Asia-Pacific forestry information

2011

03.25

World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s

25 March 2011, WWF news - Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during the Informal...

2011

02.10

South Africa is near the limit of its timber production capacity

10 Feb 2011, BDFM news - SA is near the limit of its timber production capacity, warn forestry experts. It is a looming problem masked by lower demand, especially from the construction industry, says Cori Ham, a lecturer at Stellenbosch University’s department of forest wood science. The forestry industry wants to expand...

2011

03.25

Russian Boreal Forests Undergoing Vegetation Change

25 March 2011, ScienceDaily — Russias boreal forest is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation types as a result of globally and regionally warming climate. That in turn is creating an even warmer climate in the region, according to a new study published in the journal Global Change Biology and highlighted...

2011

02.23

Vines spreading at trees' expense in tropical forests, scientists say

23 February 2011, Los Angeles Times - Vines may be proliferating at the expense of trees in tropical forests across the Americas, scientists have found. This shift in abundance could affect the water in the ecosystem and how carbon is stored in the plants, potentially drying out forests and resulting in more carbon dioxide in...

2011

04.01

FSC certified forest area in Russia reaches 30 million hectares

1 April 2011, Estonian FSC news - The FSC certified forest area in Russia crossed the 30 million hectares milestone in March, up from 20 million hectares in 2008. Currently 30.5 million hectares are certified to the FSC standards in Russia, the second largest FSC certified forest area in the world after Canada. This milestone...

2010

12.30

Canadian Forest Industry Prepares For New Opportunities

30 December 2010, CNW - Recognized globally for its unmatched environmental leadership, Canadas forest products industry is entering the International Year of Forests with a return to profitability and a growing demand for its lumber, pulp and specialized papers produced from well-managed forests. The United Nations General...

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