Jimmy Gao glides down the broad staircase of a French colonial mansion in Cambodia’s steamy capital, Phnom Penh, and lets a self-satisfied grin spread across his face. The Chinese businessman has e very right to feel good. This grand edifice was once the city hall when Paris ruled Indochina. Now, it’s the headquarters of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Gao is the chamber’s president. Last year, China ranked as Cambodia’s No.

United Nations, 20 May (IPS): Shashi Tharoor, the U.N. under-secretary-general for public information, admits that the United Nations has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s most celebrated ”paper factories”, cranking out thousands of documents every year- perhaps most of them remaining unread.

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (IPS) – Shashi Tharoor, the U.N. under-secretary-general for public information, admits that the United Nations has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the world’s most celebrated ”paper factories”, cranking out thousands of documents every year- perhaps most of them remaining unread.

LAMNO, Indonesia — Cut Anita peered from the open flap of her sunbaked tent one recent day. She watched as a carpenter hammered a wood plank less than five feet away. Another sawed a board in two, freeing the sweet fragrance of forest hardwood. Her new home was taking shape, and she dared not leave.

Oleh Sigit Rahardjo S.Hut, M.Si

AWALNYA untuk mengantisipasi mandeknya industri perkayuan pemerintah pusat mengizinkan dan membuka peluang bagi pemerintah daerah setempat yang memiliki potensi sumberdaya hutan (melalui mekanisme otonomi daerah yang sesuai dengan UU Nomor 22 Tahun 2000); membuka peluang investasi pengusahaan hutan skala 100 Ha dengan perbantuan koperasi peran serta masyarakat (Kopermas) dan Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) dengan pihak swasta.

The local population met recently in Lomie to define a common vision of the model forest concept. The tenets of model forest, a new concept introduced into the mainstream of forest management in Cameroon by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is fast gaining ground in the Dja and Mpomo reserve, one of the sites short listed for authorization by government.

Reconstruction efforts in Indonesia may rob its land of needed trees, start an ecological tragedy.

LAMNO, Indonesia – Cut Anita peered from the open flap of her sunbaked tent one recent day. She watched keenly as a carpenter hammered a wood plank less than 5 feet away. Another sawed a board in two, freeing the sweet fragrance of forest hardwood. Her new home was taking shape before her, and she dared not leave

"With so many people out of work, and so much demand for timber for reconstruction, the temptation to enter the forest and cut down trees will be extremely strong." – David Kaimowitz, director general of the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research