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28 September 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft group pest risk analysis for mealybugs and the viruses they transmit on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) is…
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21 September 2018
This Biosecurity Advice announces the formal commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh Capsicum spp. fruit (capsicums, chillies and peppers) from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu (Pacific Island countries).
The…
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29 August 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft report for the review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh decrowned pineapples from Taiwan.
This draft report proposes that importation of fresh decrowned pineapple fruit to Australia from all…
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In October 2000, the UN Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) established the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) and in 2015 further extended it. The IA F is the basis for international forests governance within the UN system and has five main components:
UN Forum on…
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The Montréal Process is an initiative which arose from a resolution at the 1992 Earth Summit calling for sustainable management of forests and was further developed at a 1993 conference on temperate and boreal forests in Montreal, Canada. The Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the…
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The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation for promoting the sustainable management, restoration and conservation of tropical forests and trade in tropical forest resources including improved market intelligence. It began operations in 1987 and its…
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The Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) was officially launched on 25th September 2008 in Beijing. The establishment of the APFNet, proposed by China and co-…
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), is a forum for Asia-Pacific economies to facilitate economic growth and prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the region and to strengthen the…
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The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has overall responsibility for representing Australia's interests in international and regional forums and processes where forestry matters are discussed. These include:
United Nations Forum on Forests…
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The Forest and Wood Products Council (FWPC) is a forest industry advisory body established under section 11 of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 (RFA Act). FWPC is now operating as the Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership. It was previously operating as the Forest…
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