16 posts found.
Selected Category: Sustainable forestry
Seminar: Sustainable development and climate action from African forests
How are the forests in Africa doing? What are the most cost-effective climate actions and can deforestation be slowed down? Is there demand for sustainably produced wood? Why is it so difficult to get private funding? What could the EU do? Forests, food production and climate change are closely linked to one another, professor Markku […]
Read moreMarch 7, 2019
Finnfund calculated climate effects of its investment portfolio
The development financier Finnfund, has commenced to calculate the climate impact of its entire investment portfolio annually. The calculations show that Finnfund’s investments in forestry sequester more than half a million carbon dioxide equivalent tonnes (tCO2eq) in the atmosphere. With its investments in clean energy, Finnfund avoids emissions in developing countries by 64,000 tCO2eq annually. […]
Read moreDecember 12, 2018
New forestry fund projected to sequester 20 million metric tons of CO2
Finnish development financier Finnfund has committed 10 million USD to a new impact fund for sustainable forestry, the Arbaro Fund (Arbaro). Arbaro is projected to sequester over 20 million metric tons of CO2 in its lifetime and create more than 5,000 jobs in remote areas. Arbaro aims to invest in and actively manage a well-diversified […]
Read moreSeptember 12, 2018
Goodbye to the indigenous forests of Africa
Unless there is a drastic change in our actions, it is highly likely that in a few years we will be saying goodbye to the indigenous forests in many African countries. That is why there is a demand for sustainably managed planted forests and Finnish forest management skills, writes Ilkka Norjamäki, Forester and Investment Manager […]
Read moreMarch 31, 2018
Why sustainable forestry is good business? Chris Burchmore from FSC® Africa explains
“Sustainable forestry is good business. It shows, for instance, as better planning of operations, financial management, cooperation with local people – and at the end of the day, as better products, too,” says Chris Burchmore, Director of FSC Africa. Deforestation and degradation of forests is a global challenge. According to FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of […]
Read moreSeptember 28, 2017
Answers to A-Studio’s claims about Green Resources’s activities in Uganda
On 16 January the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) published an online report about community relations in Kachung, Uganda, where Green Resources has a forest plantation. The same subject was discussed in a programme broadcast by YLE’s A-studio. Green Resources works closely with inhabitants of the area. For example, the company has built several water points […]
Read moreJanuary 16, 2017
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