Best wishes from IEFC

7 Janeiro 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

The IEFC team wishes you Health and Success in 2008 ! We hope that this new year will bring success to the actions undertaken and will offer the network new

European Commission addresses challenges of forest-based industries

3 Janeiro 2008 0 Comments 0 tags

The 27 February 2008 the European Commission has adopted a 19-point plan to address the challenges facing forest-based industries, which are adapting to deal with increased global competition, climate change

Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Management of Planted Forests and for Fire Management

28 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

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

DEFOR project : 2 demonstration meetings in November

17 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

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

Forestry in a New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

12 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

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

12 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

11 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

Interreg Project DEFOR : Innovation for wood extraction in the Pyrenean chain

3 Julho 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

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 to mitigate CO2 emissions?

30 Janeiro 2007 0 Comments 0 tags

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

20 Janeiro 2007 0 Comments 0 tags