Asia-Pacific forestry information

2010

03.08

Forestry satellite by 2013: Jairam Ramesh

March 8, 2010, TheHindu News- Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a dedicated forestry satellite in all likelihood in the year 2013. Against the biennial exercise in vogue, the facility will help to continuously monitor the forest...

2012

08.31

Indonesia Explores the Multiple Benefits of Redd+

31 August 2012, UN-REDD news- Between 25 and 26 July, the UN-REDD National Programme Management Unit in Indonesia organized a workshop on multiple benefits of REDD+ to raise awareness of the importance and potential of multiple benefits derived by REDD+. More than 50 participants from the provincial REDD+ sub-working group, the...

2012

07.30

Cameroon to Protect Forests with Satellite Monitoring

30 July 2012, AlertNet news - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes in forest cover in an effort to curb deforestation and help Central African countries access carbon finance. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo and Central African Republic (CAR) signed an...

2012

07.26

Ten Central African Countries Agree to Improve Forest Monitoring

26 July 2012, FAO news - A new regional initiative will help ten Central African countries to set up advanced national forest monitoring systems, FAO announced today. The ten countries are part of the Congo Basin and include Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of...

2012

07.24

Drop in Demand for Woody Biomass in the Us Reduces Biomass Prices in

24 July 2012, Lesprom news - Prices for woody biomass in the US, whether sawmill by-products, forest residues or urban wood waste, have been sliding for most of the past three years, but were still higher late in 2011 in most regions than they were five years ago, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. In the 2Q/12...

2012

07.19

Can Changes in Forest Management Regimes in British Columbia Mitigate

19 July 2012, Wood Resources International LLC news - Can changes in forest management regimes in British Columbia mitigate the sharp reductions in timber harvests caused by the mountain pine beetle? Timber harvests in British Columbia plunged by over 40 percent between 2005 and 2009, but have since recovered and were close to...

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