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The Japanese government enacts Geographical Indication (GI) protection legislation which registers agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foodstuffs that own their tradition and specificity attributed to the geographical area and own brand names which are connected and...
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The Korea Forest Service said Tuesday it has opened a local office in northern Laos to oversee a joint project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.
The office, located in Phongsaly province, began operations on Jan. 9 and will serve as the on-site base for a Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) project carried out by South Korea and Laos.
The Korea Forest Service has worked with Laos on REDD+ initiatives since 2018, when it launched a pilot project in Champasak province in southern Laos in cooperation with the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Building on those results, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in 2023 to expand the effort into a large-scale, subnational REDD+ project under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
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