FAO collaborated with a wide range of partners and stakeholders in preparing these guidelines, through technical and expert consultations and six Regional Forestry Commissions during 2006. The two voluntary guidelines
The transnational project DEFOR initiated in June 2006 aims at diffusing new forestry technologies to small enterprises with an objective of sustainable development and enhancement of the competitiveness of South
New Zealand will use an emissions trading scheme as its core price-based measure for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing forest carbon sinks. The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ
The aim of DEFOR is to transfer technological innovation to small forestry enterprises at any level of the forest wood chain. The task 1.4 deals with wood extraction in mountainous
Prescribed burning can be used to prevent forest fires but it also has potential to reduce CO2 emissions from these fires. It can therefore be a “mitigation technique” within the
The international conference closing the FORSEE project that took place in Porto was a success. Gathering more than 70 participants from about 10 different countries, it was in a very
The IEFC annual general meeting was organised in partnership with the University of Valladolid, and took place in Palencia, Thursday, March the 15th 2007. It was chaired by the IEFC
