Asia-Pacific forestry information

2013

01.24

UNFF, Turkey Sign Host Country Agreement for UNFF 10

24 January 2013, UNFF news - The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Government of Turkey have entered into a Host Country Agreement, in which Turkey makes specific arrangements for the forthcoming tenth session of UNFF (UNFF 10). UNFF 10 will take place from 8-19 April 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. The agreement was signed by Wu...

2013

01.10

Forest Carbon Partnership Facility to get an additional US$180 million

10 January 2013, The World Bank news – In a boost for global efforts to combat climate change and tropical deforestation, Finland, Germany, and Norway have each announced new financial contributions totaling approximately US$180 million to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the World Bank administered facility...

2013

01.29

Dominican Republic Designates Mangrove Park as Ramsar Site

29 January 2013, IISD news - The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported that theGovernment ofthe Dominican Republic has designated the Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna as its third Wetland of International Importance...

2013

01.25

Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources Prepares Recommendations

25 January 2013, IISD news - The Second Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources brought together 53 member and observer countries at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).The Working Group considered the preparation and key findings of the...

2013

01.07

Liberia: Ellen takes stand to protect forest - after FDA blunders

7 January 2013, Allafrica news- President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued Executive Order No. 44, on Protecting Liberian Forests by a Temporary Moratorium on Private Use Permits (PUPs) which had reportedly been wrongly used to plunder the countrys forest, and caused the loss of millions of dollars in revenue. The Executive...

2013

01.16

Ramsar Announces Mangrove Rehabilitation Project in the Marshall

16 January 2013, IISD news -The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported on an upcomingmangrove rehabilitation and replanting project in two of the Marshall Islands’ wetlands of international importance, Namdrik and Jaluit...

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