Asia-Pacific forestry information

2013

04.23

Low carbon prices may spur deforestation

23 April 2013, Mongabay news - Low carbon prices may spur deforestation in New Zealand according to a survey by a researcher at Canterbury University. As reported last week by The New Zealand Herald, a collapse in carbon prices on the countrys emissions trading scheme (ETS) has undercut an incentive for farmers to preserve...

2013

04.11

FAO Publishes Guidelines on Forest Finance for Asia-Pacific Region

11 April 2013, IISD news - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has releaseda publication titled, Guidelines for Formulating National Forest Financing Strategies,which focuses on finance options in support of sustainable forest management (SFM)in the Asia and the Pacific region. The guidelines note the...

2013

04.19

CGRFA 14 Adopts GPA on Forest Genetic Resources, Genebank Standards

19April 2013, IISD news - The fourteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 14) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) was held from 15-19 April 2013, at FAO headquarters, in Rome, Italy, and marked the Commissions 30th anniversary. The Commission addressed a series...

2013

04.08

Indonesia to raise logging, mining fees in forest areas

8 April 2013, Mongabay news - Indonesias Ministry of Forestry will soon raise fees on forest exploitation activities including logging, mining, and oil and gas exploration as part of an effort to increase income from resource use, reports The Jakarta Post. The new tax would be set at four million rupiah ($410) per hectare per...

2013

03.25

Judge upholds roadless protections on U.S. forests

25 March 2013, Latimes news - A court in Washington, D.C., has rejected the last legal challenge to prohibitions on logging and road building in backcountry roadless areas, ending more than 12 years of fighting over one of the nation’s signature wilderness protection policies. The state of Alaska had challenged the rule...

2013

03.30

UNCCD Executive Secretary Calls for Investment in Dry Forests

March 2013, IISD news - The Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Luc Gnacadja, delivered the keynote statement at the World Forests Summit on the topic, Land and Forests should Ride a Tandem. The statement links sustainable forest management (SFM) and sustainable land management (SLM)...

Contact us

Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation

Copyright © 2020. 京ICP备17062872号-1

Address: 6th Floor Building A, Baoneng Center, 12 Futong Dongdajie, Chaoyang, Beijing 100102, P.R. China

WeChat

    
The information contained in APFNet website does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever concerning the legal or development status of any economy, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries.