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05 March 2014 Ghana
The need for a formal forestry extension service for the forestry sector in Ghana has become crucial in the light of massive reforestation and plantation development by both smallholder farmers and commercial entities. This was the subject of an essay competition organized by Tropenbos International Ghana for tertiary students in natural resource management as part of its capacity building efforts.
05 March 2014 Ghana
The artisanal milling group of Sankore in the Goaso Forest District in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana has received its first consignment of logs from the company Logs and Lumber Limited (LLL) in December 2013. The group which entered into an agreement with LLL for the supply of logs will be able to place legal lumber on the domestic market which used to be supplied for more than 80% with illegal chainsaw milled lumber.
27 January 2014 Indonesia
The landscape approach is becoming more and more relevant as it links forest, biodiversity people, and livelihoods. To guarantee its appropriate implementation, strong coalitions and commitments towards sustainable development are needed from every party, including the private sector. This was one of the main issues raised at the national workshop “Systematization of Forest Productivity Improvement through the Landscape Restoration Program in Indonesia”, conducted in Lombok Island, Indonesia, 5th – 6th December 2013.
20 January 2014 Indonesia
Oil palm plantation is often blamed as the major cause of forest loss and deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia. Deforestation, as well as other forms of land use change resulting from the development of new plantations, is also considered to be a large source of GHG emissions. These issues were addressed in two papers titled “Oil palm and land use change in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea” and “Historical CO2 emissions from land use and land use change from the oil palm industry in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea” published in November 2013 by the Working Group of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
16 December 2013 the Netherlands
Forest producers need to organise themselves in order to have better access to markets and essential market information, a stronger bargaining position, a voice in policy development and to improve their entrepreneurial skills. This has been concluded at the International Conference on Forest Producer Organizations: Strength in Numbers, that took place from 25-28th of November in Guilin, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. The conference – the first in its kind – was organized by FAO’s Forest and Farm Facility in alliance with a number of partners, including Tropenbos International.
10 December 2013 Suriname
To maintain access to markets in Europe and the USA the timber sector of Suriname needs to verify the legality of its forest products. Participants of the regional seminar ‘Emerging legality requirements in the timber sector of Suriname’ (28-29 November 2013 in Paramaribo) found that the forest sector of Suriname is in a good position to adequately address these legality requirements, because of Suriname’s commitment to sustainable forest management and because it has a good forest control system.