Central Plans and Global Exports
Tracking Vietnam's Forestry Commodity Chains and Export Links to China
By Keith Barney - York University, Forest Trends, CIFOR, YCAR, DFID, Asia Pro Eco ProgrammeAfter suffering forest cover declines of 185,000 ha per year from 1976 until 1990, Vietnam is attempting to stabilize deforestation trends, restructure the forest industry and the land tenure system, and move aggressively into fast-growing plantations. Reforestation of degraded forest land, natural regeneration of logged forest areas and more effective forest protection are key components […]
Making Environmental Markets Work
Lessons from Early Experience with Sulphur, Carbon, Wetlands, and Other Related Markets
By Ricardo Bayon - Forest TrendsEver since the passage of the 1990 amendments to the US Clean Air act and the creation of a market in sulfur dioxide (SO2), it has become clear that market mechanisms can be effectively used to achieve environmental policies. But markets are neither infallible nor automatic. They have blind spots and they need to be […]
Who Owns the World’s Forests? Forest Tenure and Public Forests in Transition
By Andy White, and Alejandra Martin - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Center for International Environmental LawSince the late 1980s, some governments of major forested countries have begun to reconsider and reform forest ownership policies. These transitions are driven by three primary considerations. First, governments are increasingly aware that official forest tenure systems in many countries discriminate against the rights and claims of indigenous people and other local communities. Although the […]
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Amendment To The U.S. Lacey Act:
Implications For Vietnamese Forest Products Exporters
By Juge Gregg, Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest TrendsA new law gives the U.S. government the power to fine, and even jail, individuals and companies who traffic in illegally harvested wood products. The U.S. government can even use this law, called the Lacey Act, to impose significant penalties on individuals and companies who do not realize that their wood is tainted. This new […]
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Điều chỉnh Đạo luật Lacey của Hoa Kỳ
Ý nghĩa đối với các đơn vị xuất khẩu lâm sản của Việt Nam
By R. Jude Gregg, Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest Trends
Making Markets Work for Forest Communities
By Sara J. Scherr, Andy White, and David Kaimowitz - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Center for International Forestry ResearchDevelopment assistance efforts in recent years have focused on forests as “safety nets” for low-income forest dwellers. These efforts emphasize access to forest resources for the poor to meet their subsistence needs. But much less has been done to help local people exploit their forest assets in a sustainable manner to take advantage of the […]
Siberian and Russian Far East Timber for China
Legal and Illegal Pathways, Players and Trends
By Anatoly Lebedev - Bureau for Regional Outreach Campaigns, Forest Trends, CIFOR, DFIDThe preservation and sustainable use of Siberian and Russian Far East (RFE) forests is of global importance for a number of reasons. These forests, which are the traditional environments of many endangered species and indigenous tribes, are now supplying timber to nearby regions and countries that have largely destroyed their own forests. The vast forests […]
A Brief Overview of China’s Timber Market
By Xiufang Sun, Liqun Wang, Zhenbin Gu - Forest Trends, School of Economics and Management at Beijing Forestry University, School of Economics and Management at Beijing Forestry University, Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy, CIFOR, CEM, Beijing Forestry University, DFIDChina’s timber market has undergone dramatic changes in recent decades and continues to change rapidly. Currently, timber producers are allowed to market their timber directly to different buyers, although timber harvest and transport remain heavily regulated by the government. China’s primary wood-processing industry and wood-consuming sectors have experienced rapid growth in recent years. Sectors like […]
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008
Forging A Frontier
By Katherine Hamilton, Milo Sjardin, Thomas Marcello, Gordon XuThe volume of voluntary emission offsets traded on the “over the counter” market (e.g., outside of the formalized Chicago Climate Exchange, or CCX) nearly tripled in 2007, and Ecosystem Marketplace has once again teamed up with New Carbon Finance to crunch and analyze this fascinating market. The full report is now available for download. Titled “Forging […]
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007
Picking Up Steam
By Katherine Hamilton, Ricardo Bayon, Guy Turner, Douglas HigginsOn July 17th, 2007, Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance issued one of the first ever in-depth reports on the voluntary carbon market. State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007: Picking Up Steam is a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the voluntary carbon market with information on prices and volumes traded, as well as an analysis of […]
Market Options and Barriers for Timber and Sawnwood from Michoacán, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Campeche and Quinatana Roo, Mexico
This study is one of several country-level market assessments that analyze the scope of opportunities for community forest enterprises to participate effectively in forest sector markets. As part of its global analytical program, Forest Trends and its international partners have identified a new forest agenda which seeks to make markets work for low-income producers and […]
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