Discussions
China's illegal & unsustainable timber imports ransack Mozambique's forests
Please scroll down for Portuguese language version … China’s illegal & unsustainable timber imports ransack Mozambique’s forests LONDON: Insatiable Chinese demand for timber is driving a grossly unsustainable illegal logging and...
China admits trading in tiger skin
News story on the BBC website today: China ‘for the first time admits' trading in tiger skin http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28258595 "[...] Officials say a major report - with graphic details on how the Chinese government...
Fair Trade in China
With almost a quarter of the global population and approximately 10% annual growth over the last 20 years, China has become the foremost power at the beginning of the third millennium. A middle class has emerged over the last...
The Siamese rosewood craze: for whom the bell tolls?
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) UK. In a glamorous hongmu showroom in Shanghai, streams of the bustling crowds slowed down to appreciate sets of exquisitely carved Siamese rosewood furniture. What attracted the potential...
Guidance on the EU Timber Regulation for VPA countries now available in Chinese
EFI has produced a brief document about how the EU Timber Regulation and Voluntary Partnership Agreements work together to combat illegal logging and improve forest governance. It is now available in Chinese on the EU FLEGT...
Video interview with Achim Steiner of UNEP: the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development
Head of the United Nations Environmental Programme, Achim Steiner, recently provided capacity4dev.eu with an interesting interview about his work as Vice Chairman of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment...
Website helps drive research agenda on climate change and green growth in China
The Development Research Center of China's State Council (DRC) has launched a new website on Climate Change and Green Growth. The creation of the website marks a major step forward following the release in 2012 of the World Bank -...
UNIDO Director-General and members of high-level Council on environment and development meet Chinese Premier
BEIJING, 11 November 2010 - The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, and other members of a high-level international advisory body that advises top Chinese...