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The Saigon Times: More challenges ahead
Stringent requirements for a clean energy transition, sustainable materials, and low-carbon and eco-friendly production present new challenges to Vietnamese manufacturers. Phuc Xuan To, Managing Director of our Forest Policy, Trade, and Finance Initiative, offers his insight.
S&P Global: Carbon markets still in search of ways to quantify ‘beyond-carbon’ benefits
Developers of nature-based carbon projects in North America are still searching for ways in which voluntary carbon markets can value the co-benefits of projects, like improved biodiversity and economic development, that are supplemental to their climate benefits. Conversations from Ecosystem Marketplace’s recent Insights Briefing offer opportunities and challenges on how to quantify these co-benefits.
Nhân Dân: Vietnamese timber companies strive to overcome challenges
Currently, the Vietnamese timber sector has seen a sharp fall in orders, and even when there are orders, most of them are small ones. FPTF Managing Director Phuc Xuan To says timber exports will continue to face a market slump.
VietNamNet Global: Artisan communities strive for legal wood
Many wood artisans are in need of support so that their works can get recognition in the global supply chain. Dr. Phuc Xuan To, Managing Director of Forest Trends’ Forest Policy, Trade, and Finance Initiative, warned that the use of illicit wood for exports will deprive Vietnam of opportunities in broadening the market.
AllAfrica: Africa: Balancing Protection and Profit in the Congo Basin
The Congo Basin is the world’s second largest tropical rainforest and its biggest carbon sink. Yet more than a quarter of its forests could vanish by 2050 if deforestation, caused mostly by illegal logging, continues unchecked. FT provides data.
The Indian Express: Myanmar teak trade: highly prized, highly dodgy
After the February 2021 military coup, both the EU and the US imposed sanctions on all timber trade with Myanmar and categorized Myanma Timber Enterprises as a banned entity. Despite this, the flow of teak originating from Myanmar continues. FT analysis included.
Vietnam+: Carbon market development helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions
By developing and operating the domestic carbon market, Vietnam will effectively reduce carbon emissions. Phuc Xuan To of Forest Trends gives his insight on net-zero commitments and what they mean for Vietnamese businesses.
Nikkei Asian Review: EU will need more weapons to tackle deforestation in Cambodia
A pending European Union ban on the import of products linked to deforestation will be the first of its kind as well as a welcome step forward in protecting global resources. But financial penalties will not be enough to end deforestation in corrupt nations like Cambodia, where the practice stems more from political imperatives than […]
La República: Reconocen a científicos peruanos con el premio nacional cultura del agua
La Autoridad Nacional del Agua premia a 23 jóvenes destacados por sus investigaciones e innovación científica para proteger los ecosistemas en varias regiones del Perú. El evento contó con el apoyo del Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica (INSH).
La República: Arequipa: Con bosque de Queñuales se podrá reforestar el volcán “Pichu Pichu”
Como acto final del Simposio Internacional 2022 “Las Montañas, Nuestro Futuro”, evento organizado por el INAIGEM, con el apoyo del Proyecto “Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica” – INSH, liderado por Forest Trends y CONDESAN, un grupo de investigadores, científicos y público del evento ascendió hasta las faldas del volcán Pichu Pichu, donde observó los […]
