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Useful Links
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UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre has a
comprehensive list of tree and forest links
available at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/forestweb_links.htm.
Below are a few featured links
that may be of particular interest:
Tree 2 my
door
Tree2mydoor.com is a UK-based company specialising
in the sale of quality trees to families, businesses
and local councils. Set up with the environment and
charities in mind,
they support the GTC and the British tree growing
industry, as well as supporting and promoting
sustainable good practice in the UK and around the
World.
The GTC will be working with them to develop schemes
to help plant trees in reforestation projects around
the world.
FFI has a new
partnership with Tree 2 my door, offering
tree-planting gifts in Global Trees Campaign
projects around the world, initially including
Belize, Brazil and Chile. For great gift ideas, see
www.tree2mydoor.com (unfortunately this only
covers UK customers at present).
Forest Restoration Information
Service
www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/restoration/homepage.htm
The Forest Restoration
Information Service is being developed by the
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
with support from DFID and the UK Forestry
Commission in collaboration with a range of NGOs. It
aims to:
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provide an
open-access internet information service to
support forest restoration projects world-wide
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facilitate
exchange of knowledge and experience among forest
restoration projects, and provide a basis for
analysing factors determining success
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facilitate the
prioritisation, design and execution of forest
restoration efforts by FRIS users
The website includes definitions of key terms and
concepts in forest restoration, an introduction to
key approaches and tools, case studies, a directory
of projects and initiatives, maps and datasets
Forest Stewardship Council
FSC Trademark ©1996
Forest Stewardship Council A.C.
FSC is an
international, non-governmental organisation
dedicated to promoting responsible management of the
world's forests. It was founded in 1993 in response
to public concern about deforestation and demand for
a trustworthy wood-labelling scheme.
Briefly, FSC
certification is achieved by specific forests which
are managed to an internationally agreed set of
Principles and Criteria. The various timber species
will have agreed harvesting rates as part of the
ongoing management plan. Social factors are
included, such as local people's and workers'
rights, and also the long-term economic viability of
the forest must be assured - this means that it's
far more than a question of planting a tree when one
is cut down.
The second half
of the FSC system is a labelling scheme for wood
products from such certified forests. This gives
consumers the choice of buying timber from well
managed sources and, at the same time, produces an
incentive in the marketplace for good forestry
practice.
Plants for Life
An innovative
series of posters were launched during at the 2nd
World Botanic Gardens in Barcelona by Botanic
Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). Along
with the website promoting the use of the posters,
this initiative has been developed to provide
information on the use of plants, plant conservation
and the role of botanic gardens in plant
conservation to the general public.
For more information on BGCI, please see
www.bgci.org.uk.
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