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4-Traders.com: JPMorgan Chase Private Investment in Conservation Reaches $8.2 Billion
The private sector channeled $8.2 billion (B) of private capital into investments that seek measurable environmental benefits – in addition to financial returns – between 2004 and 2015 according to a report released today by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace.
Mongabay.com News: Smuggled to death: how loopholes and lax enforcement have sealed the fate of Siamese rosewood
The illegal trade in Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia Cochinchinensis) is so well-oiled that when loggers don’t have enough men in Thailand’s forests to carry all their spoils over the Cambodian border, they simply leave felled wood lying in the forest to collect on return trips. The poachers are safe in the knowledge that no time spent […]
Thomson Reuters Foundation News: To avoid the conflict trap, Myanmar should protect its forests
Transitions from war are tough. When grievances smolder and economies fail to recover, most countries fall into a “conflict trap” and war resumes. To escape the trap, post-conflict governments often exploit forests, minerals, and other natural resources to jump-start war-torn economies.
