Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2010 Edinburgh www.cfc2010.org

2010 Queen's Award for Forestry launched

In 1987, the Association's Patron, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, approved the Queen's Award for Forestry, to recognise outstanding contributions to forestry. The purpose of the Award, which comprises a cash prize and a travel grant to the combined value of £2000, is both to recognise the achievements and support the future work of an outstanding mid-career forester. The CFA is pleased to announce the launch of the Queen’s Award for Forestry 2010 and invites nominations from members for individuals who combine exceptional contributions to forestry with an innovative approach to his or her work.

The Association, which has responsibility for selecting and evaluating candidates, will agree a travel programme in conjunction with the winner that will maximise the benefits to the winner, the hosts and the Association. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver a lecture upon return describing his or her experiences and lessons learned.

For more information on the Queen's Award click here.

Forestry promoted at Commonwealth People's Forum

The recent Commonwealth People's Forum, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, provided an opportunity for civil society to produce a statement on a range of issues covering subjects as diverse as science, culture and civil rights which was then presented to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held immediately afterwards. CFA was represented by Technical Director, Alan Pottinger, who was able to promote the importance of including forest-related issues. The full statement can be read here.

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.

DONATIONS

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

Commonwealth forestry students invited to participate in survey

The International Forestry Students Association, IFSA, is conducting a survey called "10 x 10 x 10 for CFC 2010" which is designated to obtain students' perspectives on the forests of the commonwealth. It is a web based survey which should only take about five minutes to complete and IFSA are giving out a prize of an IFSA T-shirt to winners who will be randomly drawn from the pool of survey participants.

Click here to take the survey.

Alf Leslie Memorial Grove

As we approach the first anniversary of Alf Leslie's death we encourage members to look at the website set up to celebrate Alf's life and contribution to forestry.

CFA Young Forester Awards 2009

The Commonwealth Forestry Association is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 Young Forester Award competition, funded by the CFA, the Commonwealth Foundation, and supported by the Uganda Sawlog Production Grant Scheme.

The Young Forester Award is designed to support the professional development of foresters below 35 years of age through the provision of a short-term work placement in a country other than their own and consists of a designated placement combined with a bursary of between £1000 and £1500 to cover a stay of between three- and six-months (depending on the cost of travel to the location) with established and renowned forestry organisations in order to meet their professional interest.

In 2009 we are pleased to announce that the hosts for two awards will be the Uganda Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (www.sawlog.ug) who share with CFA the desire to support the development of the next generation of foresters.

Click here for more information on the Young Forester Award and how to apply for one of the awards to be presented in 2009.

Commonwealth Forests - online

Click here to access Commonwealth Forests online

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.

The Commonwealth Forestry Conference -

Register Now!

Register your interest now to secure a place at this important international event and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh! Visit the Conference website at www.cfc2010.org

New Publications

CFA Newsletter

December 2009

CONTENTS

• The State of Canada’s Forests 2009

ASSOCIATION NEWS

• Commonwealth Forestry Conference 2010 – New video and registration information

• Launch of the Queen‘s Award for Forestry 2010

• Peter Berg, Jerry Leach and Simmathiri Appanah recognised with CFA Regional Awards

• CFA raises forestry issues at the Commonwealth People’s Forum

• CFA Young Scientist Research Award winner completes work in South Africa

• Foday Bojangjoins the CFA Governing Council

• Publications Committee meeting held via Skype

LETTER

• Comments on A View of UNFF-8

FOREST SCENES

• An evaluation of the socio-economic impact of timber production with and without the inclusion of biomass energy production

• Combating climate change – a role for UK forests

• News from the UN Forum on Forests

• Small-scale timber growers in South Africa

AROUND THE WORLD

• Asia: A rebirth for the forests of Asia

• Canada: Boreal forests store carbon but need help

• Brazil: Amazon deforestation ’record low‘

• UK: Ghost trees ’haunt‘ London square

• USA: Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon and Congo

• India: Forest cover has increased since 1997, says report

• Kenya: With land evictions, Kenya aims to reduce impacts on important ecosystem

• Gambia: Casamance foresters commend Government

• Zimbabwe: Two million trees planned

• Uganda: Museveni orders eviction of encroachers

• Global: U.N. forest plan could threaten species

• Kenya: Country roots for farmers in bid to increase forest cover

• UK: Gordon Brown proposes £10 billion fund to fight climate change

• Global: CO2 from forest destruction overestimated

• Global: Massive potential for forest restoration on a worldwide scale

• Rwanda: Government loses $2.6 million on tree felling

• Global: The Prince of Wales hails a significant step forward in finding a solution to deforestation

• USA: Forest Service says trees can slow climate change

• Global: Palm oil funding frozen

• India: Parts of India experiencing desertification

• UK: London using tree pollarding lessons brought back from Spain

International Forestry Review

Issue 4 2009

PAPERS

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

and Forest Degradation (REDD) and

decentralized forest management

S. IRAWAN and L. TACCONI

Neither fast, nor easy: the implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Ghana

C.P. HANSEN, J.F. LUND and T. TREUE

Towards decentralization and privatization of China’s collective forestlands: A study of 9 villages in three provinces

Y. SHEN, Y. ZHNAG, X. XU, Z. ZHU

and C. JIANG

Foreign direct investment (FDI), added-value and environmental-friendly practices in furniture manufacturing: the case of Malaysia and Vietnam

J. RATNASINGAM and F. IORAS

Forest management planning at different geographic levels in Italy: hierarchy, current tools and ongoing development

S. CULLOTTA and F. MAETZKE

International trends in forest products consumption: is there convergence?

J. BUONGIORNO

Laos forest and plantation development: history, development and community issues

S. PHIMMAVONG, B. OZARSKA and S. MIDGLEY

Adoption of sustainable forest management practices in Bolivian timber concessions: a quantitative assessment

M. BOSCOLO, L. SNOOK and L. QUEVEDO

The Dutch colonial forest policy and science discourse in the beginning of 20th Century Indonesia

G. GALUDRA and M. SIRAIT

BOOK REVIEWS

Conifer Reproductive Biology

C.G. Williams

Forest Ecology – Recent Advances in Plant Ecology

A. Van Der Valk (ed.)

Forest Inventory – Methodology and Applications

A. Kangas and M. Maltamo (eds.)

Valuable broadleaved forests in Europe

H. Spiecker , S. Hein , K. Makkonen-Spiecker and M. Thies (eds.)

Tree Planting Guidelines for Uganda

P. Jacovelli with B. Milligan, A. Amumpe , C. Nalwadda ,

Z. Kakungulu , C. Odeke , A. Atuyamba and T. Businge

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Tools

For assistance with preparing manuscripts visit our Online guide to scientific writing

Donations

Donations can be made towards supporting the work of the CFA either through Legacies or supporting our Forests for the Future campaign.

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 Young Scientist Research Award

CFA Book Prize

How green is the CFA?

The CFA is supported by the Commonwealth Foundation