9^th September

CFA AGM to be held on 9^th September 2008

Following the success of last year's AGM we will be using the same approach for this year's meeting and holding it over the internet. It is open to all members so make sure you log in and join in. Click here for more information. Please note that this date represents a postponement of the planned meeting on 4th September.

A view of the International Forestry Students' Symposium

Celia Nalwadda, our Youth Officer, reports on her participation in the 36th International Forestry Students Symposium held in Bulgaria from the 3rd to the 17th of August. Celia was supported by the CFA and the Commonwealth Foundation and gave presentations on the CFA and the Uganda Sawlog Production Grant Scheme. More>>

Forest Carbon Finance: Potential and Challenges for Commonwealth Countries

Commonwealth Secretariat Discussion Paper #1, August 2008

Recently there have been strong moves to include the reduction of CO2 emissions from deforestation and forest degradation within international frameworks for action on climate change. This new paper discusses the Commonwealth's views on the road ahead. Click here for more information and to download a copy.

Australia's State of the Forests Report 2008

This report was prepared by the Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments. It provides the most comprehensive factual information about forests currently available and presented it in a form that can be used primarily by the general public, but by specialists as well. Click here for more information.

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

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. Click here for more information on Commonwealth Forests.

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

The Prince's Rainforest Project

Set up in October 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, The Prince�s Rainforests Project recognises the global role played by the forests in both promoting and mitigating climate change, and the acute pressure put on the rainforests by the worldwide rises in commodity prices and soaring global demand for beef, soya and palm oil. There is a growing awareness of the need to urgently protect the world�s rainforests, their people, and their resources. It is into this space that HRH The Prince of Wales has stepped with The Prince�s Rainforests Project.

The Prince�s Rainforests Project seeks to work with governments, business, NGOs and individuals to seek solutions to the deforestation of the world�s tropical rainforests in such a way that the trees are worth more alive than dead. Click here for more information.

You can help the CFA to raise funds every time you search on the internet. Click here to find out more.

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

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