Deforestation and its impact on climate change and biodiversity loss - EU

online consultation

The EU is holding an internet consultation from the 25 June until the 22 August 2008 on the subject of Deforestation and its impact on climate change and biodiversity loss. The results of this consultation will inform the development of EU policy on deforestation. The options will be set out in a European Commission Communication at the end of 2008. If you would like to take part, please visit the EU website at http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=deforestation

Can rainforests pay for themselves?

Click here to listen to a discussion between Canopy Capital and The Rainforest Foundation about the possibilities for financial investment in tropical forest services (Courtesy of the BBC 15/5/08).

This discussion was preceded by an interview with Prince Charles in which he outlined his concerns over tropical deforestation and the potential for rainforest conservation. Click here to listen to the interview (Courtesy of the BBC 15/5/08) and here to find out more about The Prince's Rainforest Project.

Click here to access Commonwealth Forests online

NEW ONLINE -

Commonwealth Forests, CFA's new publication comprising a review of the state of forestry in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth, is now available online.

You are encouraged to contribute up-to-date addresses of the organisations listed by contacting cfa@cfa-international.org.

Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2010 launches website

The website for the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 28th June to 2nd July 2010, has been launched and can be accessed at www.cfc2010.org. For more information on the event please contact the organisers at cfcc@in-conference.org.uk

International Regime, Avoided Deforestation and the Evolution of Public and Private Forest Policies in the South

Click here for a report on the workshop �International Regime, Avoided Deforestation and the Evolution of Public and Private Forest Policies in the South� held in Paris last November. A selection of key papers presented at the meeting will be available later in the year as a special issue of International Forestry Review.

News

The Queen's Award for Forestry 2007

The Queen's Award for Forestry is one of the most prestigious awards in the forestry world. The Award, which is given by the CFA every two years, comprises a cash prize and a travel grant to the combined value of �2000, is both to recognise the achievements and support the future work of an outstanding mid-career forester. The recipient will be the individual who the Selection Committee considers combines exceptional contributions to forestry with an innovative approach to his or her work.

The Award

In 1987, the Association's Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, approved the Queen's Award for Forestry, to recognise outstanding contributions to forestry.

The purpose of the Award, which comprises a cash prize and a travel grant to the combined value of �2000, is [More....]

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New Publications

CFA Newsletter

March 2008

CONTENTS

- Forestry recruitment of Canada�s Aboriginal people

ASSOCIATION NEWS

- New CFA Youth Officer

- CFA Young Forester returns from Guyana

- CFA AGM 2007

- CFA complimentary memberships awarded

- Obituary: Lindsay Poole

- The role of civil society in the forestry sector in India

FOREST SCENES

- Mocambique: Present Dilemma, Future Choice?

- Concessions to poverty

- MegaFlorestais

- Mountain Pine Beetle in British Colombia

- SIDR batters Sunderbans

- Foresters 1, Tax Collectors 0

BOOK REVIEW

- Wildwood

AROUND THE WORLD

- REDD brainstorm shows how much further discussions have to go

- Uganda: Kampala timber dealers already facing shortages

- Big mammals key to tree-ant team

- USA: State forest owners looking for more than pines to plant

- Malaysia: RM25m boost for forest rehabilitation

- Brazil: Ministers attacked on destruction of forest

- USA: Bush opens 3m acres of Alaskan forest to logging

- India has lost forest cover to tsunami and dams

- Madagascar: Giant palm tree puzzles botanists

- Overfishing may hurt Amazon forest trees

- EU Renewables Directive includes �irresponsible� targets for agrofuel

- Global warming is not to blame for delayed autumn colouring after all

- China�s snow storms destroy forests

- Sierra Leone: Minister warns against illegal mining, logging

- Cameroon: Britain pledges FCFA 8 Billion for Congo Basin forest management

- Uganda: Kiboga Forest residents face eviction

- India: Satellite can supervise Polo forest

- Scotland: Timber industry on a high

International Forestry Review

Issue 1 2008

PAPERS

The recent evolution of corporate responsibility practices in the forestry sector

N.G. VIDAL and R.A. KOZAK

The current situation and prospects for gum arabic in Kenya: a promising sector for pastoralists living in arid lands

M. CHRETIN, B. CHIKAMAI, P. EKAI LOKTARI, J. NGICHILI, N. LOUPA, D. ODEE and D. LESUEUR

Chain of Custody (COC) Certification among Malaysian wooden furniture manufacturers: status and challenges

J. RATNASINGAM, T.H. MACPHERSON, F. IORAS AND V. ABRUDAN

Sustainability of Sal (Shorea robusta) forest in Bangladesh: past, present and future actions

M. ALAM, Y. FURUKAWA, S.K. SARKER and R. AHMED

An overview of mangrove management strategies in three South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka

M. S. IFTEKHAR

Tree species selection for buffer zone agroforestry: the case of Budongo Forest in Uganda

W. K. KASOLO and A. B. TEMU

Economic exploitation of forest resources in south India during the pre-Forest Act colonial era, 1793-1882

V. Saravanan

COMMENTS

Economic incentives exist to support measures to reduce illegal logging

J.A. TURNER, J. BUONGIORNO, A. KATZ, S. ZHU, and R. LI

Convergence of the fuel, food and fiber markets: a forest sector perspective

D. G. ROBERTS

BOOK REVIEWS

Hearing a different drummer: a new paradigm for the �keepers of the forest�

J. STUDLEY

Development of sustainable forestry plantations in China: a review

J.W. TURNBULL

Ukrainian encyclopedia of forestry

S. GENSIRUK (ed.)

Primary wood processing: principles and practice

J.C. F. WALKER

Mangrove guidebook for Southeast Asia

FAO and WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL

Multipurpose trees in the tropics: management and improvement strategies

V.P. TEWARI and R.L. SRIVASTAVA (eds.)

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Updates

Reduced membership rate offered to national forestry associations

The CFA is pleased to announce a new membership category - National Forestry Associations. For the cost of a single membership all members will be entitled to benefits of CFA membership and have access to the International Forestry Review and CFA Newsletter. [More...]

Meetings

Climate Change Conference

The Commonwealth Foundation and the Government of Seychelles held a joint international conference Preparing for Change: Adaptive Strategies for Climate Change and Disaster Management in the Commonwealth in October 2006. [More...]

Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2005

Sri Lanka

INFOMEETS provides a full listing of national and international forestry meetings. Click here for more information.

Awards

Queen's Award for Forestry

Regional Award

Young Forester Award

Young Scientist Publication Award

CFA Book Prize

Tools

For assistance with preparing manuscripts visit our Online guide to scientific writing

How green is the CFA?

The CFA is supported by the Commonwealth Foundation