world news - 29.12.2009
European countries endorse UN-backed pact on tropical timber
Representatives of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany,
Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain
took part in a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York yesterday to
indicate their country’s support for the International Tropical Timber
Agreement.
The agreement was adopted in January 2006 to serve as a successor to a
previous pact but will only enter into force once a certain proportion
of major exporting and importing countries have ratified it.
The pact aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to improve the
management of forests in tropical countries by addressing illegal
logging and deforestation while supporting the rehabilitation of
degraded forests.
Annebeth Rosenboom, Chief of the Treaty Section of the UN’s Office of
Legal Affairs (OLA), welcomed the signature by Germany and the
ratifications and said they would help bring the key agreement closer
to its entry into force, perhaps as early as next year.
See also:
- — Weather creates crisis in timber industry
- — BUDMA 2010 — next edition: 19-22 January 2010
- — The spruce bark beetle continues destroying Swedish forests
- — Indonesia sets target to plant 1.6 billion trees each year
- — Why the Wood Pellet Industry Is Growing
