2016
2016
2016
Viet Nam En Route to FSC-endorsed SFM Standard
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is one of the priorities on the path to responding to the adverse impacts of climate change. Deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for one sixth (1/6) of carbon dioxide emissions globally, and forests play a key role in mitigating this environmental threat, absorbing one...
2016
Finalization of the Emission Reduction Program Document in Viet Nam
Since the submission of the ER-PIN[1] in May 2014 to the Carbon Fund, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has been supporting the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in drafting the Emission Reduction Program Document (ERPD) for in the North Central Agro-Ecological ReĀgion (Fig. 1) of...
2016
New opportunities for improved forest governance in Laos
The new Lao government, which has been in office since the beginning of 2016, is increasingly opposed to illegal logging and timber exports. An analysis of Chinese and Vietnamese customs data shows that the timber exports to both countries increased by 70% between 2012 and 2014 and reached around 1,600,000...
2016
Greater partnerships by governments, civil society and business is needed in order to bridge gaps in policy and practice
The ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN) participated in the 5th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum with the theme āAdapting and Living under 2C: Bridging Gaps in Policy and Practiceā, which was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on October 17-19, 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The forum,...
2016
Sustainable Development Goals is on the move!
The call for members and a speaker for the new TF SDGs has been very successful: During the very first virtual āKick-Offā MeetingĀ on 13 October,Ā Michael Timm was selected as new speaker and Ā Felix Huebner as Co-Speaker --- congratulations to both of them and good luck! But that...
2016
Call for Abstracts: ā125 Years of IUFROā Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany, from 19- 24 September 2017
Although the event is still a year down the road the Call for Abstracts has already been opened and will close on 30th November. The Congress provides a platform for the exchange of scientific knowledge across all scientific disciplines relevant in forest research. Two sessions of the event should be...
2016
November brown-bag lunch on improved transparency, broad participation and traceability in timber supply chains
The Sector Program International Forest Policy and the Support Program to the Lao EU-FLEGT process jointly organize a brown-bag lunch on improved transparency, broad participation and traceability in timber supply chains ā what other sectors and initiatives could learn from the FLEGT process. For more details of the event,...
2016
Myanmar determined to support and promote cooperation for REDD+ in the Himalayan Region as GIZ new initiative set to launch
Exchange of Letter of Agreement between Forest Department (MONREC), Myanmar, and ICIMOD/GIZ Photo courtesy: FRI With the objective of improving the conditions for implementing REDD+ measures to mitigate climate change that are socially and environmentally sound in the four Himalayan countries of Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, the REDD+ Himalaya...
2016
New publication on SIS-REDD+ operationalization in Indonesia!
To communicate the valuable experiences and lessons learned to the wider REDD+ community, both in Indonesia and internationally, a new book has been jointly developed. Titled āSafeguards Information System for REDD+ in Indonesia ā Moving towards an Operational SIS-REDD+ā, the book was launched in September 2016 and developed collaboratively...