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26 May 2014 the Netherlands
It sounds logic, but the opposite is true. A stable demand for sustainably produced tropical timber is important for maintaining tropical rainforests and supporting local economic development. High economic value of forests will reduce the attractiveness for the conversion of the forests to other land uses. This was the general consensus reached at the event of the Green Deal for the Promotion of Sustainable Forest Management organised by the Secretariat of the Green Deal and Tropenbos International, on 15th May 2014 in Almere, the Netherlands.
19 May 2014 Indonesia
The Jakarta Post - Indonesia has set aside 22.8 million hectares of conservation area in the form of national parks and reserves; however, the effectiveness of the management protecting these reserves and forests remains unproven. Deforestation has been unchecked, and occurs even in areas that have high value and vulnerable ecosystems, such as heath forest, peat swamp forest or endangered species habitat.
09 May 2014 Ghana
On 9th April, 2014 the national executive committee of the National Forestry Forum of Ghana (NFF-G) and the steering committee of the multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD SC) under the EU Chainsaw milling project agreed to harmonize these two stakeholder platforms. Since the establishment of the MSD in September 2009, the MSD SC has been working to establish favourable conditions to sustain a multiple stakeholder process approach to policy-making. Many stakeholder processes with similar objectives as the MSD are active in Ghana. Since its start, the MSD has been aligned with the NFF-G and has now moved on to harmonise the two processes. This is a first step towards institutionalisation of stakeholder engagement in decision-making processes in the Ghana forest sector.
09 May 2014 Ghana
Artisanal milling which has been proposed as the legal alternative to illegal chainsaw milling by stakeholders under the EU chainsaw milling project is gaining momentum amongst former chainsaw operators in Ghana. This was observed when two groups made up of former illegal chainsaw operators at Insusiding a community in Bogoso under the Tarkwa Forest District and Akyem Apoli in the Oda Forest District called on the project secretariat to provide them with the requisite skills and training to enable them operate legally under the concept of artisanal milling.
08 May 2014 Viet Nam
Forest land allocation (FLA) is one of Viet Nam’s most vital policies in the process of restructuring its forest sector. However, the contribution of FLA policies to better forest quality is unclear, leading to unequity and conflicts in forest land management. This difficulty was discussed by participants at the workshop “The Role of FLA in Restructuring the Forest Sector," held by Tropenbos International Viet Nam, Forest Trends and the Sustainable Forest Management Institute in Ha Noi on April 16, 2014.
29 April 2014 Ghana
Sustainable charcoal production in Ghana is possible if charcoal producing communities would adopt and implement the governance arrangements that were agreed during a workshop of TBI Ghana on March 12, 2014.