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Event 

Title:
The 23d World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations
When:
23 Aug 2010 - 28 Aug 2010
Where:
Seoul, Republic of Korea - -
Category:
Climate Change & Forestry

Description

'Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment'

23-28 August 2010 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The 23 IUFRO World Congress 'Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment' will take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23–28 August 2010.

To promote the event, IUFRO will send out media releases highlighting each of the nine themes to be addressed at the congress. The topics and the planned release date are:

Keep Asia green

October 2009

Forests and climate change

November 2009

Frontiers in forest and tree health

December 2009

Forest environmental services

January 2010

Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of forest resources

February 2010

Forests, communities and cultures

March 2010

Emerging technologies in the forest sector

April 2010

Forest products and production processes for a greener future

May 2010

Forests, human health and environmental security

June 2010

More information

IUFRO Headquarters – Secretariat
International Union of Forest Research Organizations 
Mariabrunn (BFW), Hauptstrasse 7
A 1140 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151-0
Fax: +43-1-877 0151-50
Link: www.iufro2010.com
Website: www.iufro.org

Venue

Venue:
Seoul, Republic of Korea   -   Website
Street:
-
ZIP:
-
City:
-
State:
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Country:
-

Description


Document

Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.

Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.AbstractThis addendum is a draft decision text on options and proposals on how to ... + READ MORE

Financial governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund during the Soeharto and post-Soeharto periods, 1989–2009: a political economic analysis of lessons for REDD+

This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications for REDD+. The Reforestation Fund (Dana Reboisasi, DR) is a national forest fund financed by a volume-based timber levy to support ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 15High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/KP/CMP/2009/L.9Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 9High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/CP/2009/L.7Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.NotesAgenda item 15High-level ... + READ MORE

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Norway urged to dump shares of other forest-destroying companies

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Tropical rainforests get major boost from Royal and Corporate support

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BirdLife’s efforts to save threatened rainforests around the globe have received a major boost following the support of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Singapore Airlines at events held in Singapore today. Royal support Speaking to delegates from governments, the private ... + READ MORE

Logged forests retain considerable biodiversity in Borneo providing conservation opportunity

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75 percent of birds and dung beetles remain even after a forest is logged twice. A new study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that forests which have undergone logging in the past, sometimes even twice, ... + READ MORE

Analysis: Indonesia forest moratorium to stymie palm oil firms

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(Reuters) - Indonesia's plans to halt forest clearing will slow the aggressive expansion of plantation firms in the world's top palm oil producer, leading to higher costs as firms will need acquisitions or improved ... + READ MORE

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Climate Change

China eyes local carbon trade, CDM priority for now

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(Reuters) - China's plans to launch a series of pilot carbon trading projects starting next year underscores its need to curb its soaring greenhouse gas emissions ... + READ MORE

Bonn climate talks disappointing: RI

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Officials point to Russian drought and Asian deluge as consistent with climate change

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Int’l donors allot $87m grant for environmental projects

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The world’s leading financier for environmental projects, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has allotted a US$87 million grant to help Indonesia protect its dwindling environmental assets, ... + READ MORE

U.N. climate finance group mulls tax on banks

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