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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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16/10/2012 The Little Forest Finance Book: 14 Catalysts to Scale Up Forest-Friendly Finance
The aim of this book is to catalyse an increase in the finance flowing towards forest-friendly development.

It ... 		Global Canopy Programme

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01/10/2012 Unlocking National Opportunities: New Insights on Financing Sustainable Forest and Land Management
One of the main challenges countries face in enhancing sustainable forest and land management (SFM/SLM) ... 		FAO / ITTO / Tropenbos International / Global Mechanism / NFP Facility

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30/06/2012 2012 Study on Forest Financing
The Advisory Group on Finance (AGF) of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has released a ... 		CPF (Collaborative Partnership on Forests)

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30/03/2012 Beauty and the Beast: Norway’s Investments in Rainforest Protection and Rainforest Destruction
The authors of thie report claim that the Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries ... 		Rainforest Foundation Norway & Friends of the Earth Norway

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27/03/2012 A Very Real and Practical Contribution? Lessons from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership
On 9 September 2007, Australian Ministers and the Indonesian President announced a $100 million Kalimantan ... 		Australian National University (Erik Olbrei & Stephen Howes)

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16/06/2011 Caught REDD Handed: How Indonesia's Logging Moratorium was Criminally Compromised on Day One and Norway will Profit
EIA and Telapak report that at the same time that the Indonesian president was declaring an area of peat ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) / Telapak

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05/06/2011 Forests in a Green Economy: A Synthesis
Investing a relatively small amount each year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation, create ... 		UNEP

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23/11/2010 Protection Money: Indonesia is at a Crossroads
The authors of this report warn that a landmark US$1 billion deal between Indonesia and Norway – ... 		Greenpeace

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01/10/2010 Rough Trade: How Australia's Trade Policies Contribute to Illegal Logging in the Pacific Region
The author's research shows that the Australian Government is not doing enough to ensure that Australian ... 		The Australia Institute (Caroline Hoisington)

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15/09/2010 Recommendation to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance on Lingui Developments Berhad
This is the report presented to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance recommending the exclusion of Lingui ... 		Council on Ethics, Norway

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23/08/2010 Recommendation of 22 February 2010 to the Ministry of Finance, Norway
This document is the recommendation of Norway's Council of Ethics to the Ministry of Finance to ... 		Council on Ethics, Norway

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01/08/2006 Strengthening Forest Law Enforcement and Governance: Addressing a systemic constraint to sustainable development
This report arises from the need to take stock of both the Bank's efforts in the arena of forest ... 		World Bank

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16/05/2006 World Bank Inspection Panel Investigation Report into Cambodia Forest Concessions
Reports documenting the World Bank's review of its work on a forest concession project in Cambodia. ... 		World Bank

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NEWS

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23/04/2013 Does the UK’s ‘Green Aid’ serve Indonesia’s interests?
In 2011, the UK Government announced that it would end bilateral aid to Indonesia, with the exception ... 		The Jakarta Post

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20/04/2013 UN forum endorses measures to improve sustainable forest management
The United Nations Forum on Forests concluded its tenth session in Istanbul in the early hours of Saturday ... 		UN News Centre

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17/04/2013 Private sector emerges as key potential funder of sustainable forest management
As countries around the world struggle to find the necessary funds to sustainably manage their forests, ... 		UN News Centre

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01/03/2013 Welsh charity saves an area of rainforest the size of Wales
Welsh campaigners have protected an area of rainforest the size of Wales, after campaigners hit their ... 		The Guardian

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22/12/2012 Guyana to receive $45M from Norway for preventing deforestation
Georgetown, Guyana – The South American country of Guyana says it will receive an additional $45 ... 		Fox News

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20/12/2012 Norway seeks to slow deforestation as climate "first aid"
Norway, which has led developed nations by investing billions of dollars to slow tropical deforestation, ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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18/12/2012 Why foreign aid for REDD+ implementation does not work here
We are willing to pay as long as we can be sure that we are paying for actual emission reductions. Donor ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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13/12/2012 Australia helps cut down illegal logging
Australia is chipping in to stop the illegal logging trade. ... 		The Australian

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06/12/2012 Norway pays Brazil for deforestation cut amid verification row
Norway will contribute $180 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund after the South American country reduced ... 		Bloomberg

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26/11/2012 Climate Conversations - A delay in key decisions at Doha could see REDD+ lose its climate change focus
Doha, Qatar - While significant progress is being made at the local level to move ahead with an international ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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12/11/2012 Norway's $650B pension fund to require deforestation disclosure among portfolio companies
Norway's $650 billion sovereign wealth fund will ask companies in which it invests to disclose their ... 		Mongabay.com

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22/10/2012 Ecuador says companies join novel Amazon protection fund
About a dozen companies are contributing to a novel conservation plan that pays Ecuador to protect part ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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21/10/2012 'Public Private Partnerships needed to conserve biodiversity'
New approaches like Public Private Partnerships (PPP) are needed to mobilise funding for biodiversity ... 		Business Standard, India

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09/10/2012 Scaling up sustainability: time for forestry to come out of the forest
Linking forestry to food security, human development and the economy can help create solutions to pressing ... 		The Guardian, UK

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24/08/2012 Oslo urges Brazil, Indonesia to keep forest protection
Oslo - Norway's environment minister on Friday urged Brazil and Indonesia to avoid backtracking ... 		Orlando Sentinel, US

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13/08/2012 Ghana: Eight million for reducing deforestation in Ghana
There are indications that the country could be benefitting from an eight million Cedi (GHC8 million) ... 		allAfrica.com

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08/08/2012 Norway and Finland dish out USD5m to curb illegal logging
The governments of Norway and Finland have dished out USD5m which would be used in the campaign to improve ... 		IPP Media

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01/08/2012 EU pledges Shs 500m to track illegal timber trade
First, it was in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Starting from the late 1990s, many ... 		The Observer, Uganda

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31/07/2012 Timber plunder upsets envoys
Dar es Salaam - Finland and Norway have expressed concern over Tanzania’s failure to implement ... 		The Citizen, Tanzania

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26/07/2012 Ten Central African countries to take part in UN-backed forest monitoring system
Ten Central African countries will take part in a United Nations-backed initiative that will help them ... 		UN News Centre

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07/06/2012 World Bank, GEF awarded U.S. Department of Treasury honor for helping protect Amazon
World’s largest rainforest conservation initiative credited with helping Brazil achieve a four-year ... 		The World Bank

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07/06/2012 World Bank, GEF awarded U.S. Department of Treasury honor for helping protect Amazon
World’s largest rainforest conservation initiative credited with helping Brazil achieve a four-year ... 		The World Bank

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25/05/2012 Sustainable agro forestry development in the indigenous community Piaroa de Gavilan in the Amazon state, Venezuela
Traditionally, indigenous populations of the Venezuelan Amazon, which were mostly nomadic until a few ... 		GEF (Global Environment Facility)

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21/05/2012 Green activists call on Indonesian president to strengthen deforestation moratorium
Jakarta - Coalition of Indonesia's civil society organizations for forest protection today called ... 		Shanghai Daily, China

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15/05/2012 $30m Sumatra forest deal in doubt after concerns over funding
The future of a much-vaunted $30 million Australian project to protect Indonesian forests for their carbon ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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18/04/2012 Africa gears up for the debilitating effects of climate change as efforts are made to save the continent’s forests
Of the debilitating effects of climate change the world over, Africa seems to be the most hit continent. ... 		Newstime Africa

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10/04/2012 Rich yet to fulfill their promise on forest cash
The government [Tanzania] has called on rich countries to honour their promise made five years ago, to ... 		IPP Media

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30/03/2012 Norway: spending far more on rainforest destruction than rainforest protection
The Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries widely known to be key forces ... 		Rainforest Foundation Norway

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27/03/2012 Australia-led peat conversation project in Borneo failing to deliver on hype
A $100 million peat conservation project launched in the heart of Indonesian Borneo by the Australian ... 		Mongabay.com

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21/02/2012 USAID supports new Haiti project for clean cooking solutions
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is aiming to establish ... 		USAID (US Agency for International Development)

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13/02/2012 Mapping Fiji's forest cover with the help of satellite imagery
SPC [Secretariat of the Pacific Community] is working with the Fiji Department of Forestry to build capacity ... 		Solomon Times Online, Solomon Islands

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17/12/2011 Saving the rest of the rainforests
Since the 13th round of climate change talks in Bali in 2007, the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions ... 		New Straits Times, Malaysia

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16/12/2011 Environmental groups to Japan: stop importing illegally logged timber
A coalition of environmental NGOs have called upon Japan to adopt stronger measures to block illicit ... 		Mongabay.com

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14/12/2011 Durban talks both good and bad for REDD+, says expert
Durban, South Africa - The U.N. climate change talks in Durban resulted in a mixed bag for REDD+: progress ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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06/12/2011 Jump-starting REDD finance: $3 billion Forest Finance Facility needed to halve deforestation within a decade
Guest commentary by Donald P. Kanak and Andrew W. Mitchell

How to finance a means to reduce deforestation, ... 		Mongabay.com

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01/12/2011 Norway accused of hypocrisy over Indonesian deforestation funding
... 		The Guardian, UK

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22/11/2011 Indonesia green prosperity program gets $600 million from State Dept
This weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement with Indonesia's government ... 		SustainableBusiness.com

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15/11/2011 3 sticking points to tackle on REDD+ in Durban, says facilitator
Manila, Philippines - Antonio La Viña, who facilitates REDD+ negotiations at the U.N. climate ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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01/10/2011 Developing countries united under UN agency to counter deforestation
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), deforestation causes a fifth of global ... 		The International

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01/10/2011 UK welcomes Indonesia's lead in protecting forests
Work to tackle illegal logging has taken a step forward with the news that Indonesia has become the fifth ... 		Media Newswire

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08/09/2011 Saving ancient walnut forests in the valleys of Central Asia
The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan is home to some of the world’s largest remaining forests ... 		Yale Environment 360

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05/09/2011 $40bn a year could halve deforestation worldwide
Investing just 0.034 per cent of global GDP could transform the world's forestry sector, halving ... 		The Citizen, Tanzania

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15/08/2011 Obama administration encounters opposition to international climate agenda
President Obama spoke of lofty intentions to help the world reduce greenhouse gases when he addressed ... 		The Washington Post, US

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01/08/2011 Banker proposes 'forest bonds' to take care of natural assets
Innovative financial products could contribute significantly to the effort to promote reforestation and ... 		The Nation, Thailand

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28/06/2011 Forests in danger as study warns UN funding is unlikely
Funding relies on public sector and most governments unwilling to spend more on overseas development, ... 		Guardian, UK

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27/06/2011 EU pleased with funded projects in Palawan
Puerto Princesa City, Philippines – The European Union is pleased that EU-funded projects for forest ... 		The Philippine Star

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16/06/2011 Malaysian palm oil company violates Indonesia's logging moratorium
An undercover investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of Malaysian palm oil company has illegally ... 		Mongabay.com

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05/06/2011 Spending more on forests could reap enormous benefits – UN report
Investing a relatively small amount each year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation, create ... 		UN News Centre

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03/02/2011 'Major shift' needed to halt deforestation
... 		OneWorld.net

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27/12/2010 Indonesia’s corruption legacy clouds a forest protection plan
Norway and other nations have vowed to invest billions of dollars to help preserve Indonesia’s ... 		Yale Environment 360

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13/12/2010 Finland to fund sustainable energy from forests in Indonesia
Finland is aiming to set up an scheme to produce renewable biomass energy from Indonesian forests next ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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09/12/2010 Australia boosts support for Indonesian forest scheme
Nusa Dua - Australia on Thursday doubled its funding for Indonesia's efforts to slash its greenhouse ... 		MySinchew.com

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25/11/2010 Forest producers move to meet EU due diligence
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Forest Products Association of Guyana (FPA) on November ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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23/11/2010 Indonesia's billion-dollar forest deal in danger
Jakarta - Greenpeace on Tuesday warned that a billion-dollar deal between Norway and Indonesia to cut ... 		AFP

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18/11/2010 Norway climate deal to drive Indonesia reform
A $1 billion dollar deal with Norway to save Indonesia's forests and cut planet-warming carbon emissions ... 		Reuters

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18/11/2010 Carbon credits have a social price for Indonesia
Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda. In the past few ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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03/11/2010 Obama set to reveal $700m Indonesian forest funding
Jakarta - US President Barack Obama is expected to use his brief visit to Indonesia next week to announce ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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28/10/2010 UK government commits £100m to forestry projects
The UK government has committed £100 million to international forestry projects that deliver benefits ... 		KMS Baltics

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26/10/2010 Norway says more aid needed to save Indonesian forest
Indonesia could match Brazil's success in slowing deforestation but needs far more aid from rich ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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20/09/2010 Forestry thrust gets 3M
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has signed an agreement with German Technical ... 		Business World Online, Philippines

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18/09/2010 Sarawak Forest Dept queries Norwegian action
Kuching - The Sarawak government, through the Forest Department, has come to the defence of Samling Global ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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27/08/2010 Norway urged to dump shares of other forest-destroying companies
Norway's Climate and Forests Initiative, which has set aside billions of dollars for efforts to ... 		Mongabay.com

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26/08/2010 Barama rejects Norway gov’t statement
Barama Company Limited (BCL) yesterday said that the characterization of the company by the Norwegian ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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25/08/2010 No evidence of forest damage by Barama - Persaud
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday rejected a Norwegian government report that Barama Company ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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24/08/2010 Malaysia activists hail Norway's blacklisting of timber firm
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian activists on Tuesday applauded a decision by Norway's state pension ... 		AFP

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23/08/2010 Norwegian government declares Malaysian timber giant an unethical company
Oslo, Norway - One of the world's largest institutional investors, the Norwegian Government Pension ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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23/08/2010 Three companies excluded from the Government Pension Fund Global
The Ministry of Finance has excluded two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company from the portfolio ... 		Ministry of Finance, Norway

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15/08/2010 U.S. cancels some of Brazil's debt in exchange for forest protection
If only Visa treated my debt the way the U.S. is treating debt from developing countries. On Friday, ... 		TreeHugger

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29/05/2010 Greenpeace hails SBY's deforestation moratorium plan
Jakarta - Greenpeace has hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to declare a moratorium ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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29/05/2010 President to ensure deforestation efforts work
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself will directly monitor the implementation of a Norway-Indonesia ... 		The Jakarta Post

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28/05/2010 Saving our forests: India's Plea for twin-track on REDD Plus
Oslo - At the recently concluded Oslo Climate and Forests Conference (OCFC) hosted by Norway's prime ... 		The Times of India

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26/05/2010 Indonesia announces two-year moratorium on deforestation
Oslo — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year ... 		AFP

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17/05/2010 Norway pledges $1 billion for Indonesia climate, Council says
Norway plans to grant Indonesia $1 billion to help reduce forest degradation in the Southeast Asian country, ... 		Bloomberg BusinessWeek

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23/03/2010 Indonesia trust fund to tackle rampant deforestation
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07/12/2009 USAID signs agreement with U.S. Forest Service and Russian Federal Forest Agency to protect world's largest forests
Washington - Under the framework of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, the U.S. Agency ... 		PR Newswire

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04/12/2009 Is the Amazon rainforest worth an $18 billion bailout?
New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's ... 		Tree Hugger

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09/09/2009 World Bank's IFC suspends lending to palm oil companies
The World Bank has agreed to suspend International Finance Corporation (IFC) funding of the oil palm ... 		Mongabay.com

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01/07/2009 U.S. to forgive Indonesian debt in exchange for conservation plan
Jakarta - The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian ... 		The Wall Street Journal

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06/03/2009 World Bank okays $1.3 billion for Brazil environment
Washington - The World Bank on Thursday approved a $1.3 billion loan to help Brazil's environmental ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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07/12/2007 World Bank admits Congo omissions
The World Bank has acknowledged a series of "omissions" in reforms it supported to promote ... 		Financial Times (UK)

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27/10/2006 Rainforest Alliance Builds on Decade of Development Work in Nicaragua with New $3.6M Grant from USAID
(Press Release) New York, USA - The Rainforest Alliance has received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. ... 		E-wire (USA)

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04/10/2006 Cambodia: Time for Tangible Progress Instead of Empty Promises
London, UK ' Cambodia's international donors must hold the country's government to its ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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20/07/2006 Timber tax scam 'costing PNG $100m a year'
Australia is investigating claims that timber companies are rorting the Papua New Guinean Government ... 		The Australian (Australia)

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13/07/2006 Has the World Bank learned lessons from forestry fiasco in Cambodia?
Global Witness today welcomed the commitment of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to improve forest ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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29/06/2006 World Bank slams its Cambodian program
BANGKOK, Thailand - A World Bank program to reform Cambodia's corrupt forestry industry instead ... 		MSN Money (USA)

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16/12/2005 Lenders seek ways to save Southeast Asian forests
International donors acknowledge that their funding practices have sometimes fuelled both development ... 		International Herald Tribune (USA)

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10/07/2005 Honduras wins aid pact tied to human rights, anti-corruption efforts
Last month Honduras became to second country to receive aid under the controversial Millennium ... 		Mongabay.com

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29/06/2005 Natural Resource Governance ' A Test of Political Will for the Cambodian Government and the International Donor Community
The near total absence of promised reforms of natural resource management forms the backdrop to an impromptu ... 		Global Witness

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05/05/2005 World Bank ombudsman investigates forestry fiasco in Cambodia
(Press Release) UK - Global Witness warmly welcomes the recent decision by the World Bank board to authorise ... 		Harold Doan and Associates (USA)

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19/08/2004 Debt For Nature agreement to conserve Panama's forests
On August 19, 2004, the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, together ... 		US Department of State

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PRESENTATIONS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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08/02/2013 Catalysing finance for forest friendly development Nick Oakes, Global Canopy Programme

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10/02/2012 Norwegian woods: exploring Norway's contradictory financial incentives in South East Asia's land use sector Jago Wadley, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

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