Yearly Archives: 2007

UNFF agreement adopted

The UN General Assembly has adopted the UN Forum on Forests Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests (NLBI), eight months after the agreement was reached in April 2007. The agreement on international forest policy and cooperation calls for … Continue reading →

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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Bali Roundup

A number of key developments related to forestry took place at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Bali, Indonesia, from 3 to 14 December. UNFCCC – role of sustainable forestry as tool to reduce carbon … Continue reading →

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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IFC withdraws from Olam

In another disappointing development in World Bank forest policy, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, divested its 3.4 per cent stake in Olam, a Singapore-based company with holdings in the Democratic Republic of Congo … Continue reading →

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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UK DFID as anti-forestry advocate

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has employed the advocacy tactics of Green NGOs with two booklets on illegal logging in Indonesia, Ghana and Cameroon. The DFID publications are ‘policy lite’, written in a journalistic style with no sourcing … Continue reading →

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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ITTO funds PNG governance project

The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) has funded a governance project in PNG to the tune of almost US$500,000. The project aims to enhance forest law enforcement in PNG and support sustainable forest management activities. Forest law enforcement in PNG … Continue reading →

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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Greenpeace unscrupulously attacks certifiers

Greenpeace has attacked Swiss-based auditing organisation SGS by launching a letter-writing campaign against the company over its recent FSC inspection of Spanish industrial plantation company NORFOR. SGS was engaged by NORFOR to conduct Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its … Continue reading →

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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Prince Charles takes anti-development position

In a speech at a WWF event in London, Prince Charles launched a private-sector initiative aimed at protecting old growth rainforests for their “services to humanity”. He said that the value of living forests would need to out-compete other drivers … Continue reading →

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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Greens maintain unscrupulous attacks on PNG, ANZ

Australian and New Zealand Greens campaigning against the proposed Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania are using the PNG forestry industry as a pawn in their campaign. The campaign is attacking Gunns’ banker, ANZ. To gain further leverage on the bank, … Continue reading →

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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World Bank releases Forest Carbon Partnership Fund details

The World Bank has released details of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The FCPF is a market-based mechanism aimed at compensating developing countries for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). The World Bank has indicated that it will … Continue reading →

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Forestry and Development
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