Not exact matches
In its fourth Assessment Report, the IPCC states, «a
sustainable forest
management strategy aimed at maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of
timber, fiber or energy from the forest will generate the largest sustained mitigation benefit.»
Socio (s): Asian Development Bank, International Tropical
Timber Organization, UK Department for International Development, Asia - Pacific Network for
Sustainable Forest
Management and Rehabilitation
With responsible forestry
management,
timber is a
sustainable and renewable resource.
The Indonesian Ecolabel Institute is facilitating rainforest destruction by issuing «
sustainable forest
management certificates» to companies that convert natural and peatlands into industrial
timber estates, allege national environmental groups.
The agreement aims «to promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical
timber from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests and to promote the
sustainable management of tropical
timber producing forests.»
In the long term, a
sustainable forest
management strategy aimed at maintaining or increasing forest carbon stocks, while producing an annual sustained yield of
timber, fibre or energy from the forest, will generate the largest sustained mitigation benefit.