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SPOTLIGHT
Congo Basin Workshop: Forest taxes and their contribution to
development
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo,
June 14-15, 2007 - Organized by WRI, WWF and
COMIFAC, the
sub-regional workshop held in Kinshasa, analyzed the current
management systems and distribution of forest area tax revenues in
the sub-region and their contribution to the socio-economic
development of the people in the Congo Basin. The main objective of
the workshop was to identify the principal strengths, weaknesses and
lessons learned needed to support the formulation and implementation
of forest tax revenue monitoring systems. By identifying this
information, improvements can be made to forest governance systems
in the Congo Basin. The workshop was success in motivating actors
within Central Africa to work towards improving their forest tax
revenues systems.
Workshop
results summary in English
.
List of participants in
French
Workshop Terms of Reference
in French
Political Power Mobilized Against Illegal Logging
at the G8
Berlin,
Germany, June 3-4, 2007 - The first Legislators Forum of
the G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue convened in conjunction with the G8
meeting in Berlin to discuss policy initiatives
on legislation, procurement, transparency and financing to tackle
illegal logging. Hosted by GLOBE International (Global
Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment), the Dialogue
featured attendance by UK PM Tony Blair, Barry Gardiner, UK Minister
and GLOBE co-chair, Ministers from Malaysia and Cameroon, and other
government and private sector representatives. WRI, policy advisor
for the Dialogue, presented the results of a scoping study for a
Forest Transparency Initiative.
Forest Transparency Initiative Concept
Paper
See also
GLOBE International Illegal Logging Dialogue
Kickoff meeting held
for Illegal Logging Risk Mapping in Russia
Petrozavodsk,
Russia, April 19, 2007 - WRI has partnered with the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and a regional environmental NGO,
SPOK, to convene a multi-stakeholder partnership to map areas at
risk for poor and illegal practices. Beginning in the Republic of
Karelia, in northern European Russia, the partnership has set
out
to initiate a process that aims to help forest industry and
investors manage risk all across Russia and l
everage market incentives for improvement of forestry practices.
Read more...
Ministerial Roundtable Discusses Illegal Logging
Paris, France, January 8-9, 2007
- The OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development brought together
13 ministers (including Indonesia, Japan, Ghana) along with other
stakeholders to discuss ways to strengthen international efforts to
stop illegal actions in the forestry sector. Fred Stolle, GFW
Southeast Asia project manager presented GFW's work in Indonesia.
Meeting agenda and reports available
here.
Comprehensive Maps Provide Key Tools to Manage Northern Forest
Frontier
Cambridge, UK, Tuesday, September 12,
2006 – Leaders of government, business and environment
groups now have the most advanced set of tools available to manage
the world’s final frontier of untouched northern forests with
today’s release of new map-based tools detailing forests in
Alaska, Canada,
and Russia. Read the full
press
release.
GFW and its partners released three new map-based reports at the annual
conference of the Taiga Rescue Network
titled “The Global Importance
of the Boreal Forest: Migratory Birds and the Paper Industry.”
Click on the thumbnails below to get to the maps & reports:
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Mapping Undisturbed Landscapes in Alaska |
Canada’s Large Intact Forest Landscapes and Canada’s Forest
Landscape Fragments |
Mapping High Conservation Value Forests of Primorsky Kray, Russian Far
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Gabon to Create Forest Resource Database
Libreville, Gabon, July 5, 2006 - In a bold move to improve forest management, the Gabonese Ministry of Forest Economy, Water, Fishery, and National Parks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with WRI
for the creation of a forest resource database and atlas, and
dissemination of all collected information. This new partnership
demonstrates a significant attempt to curtail further forest
degradation in Central Africa by incorporating on-the-ground
knowledge with systematic satellite technology, to provide an
accurate base of forest information. Read more...
Convention de Collaboration entre MEFEPPN et WRI (français)
Memorandum of
Understanding between MEFEPPN and WRI (English)
GFW Mapping Manager Named GIS Hero
Redlands, California, July 21, 2006
- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) recognized GFW's GIS Manager, Susan Minnemeyer, as a GIS Hero in ArcNews magazine. According to ESRI, GIS Heroes are unique individuals who have been selected for their innovations or special achievements in a particular field. Since joining WRI in 1999, Minnemeyer
has coordinated and worked on GIS projects that have served to
promote the protection and conservation of forests around the
planet.
See the full story
Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests
Curitiba, Brazil, March 20, 2006
- In partnership with
Imazon,
the World Resources Institute/Global Forest Watch released the
report Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests. The first of
its kind, the report provides a starting point for tracking the
speed at which human pressure is spreading in the Brazilian Amazon.
Get More!
See the full press release.
Foreword
Overview of Findings and Maps (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Executive Summary
(PDF, .6 MB)
Full
Report, English Version (PDF, 4.1 MB)
Make your own map on our interactive map server!
"What these incomparable set of maps, and the accompanying report
show, however, is that while there is more than sufficient unspoiled
area in the Amazon to meet our preservation goals, we must be
vigilant to the pressure on the Basin that radiates out from
settlements, and, as importantly, the impact of isolated development
that disrupts intact ecosystems and does damage in ways we have yet
to fully understand. These maps paint a stark and compelling
picture."
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Former President of Brazil
Read former President Cardoso's remarks in the report
Foreword.
Key findings:
- In 2002, about 47% of the Brazilian Amazon was under some type
of human pressure. Recent estimates comparing this figure with new
data from 2005 show that human pressure has increased by 7%.
- In 2002 there remained enough forest area without evidence of
human pressure to fulfill the government's goal to expand the
protected areas system.
- About 80% of the total area deforested is located within 20 km
of a legally permitted road. This points to a need for more
accurate assessments of the potential environmental impacts of
transportation corridors.
New Push for Sustainable Forestry in Russia
St.
Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2005 - Over 30 leaders of the Russian forest sector met to form a Forest Information Forum. The meeting was a
side event to the 7th Forest Industry Forum and was hosted by the
Northwestern Forest Inventory and Planning Authority (Sevzaplesproekt)
at the invitation of WRI.
The participants agreed that gaps in forest information and
transparency are an obstacle to legal and sustainable forest
management in Russia and agreed to form a Forest Information Forum
to deal with these issues.
Read more...
Assessing Human Pressure in the Brazilian Amazon Forests
Imazon, in partnership with GFW, released the third issue of the
series "State of the Amazon." The brief highlights the draft results
of a joint project to examine the extent of human activities in the
Brazilian Amazon by integrating existing spatially explicit
information. The first of its kind, the analysis provides an
indication of the extent of the human pressure allowing users to
distill insights for land-use planning and monitoring.
Click here for the complete story and
related publications.
GFW-WRI Releases Map
to Help Russia Secure Protected Lands
Washington, D.C., August 2, 2005
- A new map of protected areas was released by the World Resources
Institute's Global Forest Watch (GFW) Russia initiative.
Demonstrating effective land-use decision-making, a consortium of
Russian NGOs using the map's database informed Megatron NVK that the
company's plans for oil exploration in the North Caspian region fell
within protected boundaries. Megatron NVK has since agreed to change
license-permit boundaries to exclude protected areas if the Ministry
of Natural Resources can verify that the zones are indeed protected.
Read more on the
story...
Memorandum of Understanding
signed between the Cameroon Ministry of Forests and WRI-GFW
Yaoundé,
Cameroon, June 16, 2005 - A
memorandum of understanding was signed between WRI and the Cameroon
government at a ceremony held in Cameroon on June 16th. This
agreement ensures the continuation of a landmark technical
partnership between the Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF)
and WRI for another three years. The government of Cameroon used the
occasion to reinforce its commitment to combat illegal logging,
highlighting the MINFOF-WRI partnership as an important contribution
to achieving this commitment. Likewise, WRI committed to continue
and expand its technical support to the government of Cameroon to
improve forest monitoring and governance, combat illegal logging and
promote more sustainable management of forest resources.
Convention de Collaboration entre MINFOF et WRI (français) (PDF)
Memorandum of
Understanding between MINFOF and WRI (English) (Word)
GFW Workshop at
UNFF: “Independent, Operational Forest Monitoring Tools that Support
FLEG & FLEGT Processes”
United
Nations Headquarters, New York, May 26, 2005
- For the vast majority of forest
landscapes, several key questions remain unanswered:
• What is actually happening on
the ground?
• Where is it happening?
• When is it happening?
• Who is responsible?
GFW will present tools that help to
address these critical forest
information and transparency
gaps, which are fundamental to the success of Forest Law Enforcement
and Governance & Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade
efforts. (See
www.illegal-logging.info for details on FLEG & FLEGT).
GFW
Presentation at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress
Bangkok,
Thailand, November 20, 2004 -
GFW presented a workshop "Protecting forest ecosystems, meeting
human needs" highlighting technically advanced and cost-effective
tools that are useful for making sustainable land use decisions in
forests, anticipating future economics of forest ecosystem use,
ensuring the balanced distribution of ecosystem benefits, and
establishing constructive communication between stakeholders with
diverse interests.
GFW at the World Forestry Congress
Quebec City, Canada, September
23, 2003 - Natural Resources Canada, the Forest Products
Association of Canada, Global Forest Watch Canada, and World
Resources Institute announced an agreement to cooperate to enhance
Canada's forest information. The agreement was released during the
World Forestry
Congress in Québec, Canada. Global Forest Watch attended WFP to
present at Global Forest Watch Canada's side event "Remaining
Wildlands in Canada's Forested Regions" and at Greenpeace's side
event "The Last Large Intact Areas: Mapping a Future for the World's
Ancient Forests."
See the
press release.
Canada’s Large
Intact Forest Landscapes
Ottawa, September 15, 2003 -
Canada’s
Large Intact Forest Landscapes was launched today by
Global Forest Watch Canada
at the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada.
The report is the first analysis of its kind
ever performed in Canada, and is the result of a multiyear mapping
effort by GFW in Canada. Using a combination of satellite imagery,
GIS, ancillary data sources and ground verification, GFW has
produced maps that identify intact forest landscapes.
See the press release
(English)
(Français)
Get the
publication.
Workshop Report on “Best
Practices for Detecting Illegal and Destructive Commercial Logging”
A three-day workshop on
“Best Practices for
Detecting Illegal and Destructive Commercial Logging” was held in
Washington, D.C., May 29-31, 2002.
The meeting brought together practitioners from
NGOs and civil society groups in 12 countries that work on detecting
illegal logging. Meeting participants exchanged practical
on-the-ground knowledge regarding the detection and monitoring of
illegal logging activities using a variety of methods ranging from
field investigations and paper audits to the use of satellite data.
Discussions included how to best design and manage a field
investigation and how to communicate investigative results. Best
practices were identified and outlined for each detection method.
The results from the workshop were shared with a broader audience
during a plenary session on the third day, at which workshop
participants presented 5 case studies that highlighted best
practices for detection and monitoring, and provided examples of how
detection and monitoring activities are acting as catalysts for
better forest management. Learn more about the
workshop and
participants’ presentations.
Download
GFW Satellite Imagery
More than 100
Landsat 7 satellite images purchased by Global
Forest Watch are now available for Russia, Chile, and Canada. Scenes
can be downloaded for a nominal fee of $50. These images were used
for GFW’s
The Last
Intact Forest Landscapes of Northern European Russia and
forthcoming reports on the status of forests in
Chile and
Canada.
All Landsat and Aster images that were used for the Atlas of
Russia's Intact Forest Landscapes are available at the website
of GFW/Russia partner
Transparent
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