Asia-Pacific forestry information

2015

06.16

Latin American experts gather in Peru to protect forests

16 June 2015, Telesurtv news - Forest experts from the public and private sector of 20 Latin American countries met again in the town of Tarapoto, Peru to define criteria and indicators (CI) for sustainable forest management in the Amazon. They had met there 20 years ago with the similar objectives. Swaths of forest the size of...

2015

06.25

Urban forest creation guide unveiled in Melbourne in bid to increase

25 Jun 2015, ABC news - Backed by the Melbourne City Council and the Victorian Government, the 10-step How to grow an urban forest plan is aimed at giving local councils the tools they need to increase greenery. It includes information about everything from the benefits of heat mapping and thermal imaging to selling the tree...

2015

05.29

FAO and ASEAN-Republic of Korea Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) sign

29 May 2015, FAO news - 29/05/2015 Bangkok, ThailandThe UNs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today formalized its collaboration with the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at FAOs Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The signing took place...

2015

06.29

Scientists, local conservationist oppose burning forests

29 June2015, Narooma news - CONSERVATION groups have warned the Abbott Government and the cross bench Senators poised to pass laws to woodchip and burn native forests as a clean energy source under the Renewal Energy Target (RET) that they will be remembered as environmental vandals. The acceptance of a perverse definition of...

2015

06.28

Experts warn 'artificial' forest regeneration plan WON'T revive

28 June 2015, MailOnline India news - The Union environment minister has a plan to regenerate the degraded forests of the country. But experts are warning that it may not revive Indias lost wildlife and biodiversity, because artificial ecosystems cannot be a substitute for the natural process. The efforts to replant greenery in...

2015

06.23

State of the World’s Forests 2014 presented at COFO

23 June 2015, IISD news - The publication, State of the Worlds Forests 2014: Enhancing the socio-economic benefits from forests, (SOFO), was presented at the opening of the 22nd Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Committee on Forestry (COFO). The report shows that a significant proportion of the...

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