Asia-Pacific forestry information

2014

04.16

Thirty Donor Countries Pledge US$4.43 Billion for GEF-6

16 April 2014, IISD news - The negotiations on the sixth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF-6) concluded with pledges totaling US$4.43 billion over four years. The funding was pledged by 30 donor countries at the conclusion of negotiations that began in April 2013 and extended over four meetings...

2014

04.15

Bioversity Issues Factsheet on Genetic Diversity Conservation in

15 April 2014, IISD news - Noting that forest genetic diversity can be lost after just one logging event, Bioversity International and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia have published a case study reviewing what is known about the impacts of logging on genetic diversity in Asian tropical forests. To accompany this...

2014

04.07

CIFOR Reveals Benefits of Certification in Congo Basin Forests

7 April 2014, IISD news - The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released a paper on the social benefits of forest certification in the Congo Basin. The publication examines certified forest management units (FMUs) in Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo and concludes that certification leads to...

2017

10.26

ASEAN Ministers Call for Sharing of Land Use Maps to Combat Forest

2 April 2014, IISD news -Environment Ministers from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have called for the sharing of land use maps and information on hotspots contributing to forest fires and smoke haze, to enable monitoring and management of transboundary haze pollution in the sub-region. The 16th...

2014

04.30

CIFOR Analyzes Challenges to REDD+ in Six Countries

April 2014, IISD news - The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released a report analyzing the implementation of REDD+ in six countries. The challenges of establishing REDD+ on the ground covers 23 sub-national programmes, concluding that the greatest challenges facing REDD+ implementation are inadequate...

2014

04.30

Bioversity International Examines Legal Frameworks for Fruit Tree

April 2014, IISD news - In the report, Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: Policy options and challenges, Bioversity International investigates the legal and policy frameworks affecting the conservation of horticultural and wild fruit species genetic diversity in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan...

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