Asia-Pacific forestry information

2011

01.25

Finnish FSC standard approved

25 Jan 2011, papernet news - The international Forest Stewardship Council, FSC, granted its unqualified approval to Finland’s redrafted FSC standard on 21 January. The new FSC standard can be adopted, once a three-month transitional period has passed. Common ground on Finland’s national FSC standard was attained after...

2010

12.08

Harbin in China: Scientific Management of Forests in Northeast China

8 December 2010, China Green Times - Northeast State-owned Forest Region has not yet got rid of resource crisis and economic doom, but the experimental forest farms of Shanhe, Zhuanshan and Danqinghe directly under Harbin Forestry Bureau in Heilongjiang Province have explored a way to increase forest resources as well as forest...

2011

01.09

China National Conference for Directors of Provincial Forestry

9 January 2011, ChinaGreen Times - China National Conference for Directors of Provincial Forestry Departments was held in Beijing on 5-6 January 2011. The conference comprehensively summed up the forestry development in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, identified the forest sector development strategy in the Twelfth...

2010

06.03

World's ecosystems provide “services” equal to global income

3 Jun 2010, AFP - A study released by the UN environment programme (UNEP) said the worlds biodiversity and ecosystems deliver services to humanity estimated to be worth as much as the world gross national income, but two thirds of these ecosystems have already been damaged by humans. Biodiversity and ecosystems deliver crucial...

2010

06.04

FSC and LEI announce collaboration to advance responsible forest

04 June 2010,FSC - The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI) have announced the launch of an 18-month collaboration to explore potential areas of cooperation regarding responsible forest management and forest certification in Indonesia. The agreement marks an important measure in the global...

2010

03.15

Three ministers pledge to stop peatland conversion

May 15 2010, Jakarta Post - Activists from environmental group Greenpeace have said that three ministers told them the government would stop issuing new permits to convert peatland. Greenpeace made the announcement after speaking with Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Agriculture Minister Suswono in separate closed-door...

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