Europe
From London to Sydney, New York and Singapore, people across the world will be joining WWF on 31st March 2012 to switch off their lights. It’s a reminder to us all that we only have one planet Earth. And it’s an urgent message that we want to reduce the impact our energy system has on that planet.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than...
The European Forest Sector Outlook Study II (EFSOS II) is the latest in a series of studies, which started in 1952, to provide a regular outlook report for the European forest sector. All these studies have aimed to map out possible or likely future developments, on the basis of past trends, as a contribution to evidence-based policy formulation and decision making.
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In this study, international trends and major drivers of change for forest resources and wood use are reviewed and, together with projections of future developments in the use and supply of wood resources as well as wood-product market developments in Europe for the period 2010 to 2030, analysed as to their impact on the Swedish forest sector. Demand is foreseen to vastly exceed the potential...
L’étude des perspectives du secteur forestier en Europe expose les tendances à long terme de l’offre et de la demande de produits forestiers (bois ronds, sciages, panneaux, pâte, papier, produits non ligneux) et de services liés aux forêts ainsi que les perspectives à l’horizon 2020, en Europe occidentale et orientale de même que dans quatre grands pays de la CEI, notamment en Russie. Elle...
The European Forest Sector Outlook Study presents long term trends for supply and demand of forest products (roundwood, sawnwood, panels, pulp, paper, non-wood products) and services and outlook to 2020, in western and eastern Europe and four major CIS countries, including Russia. It reviews trends for the forest resource, trade, markets and recycling. It stresses the future shift in the...
The present Discussion Paper, European Forest Sector Outlook Study: Trends 2000-2005 Compared to the EFSOS Scenarios, systematically compares trends in the period 2000-2005 with the scenarios for the same period presented in the European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS), as a guide to future use of EFSOS. It concludes that EFSOS scenarios, with the significant exception of those for wood...
23 March 2012: A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future.
The report, titled “From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and Inclusive...
The aim of the report is to present the sustainable development challenges in the region, and to make policy proposals for overcoming these challenges and achieving a green transition. Three concepts underpin the report: resource depletion and environmental degradation; poverty; and inequality.
The report underlines the importance of cross-sectoral policies to achieve sustainable...
The UNECE was set up in 1947 and is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. It brings together 56 countries from Europe, Central Asia and North America, and aims to promote pan-European economic integration.
The UNECE provides analysis, policy advice and assistance to governments. It gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation...
The Scientific Partners of BIOECON are pleased to announce the 14th Annual International BIOECON conference on “Resource Economics, Biodiversity Conservation and Development”. The conference will be held in the historical premises of Kings College Cambridge, England on 18-20 September 2012. The conference will be of interest to both...
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