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Understand the development of the timber and oil palm industries in recent decades and discuss how international initiatives and policies can effectively maintain the remaining tropical forests.

IGES Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Database provides detailed information on the JCM methodologies, projects, and JCM feasibility studies to be utilized for research and development of JCM project. The JCM is being implemented under bilateral cooperation between Japan and 28 partner countries: Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Viet...

サラワク木材業協会（STA）において、同協会メンバーの事業者、サラワク森林局（FDS）、サラワク林業公社（SFC）、 サラワク 木材産業開発公社（STIDC）等に対し、2023年5月に改正されたクリーンウッド法の改正内容やその趣旨、特に日本への木材・木材製品輸出国側が留意すべき点の解説を行った。

This summary report outlined the events that transpired during the official launch of the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST) Southeast Asia (SEA) regional hub on May 16-18, 2023 in Manila, Philippines. During the three-day event, non-state actor (NSA) representatives from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Timor...

National monitoring of forests is essential for tracking progress towards various global environmental goals, including those of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. Inconsistent national definitions of “forest”, however, can complicate the tracking of global progress towards achieving these goals. The FAO’s...

This dataset contains maps of forests and other land with tree cover in the Philippines as of the year 2020. The data can be downloaded directly here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPdRbmPjTRJKtOuOa5s2lMXvIEcfhw-… The dataset contains three georeferenced maps: (1) A map of lands identified as "Open forest", "Closed forest", or...

A waste bank is a unique community-based waste management system that promotes source separation of waste and recycling. This study conducted a total population sampling targeting all identified waste bank units in Medan City (N = 100) between September 2017 and February 2018. Descriptive statistics were applied to address 16 research questions and...

Charcoal is a fuelwood commonly used for domestic purposes on the household scale in Africa and Southeast Asia. Earnings from charcoal production contribute to the income of local inhabitants in rural areas. Unfortunately, airborne emissions from the traditional charcoal-making process affect both human health and the ambient environment. A series...

This study evaluates the performance of simulated precipitation and maximum and minimum temperatures in the historical runs of the Climate Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) for the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD). The precipitation, as well as maximum and minimum temperatures outputs from 16 general circulation models (GCMs), were...

Although masting in Southeast Asia is characterized by the interspecific synchronization of reproduction, little is known about the variation in regeneration strategies among sympatric tree species during major masting events. Herein, we examined the hypothesis that non-abundant species achieve greater seed survival per seed production at the pre-...