Asia-Pacific forestry information

2015

03.02

ITTO and Japan Support Sustainable Timber Markets in Africa

2 March 2015, IISD news - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Government of Japan have announced a US$1.4 million investment in support of sustainable timber supply chains within Africa. The project to be funded, titled Development of Intra-Africa Trade and Further Processing in Tropical Timber and...

2015

03.09

Green Silk Road Fund to Recover 1.3 Million Hectares of Land

9 March 2015, IISD news - On the sidelines of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 3rd Scientific Conference, an initiative to plant 1.3 billion trees in ecologically vulnerable regions along the Silk Road over the next 10 years was launched. The Green Ecological Silk Road Investment Fund (or Green Silk Road Fund)...

2015

03.11

UN report warns of grave consequences if mangroves not protected

11 March 2015, Mongabay news - Protecting Mangrove Forests Good For Environment And Economy: UN Global destruction of mangrove forests impacts biodiversity, food security, and the lives and livelihoods of some of the most marginalized communities in the world, according to theUnited Nations Environment Program (UNEP)...

2015

03.11

Study finds soil releases carbon for decades after forests are felled

11 March 2015, Mongabay news - Soil plays a big role in the global carbon cycle, but how much or how quickly forest soil carbon pools decline after logging is poorly understood. This may have serious implications for how carbon emissions from deforestation are accounted for. The U.S. Forest Service, for example, currently...

2015

02.09

CIFOR Explores Sustainable Small-Scale Logging in the DRC

9 February 2015, IISD news - The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) released an occasional paper on improving the management of small-scale timber industries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The paper notes that small-scale activities extract thirteen times more timber than large enterprise and, as...

2015

02.09

CBD Secretariat Calls for Information on Commitments to Reduce

9 February 2015, IISD news - The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited Parties to submit updated information on commitments made on reducing habitat loss and on ecosystem restoration, by 30 April 2015. The information is of relevance to the implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Targets 5 and 15...

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