Monthly Archives: December 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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