A view of the International Forestry Students' Symposium

Celia Nalwadda, our Youth Officer, reports on her participation in the 36th International Forestry Students Symposium held in Bulgaria from the 3rd to the 17th of August. Celia was supported by the CFA and the Commonwealth Foundation and gave presentations on the CFA and the Uganda Sawlog Production Grant Scheme. More>>

How leaving a legacy can help the CFA

As a charity, the CFA is dependent upon the support of its members. Leaving a gift in your Will can help us continue to promote the conservation and sustainable management of the World's forests and the contribution they make to people's livelihoods.

To find out how you can help please click here.

Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2010 launches website

The website for the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 28th June to 2nd July 2010, has been launched and can be accessed at www.cfc2010.org. For more information on the event please contact the organisers at cfcc@in-conference.org.uk

Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade – the European Union approach now available online. EFI Policy Brief 2, “Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade – the European Union approach”, introduces the Action Plan’s main aims and methods to develop markets in Europe for legal products. The Plan focuses on the EU trade policies by developing partnerships with producer countries; by developing legislation to encourage importers to take responsibility for the provenance of the wood they buy and by promoting responsible purchasing by governments and timber importers in Member States. Click here to download.

Click here to access Commonwealth Forests online

NEW ONLINE -

Commonwealth Forests, CFA's new publication comprising a review of the state of forestry in the 53 countries of the Commonwealth, is now available online. Click here for more information on Commonwealth Forests.

You are encouraged to contribute up-to-date addresses of the organisations listed by contacting cfa@cfa-international.org.

Forest Carbon Finance: Potential and Challenges for Commonwealth Countries

Commonwealth Secretariat Discussion Paper #1, August 2008

Recently there have been strong moves to include the reduction of CO2 emissions from deforestation and forest degradation within international frameworks for action on climate change. This new paper discusses the Commonwealth's views on the road ahead. Click here for more information and to download a copy.

The Prince's Rainforest Project

Set up in October 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, The Prince’s Rainforests Project recognises the global role played by the forests in both promoting and mitigating climate change, and the acute pressure put on the rainforests by the worldwide rises in commodity prices and soaring global demand for beef, soya and palm oil. There is a growing awareness of the need to urgently protect the world’s rainforests, their people, and their resources. It is into this space that HRH The Prince of Wales has stepped with The Prince’s Rainforests Project.

The Prince’s Rainforests Project seeks to work with governments, business, NGOs and individuals to seek solutions to the deforestation of the world’s tropical rainforests in such a way that the trees are worth more alive than dead. Click here for more information.

You can help the CFA to raise funds every time you search on the internet. Click here to find out more.

New Publications

CFA Newsletter

September 2008

CONTENTS

• Necessity not niche – fair trade

timber

ASSOCIATION NEWS

• CFA launches Legacies Appeal

FORESTRY SCENES

• Forestry in the New Zealand emissions trading scheme

• ‘LumberJills’ finally receive recognition

• ITTO project helps to increase forest potential through LUS testing and marketing

• Community Asset Mapping: forest - based communities in the Upper St. John River Valley of New

Brunswick, Canada

• SILVAE – Forestry as Art

• From kings of the land to slaves

• Exporting destruction. Export credits, illegal logging and deforestation

AROUND THE WORLD

• Central Africa: Calls for bushmeat ban rejected

• World: Space cameras to monitor forests

• Brazil: Deforestation rises sharply as farmers

push into Amazon

• Indonesia: Orangutan from non-conserved forests

can only survive three years

• UK: UN plan to protect forests flawed

• Europe: EU takes a weak step against logging

• India: Vanishing act - State’s private forests

on the decline

• Australia: Carbon scheme putting forests

at logging risk

• Canada: Old-growth B.C. forests worth

more standing than fallen

• Cameroon: 14 forest exploitation companies

suspended

• Madagascar: New eco-deals protect unique forests

• UK: Scientists ask to plant GM trees

• USA: Chicago company launches tree free paper

• Zimbabwe: Company reviving forest plantations

in cities

• World: FSC stakes out its REDD role

• Mexico: Rise in illegal logging threatens butterflies

• Nigeria: Tree planting to be a condition

for building plan’s approval

International Forestry Review Special Issue: India

Issue 2 2008

• Introduction S. NILSSON

• Forests, farms and trees: recent trends and future prospects K.D. SINGH

• India’s forest resource base D. PANDEY

• Trees outside the forest (TOF) resources in India D. PANDEY

• Bamboo for the 21st century S.K. PANDE and S. PANDEY

• Private farmer–private industry partnerships for industrial wood production: a case study H.D. KULKARNI

• Trees outside forests (TOF): a case study of the wood production–consumption situation in Kerala C.N. KRISHNANKUTTY, K. BALACHANDRAN THAMPI and M. CHUNDAMANNIL

• Trees outside forests (TOF): a case study of wood production and consumption in Haryana P. AHMED

• India’s industrial wood balance C.N. PANDEY and T.S. RANGARAJU

• Balancing fuelwood production and consumption in India K.D. SINGH

• Non-timber forest products subsistence and commercial uses: trends and future demands K.V.S. CHAUHAN, A.K. SHARMA and R. KUMAR

• The fodder situation in rural India: future outlook M.M. ROY and K.A. SINGH

• Rural needs: free (range) grazing N.P. SINGH

• Outlook for ecotourism in India P. SUBRAMANIAM

• Climate change and forests in India R.K. CHATURVEDI, R. TIWARI and N.H. RAVINDRANATH

• Forest conservation–based, climate change–mitigation approach for India V.R.S. RAWAT and J. KISHWAN

• System approach to watershed modelling for sustainable development, including forestry D.C. DAS

• Forest biodiversity and its conservation in India J.S. SINGH and S.P.S. KUSHWAHA

• Looking beyond protected area networks: a paradigm shift in approach for biodiversity conservation P.K. MATHUR and P.R. SINHA

• Biodiversity conservation issues of Northeast India S. CHATTERJEE

• The Forest Rights Act 2007: implications for forest dwellers and protected areas S. SINGH

• Statistical reporting in the Indian forestry sector: status, gaps and approach J. KISHWAN, H.S. SOHAL, R. NAUTIYAL, R. KOLLI and J. YADAV

• Database systems in the forest department: the experience in Karnataka and strategies for the future P.J.DILIP KUMAR

• Assessment of the contribution of forests to the economy of northeastern states of India S.K. BARIK and S.K. MISHRA

• Framework for forest resource accounting: factoring in the intangibles M. VERMA

• Assessing the economic and ecosystem services contribution of forests: issues in modelling and an illustration K. CHOPRA and P. DASGUPTA

• Institutionalising strategic forestry planning in India K. D. SINGH and N.-E. NILSSON

• Globalisation and its implications for the Indian forest sector D.G. ROBERTS

• The Indian forestry system at a crossroads: an outsider’s view S. NILSSON

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Updates

Reduced membership rate offered to national forestry associations

The CFA is pleased to announce a new membership category - National Forestry Associations. For the cost of a single membership all members will be entitled to benefits of CFA membership and have access to the International Forestry Review and CFA Newsletter. [More...]

Meetings

Climate Change Conference

The Commonwealth Foundation and the Government of Seychelles held a joint international conference Preparing for Change: Adaptive Strategies for Climate Change and Disaster Management in the Commonwealth in October 2006. [More...]

Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2005

Sri Lanka

INFOMEETS provides a full listing of national and international forestry meetings. Click here for more information.

Awards

Queen's Award for Forestry

Regional Award

Young Forester Award

Young Scientist Publication Award

CFA Book Prize

Tools

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