Asia-Pacific forestry information

2010

03.19

Norway will provide up to $1 billion to Indonesia to help reduce

19 May 2010, mongabay.com - Norway will provide up to $1 billion to Indonesia to help reduce deforestation and forest degradation, reports The Jakarta Post. Agus Purnomo, head of the secretariat of Indonesias National Climate Change Council, told the newspaper that the deal will be signed on May 27 and funds may start flowing...

2010

03.25

UNFF and UNCD Sign Agreement to Advance Sustainable Land and Forest

25 May 2010, UNCCD - Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD and Ms. Jan McAlpine, Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, signed a MoU to strengthen their cooperation on these two crucial issues that are very much linked. “The sustainable management of forest...

2010

03.27

Rich countries up deforestation aid to $4bln

27 May 2010, OSLO (AFP) – Rich countries agreed Thursday to boost funds for fighting deforestation to four billion dollars up to 2012, despite facing problems of their own due to the financial crisis, Norway announced. In todays global markets, forests are more worth dead than alive. Today we commit to change that equation...

2010

04.14

USDA Announces Grants to Protect Private Forest Land in 33 States

14 April 2010, WASHINGTON (www.usda.gov) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of grants to permanently protect private forestland in 33 states and U.S. territories through the Forest Legacy Program (FLP). The 2010 FLP awards, which total $72 million, will help the program reach a total of over 2 million...

2010

04.14

Russia Saw Increased Softwood Log Prices but Dropping Hardwood Log

14 April 2010, Seattle, WA (www.PR.com) - Domestic softwood log prices have moved up in 2009 in Russia both in Ruble and US dollar terms. In the 4 th quarter 2009, the average pine log prices were over 30% higher than those in the 1 st quarter 2009 in US dollar terms (in Ruble terms they were up 15% during the year), as...

2010

02.03

American Government Announces Steps to Boost Clean Energy Economy

3 February 2010, EPA – American Government laid out three measures as part of its comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean energy economy and fulfilling its promise of new industries and millions of jobs. First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has...

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