22 May 2012, Thesundaily news- The government plans to allocate RM3 billion for expansion of forest plantations in the country to achieve an area covering 375,000 hectares by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) said today. He said the government had so far allocated more than RM600 million for the...

18 May 2012, Vientianetimes news - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is encouraging government bodies, private companies and individuals to plant more trees in a bid to increase forest cover in Laos. This year, the ministry hopes that between the various sectors and companies, a total of 30,000 hectares of land can be...

11 May 2012, FAO news - In a landmark decision the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) today endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines aimed at helping governments safeguard the rights of people to own or access land, forests and fisheries. Thenew Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land...

10 May 2012, ScienceDaily news - Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher. Selective logging may be one of the few feasible options left for conserving tropical forests given the huge...

5 May 2012, AlertNet news – The government of Cameroon has intensified a crackdown on illegal loggers in a measure aimed at conserving the country’s forest resources and combating the effects of climate change. Philip Ngole Ngwese, the country’s minister of forestry and wildlife, recently announced the suspension of...

2 May 2012, MarketWatch news - More and more Ugandans are discovering the financial value of tree plantations, thanks to a government and international donors eager to promote planting in a country whose natural forests are disappearing fast. The phenomenon has attracted some controversy but that hasn’t stopped hundreds of...