Nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft

April 2012: Policy briefs resulting from the second Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS II) highlight concerns with biodiversity loss in the region, a need for improved governance and better forest management at the field level, and a call for enhanced training and awareness of for

Given that the majority of the world’s tropical forests are located in developing countries which are generally poor, “REDD presents a  tremendous opportunity to jointly address climate change and rural poverty, while sustaining ecosystem services and conserving biodiversity” (Huberman, 2007).

A confidential report was leaked this week indicating the British Columbia government is expecting north-central B.C.

Old-growth forests, wildlife corridors and other long-protected timber zones in the British Columbia Interior could be opened up to logging in order to keep mills operating, according to a cabinet document detailing a proposal under consideration by the provincial government.

The full, devastating impact of the pine-beetle epidemic that has swept across British Columbia will be felt in the next few years when up to half the forest-industry jobs in the province’s interior will vanish, according to a government report meant to be confidential.