18 February 2011, KMS news - The UK government has confirmed that plans to sell around 40,000 acres of state-owned forestry have been abandoned. Environment secretary Caroline Spelman told MPs that the current consultation on the issue had been stopped and that the government will take a different approach to managing the...

30 December 2010, Jakarta (AFP) news - Indonesia has chosen its Borneo island to conduct a pilot project aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, as part of a deal with Norway, an official said Thursday. Norway agreed in May to contribute up to a billion dollars to help preserve Indonesias forests, in part...

2 January 2011, Sundaytimes news - Historical accounts suggest that more than 75% of Sri Lanka was once covered by forest. But since the British colonial era, there has been mass scale clearing of forests largely for agricultural expansion. Infrastructure development, destructive logging and encroachment even of protected areas...

30 January 2011, Thefinancialexpress news - Bangladeshs log import soared more than 27 per cent in 2010 as its demand has surged in the growing furniture industry, boat making and other commercial uses, according to Chitagong Customs House. Local log importers purchased nearly 206,000 tonnes last year against 163,000 tonnes in...

17 November 2010, PEFC news - Expectations and understanding of best practice in sustainable forest management have evolved over the past years. It is therefore the responsibility of PEFC as the worlds largest forest certification organization to integrate these changes into its international Sustainability Benchmarks, said Ben...

14 December 2010, sustainablebusiness.com - Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was officially put into place in the Cancun agreement, but the majority of details for how the program will work have yet to decided. While there is united support for preserving the planets forests, these remaining...