Asia-Pacific forestry information

2014

12.19

New SFM Guidelines approved by ITTO; revision of C&I underway

19 December 2014, Foresteurope news - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has recently approved Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests that update and replace the original ITTO Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Forests, which were published...

2014

12.19

Writing kicks-off on the State of Europe’s Forests report 2015

19 December 2014, Foresteurope news - The writing phase of the preparation of the next edition of the State of Europes Forests (SoEF) report has just started. FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Madrid is responsible for the production of the 2015 edition of the report, which is being carried out with the cooperation of the UNECE/FAO...

2014

12.07

Peruvian Environment Ministry and ICRAF Sign MoU

7 December 2014, IISD news - The Peruvian Environment Ministry, represented by Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vida,and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), represented by Director-General Anthony Simons, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for inter-institutional cooperation. The MoU: builds on existing collaboration...

2014

12.08

Five Countries Submit Forest Data to UNFCCC

8 December 2014, IISD news -On the occasion of the twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Colombia, Guyana, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mexico submitted their national data on forest sector emission reductions. The submissions form part of the process...

2014

12.09

UNEP Report Series Link Mangroves, Carbon and Finance

9 December 2014, IISD news - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a set of reports highlighting the extraordinary value of mangroves, including as carbon stores. The reports also note that mangroves, which are disappearing faster than terrestrial forests, are not yet fully benefiting from carbon financing. The first...

2014

12.31

ITTC Adopts SFM Guidelines and Prepares to Consider Criteria and

December 2014, IISD news - The International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) approved revised guidelines for the sustainable management of forests, setting out eleven principles and establishing an international reference for national and sub-national action. The revised principles and guidelines are an updated version of those...

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