Australia
- HITS25744
3. Australia
[Outline]
- Date and Venue: July 18, 1997 | Canberra, Australia
- Signatories: Respective Ministers of the Korea Forest Service and the Department of Primary Industries and Energy
- Objective: Enhancing forestry cooperation through technical exchange and investment expansion.
[History]
- 1996: Australia warmly embraced Korea‘s proposal to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on forestry cooperation.
- 1st Forestry Cooperative Committee (1998): Contemplated the inclusion of forest products for export credit items and cooperated on ecotourism research.
- 2nd Forestry Cooperative Committee (2001): Discussed reforestation, processing trade cooperation, new product development, and the timber certification system.
- 3rd Forestry Cooperative Committee (2003): Explored the plantation investment workshop and expansion of the exchange of information and technology among forestry civil servants.
- 4th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2007): Focused on hosting investment workshops, joint research on the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), and the exchange of civil servants and experts.
*Notably, MOU Concerning the Cooperation on Professional Development in the Forestry Field was established in December 2007.
- 5th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2009): Deliberated on cooperation regarding the plantation investment and related workshops and facilitating mutual exchange of professionals.
- 6th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2011): Centered on cooperation on data exchange on REDD+ projects in Indonesia and on-the-job training.
- 7th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2013): Included discussions on joint research on alpine plants and cooperation in developing guidelines on the ban on illegally harvested logs.
- 8th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2015): Discussed matters related to Australian codes on regulating illegal logging and Korea‘s tailored guidelines related to this law.
- 10th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2019): Focused on facilitating the exchange of forestry policies, promoting a verification system on timber legality, and wild plant seed conservation cooperation.
- 11th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2021): Addressed the respective country‘s timber trade-related issues, wild plant seed conservation through the Baekdudaegan‘s Seed Vault, and multilateral cooperation in the forestry field.
- 12th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2023): Introduced Korea‘s forest fire policies and the Assuring the Future of Forests with Integrated Risk Management (AFFIRM) initiative, sustainable timber use, and a verification system on timber legality.
[Outline]
- Date and Venue: July 18, 1997 | Canberra, Australia
- Signatories: Respective Ministers of the Korea Forest Service and the Department of Primary Industries and Energy
- Objective: Enhancing forestry cooperation through technical exchange and investment expansion.
[History]
- 1996: Australia warmly embraced Korea‘s proposal to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on forestry cooperation.
- 1st Forestry Cooperative Committee (1998): Contemplated the inclusion of forest products for export credit items and cooperated on ecotourism research.
- 2nd Forestry Cooperative Committee (2001): Discussed reforestation, processing trade cooperation, new product development, and the timber certification system.
- 3rd Forestry Cooperative Committee (2003): Explored the plantation investment workshop and expansion of the exchange of information and technology among forestry civil servants.
- 4th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2007): Focused on hosting investment workshops, joint research on the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), and the exchange of civil servants and experts.
*Notably, MOU Concerning the Cooperation on Professional Development in the Forestry Field was established in December 2007.
- 5th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2009): Deliberated on cooperation regarding the plantation investment and related workshops and facilitating mutual exchange of professionals.
- 6th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2011): Centered on cooperation on data exchange on REDD+ projects in Indonesia and on-the-job training.
- 7th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2013): Included discussions on joint research on alpine plants and cooperation in developing guidelines on the ban on illegally harvested logs.
- 8th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2015): Discussed matters related to Australian codes on regulating illegal logging and Korea‘s tailored guidelines related to this law.
- 10th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2019): Focused on facilitating the exchange of forestry policies, promoting a verification system on timber legality, and wild plant seed conservation cooperation.
- 11th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2021): Addressed the respective country‘s timber trade-related issues, wild plant seed conservation through the Baekdudaegan‘s Seed Vault, and multilateral cooperation in the forestry field.
- 12th Forestry Cooperative Committee (2023): Introduced Korea‘s forest fire policies and the Assuring the Future of Forests with Integrated Risk Management (AFFIRM) initiative, sustainable timber use, and a verification system on timber legality.
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