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The increasing global emphasis on sustainable architecture necessitates precise building energy modeling, especially in regions marked by extreme climates. The focus of this study is to evaluate the potential and practicality of passive housing strategies in climates similar to Dubai. In this study, we employed the Passive House Planning Package...

Strategy: Development of environmentally sustainable transport systems in urban areas Environmental areas: Climate change, air pollution, urban environment Critical instruments: Awareness raising; design, planning and management; partnership Country: Japan Location: Sapporo Participants: Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau (regional development...

Over the past few decades, scenario analysis emerged as a useful tool for environmental decision-making amidst multiple uncertainties. Using the influential drivers of change, scenarios portray the range of plausible alternative futures useful for quantifying the synergies and trade-offs of vital ecosystem services across multiple development...

The 2019 revision of China's Forest Law explicitly prohibited the handling of timber known to originate from illegal logging. This report analyses the state of implementation of this law based on interviews with some experts in China including government officers, an industry association and NGOs, as well as seminars, various websites, and...

In China, the verification of the legality of procured wood has mainly been voluntary, with businesses exporting wood products to Europe and the U.S. conducting their own checks. However, since the revision of the Forest Law in 2019, the procurement, processing, and transportation of clearly illegally harvested wood is now prohibited, and violators...

Summary of two technical reports below to assist due diligence conducted by businesses importing timber and wood products from China. 1) Legislation and Other Initiatives for Legal Timber Trade in China 2) Status of Timber Legality Verification by Business Entities in China

東南アジアのアブラヤシ農園の拡大が生物多様性・生態系サービスに及ぼす影響についての先行研究のレビュー

森林認証は、クリーンウッド法においても、EU木材規則等においても、それがありさえすれば合法であると政府に認めてもらえるわけではなく、あくまでも事業者が合法性を判断するための材料の一つ しかし認証材であれば、事業者は合法性確認のために十分な努力を払った（＝違法伐採由来のものが混じっていたとしても故意ではない）と主張できる 現在欧米豪等の生産林の多くは認証林であり、低リスク材の迅速な合法性確認（➡合法性確認努力を高リスク材に集中）に有用 高リスク国であっても、森林認証取得の動きが進んでおり、輸入国は積極的に評価することが期待される EU森林破壊規則（EUDR）等の動向から、今後合法性だけでなく持続可能な森林由来の確認が求められ、森林認証の有用性が高まると予想される