from […]
Who Benefits From Carbon Offsets?
One would hope that people who live in areas where forests are used for carbon credit offsets would benefit. Large sums of money are involved, but who gets it? Apparently, not always the local people. The popular press – newspapers and magazines – report many examples. Here are two. Levi Sucre Romero’s guest essay in […]
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