Asia-Pacific forestry information

2014

06.20

Deforestation drives tigers into contact, conflict with humans

20 June2014, Mongabay news - Conflicts between tigers and humans will continue to increase unless the destruction and loss of Sumatras forests is halted, warns Dr. Erni Suyanti Musabine, a wildlife conservation veterinarian with Indonesias Ministry of Forestry. According to Yanti, the critically endangered Sumatran tiger...

2014

06.25

Logging in Vietnam still affecting rare trees 30 years later

25 June2014, Mongabay news - Tropical forests boast high levels of biodiversity. But often, even if they contain large numbers of species, the numbers of individuals of those species can be quite small. Restricted geographic ranges, high habitat specificity, and small local population sizes all contribute to the natural rarity...

2014

06.10

UNECA Reports on Energy Access and Security in Eastern Africa

10 June 2014, IISD news - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has launched a report detailing the state of energy access and security in 14 Eastern African countries. The report finds that Eastern Africas population has one of the lowest electricity access rates in the world, ranging from 1% in the State of South...

2014

06.17

ICRAF and SEI Brief on Sustainable Firewood and Charcoal in Kenya

17 June 2014, IISD news - The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) released the results of a three-year long study, which concludes that, if well managed, artisanal logging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could sustain thousands of livelihoods and contribute to sustainable forest management (SFM)...

2014

06.20

CBD WGRI 5 Adopts Recommendations on Strategic, Cooperation and

20 June 2014, IISD news - The fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted recommendations to the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP) on a range of implementation, strategic and financial issues. An informal dialogue session...

2014

05.22

Directive aims to stop ELC abuses

22 May 2014, ThePhnom PenhPost news - Sacred burial grounds and community forests should be granted more protection under a new government proclamation issued this month, but rights groups and land-grab victims are wary that, without proper enforcement, it will amount to little in practice. An interministerial proclamation, or...

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