Asia-Pacific forestry information

2015

10.22

Three Amazon nations, three approaches to reducing deforestation

22 October 2015, Mongabay news - The Amazon rainforest spreads across nine of South Americas twelve countries. Those with the largest portions — Brazil, Colombia and Peru — each approach tropical forest conservation in a different way. Global Forest Watch shows the Amazon Basin lost approximately 16.4 million hectares —...

2015

10.21

Partnerships are key to The Wildlife Conservation Society’s new

21 October 2015, Mongabay news - The Wildlife Conservation Society has a long, proven track record of environmental stewardship. So when the New York City-based group recently announced an ambitious new global conservation strategy, Mongabay got in touch with WCS president and CEO Cristián Samper to get more details. WCS has...

2015

10.13

1.4 million Brazilians co-sign zero deforestation bill

13 October 2015, Mongabay news - For the past three years, Greenpeace Brazil has been collecting signatures in support of a bill that would establish zero deforestation as the law of the land. Last Wednesday, accompanied by a crew of religious leaders, celebrities, senators and other supporters of a ban on the felling of...

2015

09.18

Government of Laos prohibits log exports

18 September 2015, Vientianetimes news - The government has prohibited the export of logs and instructed that timbers must be processed in Laos before exporting to foreign countries. Previously, the government banned the export of logs but exceptions were allowed when the government approved the export of the logs. The...

2015

09.02

Scientists reveal there are 3tn trees in the world

2 September 2015, Theguardian news - Scientists have already calculated how many fish there are in the sea (230,000 species), and how many species there are on the planet overall (8.7m). Now they have had a crack at counting all of the worlds trees. Using a combination of satellite and ground measurements, researchers estimated...

2015

09.16

Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

16 September 2015, Mongabay news - The Norwegian government has fulfilled its billion dollar commitment to Brazil for the South American countrys success in reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler In a statement issued Wednesday, Norway announced it would...

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