Asia-Pacific forestry information

2019

11.16

APFNet and European Forest Institute agree on closer cooperation

APFNet and the European Forest Institute (EFI) have agreed to increase their collaboration on sustainable forest management and rehabilitation through policy research, human resource development, information exchange and joint projects. APFNet Executive Director Dr Lu De and EFI Director Dr Marc Palahí signed the Memorandum of...

2017

12.19

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

5 February 2016, Mongabay news - The government of Norway announced on Wednesday it would continue its environmental funding partnership with Indonesia, offering $50 million to support the archipelagos newly created Peat Restoration Agency. A peat forest in Indonesians Riau province on the island of Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A...

2016

02.05

'Wrong type of trees' in Europe increased global warming

5 February 2016, BBC news - The assumption that planting new forests helps limit climate change has been challenged by a new study. Researchers found that in Europe, trees grown since 1750 have actually increased global warming. Under human management, Europes forests have expanded but store less carbon The scientists believe...

2017

12.19

Hunting pressure on forest animals in Africa is on the increase

9 February 2016, Physnews - Since about 25 years, animal species in West and Central Africa are no longer being hunted solely for the purpose of local self-sufficiency, but increasingly also for sale in urban areas several hundred kilometres away. As a consequence, many populations have dramatically decreased or already...

2016

02.09

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Invest Heavily in the Forest Sector -

9 February 2016, Allafrica news - Stakeholders in the forest sector, have urged governments at all levels to invest heavily in the sector because of its huge potential in addressing the nations emerging environmental, social and economic challenges. They made the appeal last week at the 14th Annual Chief Shafi Lawal Edu...

2016

02.04

Researchers find the world’s forests are fragmenting at a quick pace

4 February 2016, Mongabay news - Recent research by the U.S. Forest Service finds that the world lost interior forest at three times the rate of forest loss as a whole. They write that this fragmentation could severely jeopardizetheability of remaining forests to provide critical wildlife habitat and other ecological functions...

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