Reflecting on Copenhagen Climate Talks:
‘A Bright Side for Forests’
PFT Board Secretary and international forestry consultant Andrea Tuttle provides analysis on the outcome of international climate talks in Copenhagen, where delegates from nearly 200 nations met in December to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The summit didn’t produce a binding climate treaty – but has resulted in some encouraging agreements on provisions for forests. Read Tuttle’s analysis on our blog or check out the Accounting Matters poster Tuttle and PFT Policy Project Manager Emily Russell-Roy presented at the COP15 Forest Day.

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Lawmakers Approve $1 million for CSNM Transfer
U.S. lawmakers have passed a new Interior Department appropriations bill providing $1 million to fund the transfer of 955 acres we’re holding in trust for addition to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM) in southern Oregon. When the land conveys to public ownership in 2010 we’ll have transferred more than half of the 5,000 acres we’ve purchased from willing sellers in order to complete the original vision of the nation’s first monument designated for its regional biodiversity.

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