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Information and Education |
Issuing Publications, Collecting and Disseminating Information
JIFPRO issues two Japanese periodicals. One is a technical journal, "Japanese Journal of International Forest
and Forestry"(originally issued under the name, "The Tropical Forestry"); and the other is a general journal,
"The Green Earth". On a non-regular basis JIFPRO publishes technical textbooks.
JIFPRO also collects and analyzes domestic and overseas information on forests and forestry, focusing especially
on tropical forests, and provides access to this collected information to whomever needs it.
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Holding Informational Meetings
JIFPRO holds informational meetings such as forums concerning global forestry/environmental issues. Since
2001 JIFPRO has held the International Forum on A/R CDM annually, inviting lecturers from home and abroad.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a mechanism to contribute to climate change mitigation, asdefined
in the Kyoto Protocol, and the Afforestation/Reforestation CDM (A/R CDM) project activity is receiving
increased attention from the private sector, both corporations and NGOs. Industrial corporations understand
how their involvement with the activity is a new opportunity for business as well as a new way for them to
contribute to the good of society. NGOs see this field as a new sphere of activity and a new way to make
their work more meaningful. The aim of the forum is to provide fundamental information such as concrete
know-how and predictable problems concerning the implementation of A/R CDM projects.
And after each session of the UNFCCC Convention JIFPRO sponsors a briefing, for the private sector, on the
progress and decisions on relevant forest and forestryrelated topics made at the talks.
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The 2006 session of International Forum on A/R CDM, held in Tokyo
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