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10/04/2012 Does Indonesia's REDD+ Moratorium on New Concessions Spare Imminently Threatened Forests?
In May 2010, Indonesia signed a $1-billion partnership with Norway to reduce deforestation and prepare ... 		Conservation Letters (Sean Sloan, David P. Edwards & William F. Laurance)

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30/03/2012 Beauty and the Beast: Norway’s Investments in Rainforest Protection and Rainforest Destruction
The authors of thie report claim that the Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries ... 		Rainforest Foundation Norway & Friends of the Earth Norway

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16/06/2011 Caught REDD Handed: How Indonesia's Logging Moratorium was Criminally Compromised on Day One and Norway will Profit
EIA and Telapak report that at the same time that the Indonesian president was declaring an area of peat ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) / Telapak

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23/11/2010 Protection Money: Indonesia is at a Crossroads
The authors of this report warn that a landmark US$1 billion deal between Indonesia and Norway – ... 		Greenpeace

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15/09/2010 Recommendation to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance on Lingui Developments Berhad
This is the report presented to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance recommending the exclusion of Lingui ... 		Council on Ethics, Norway

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23/08/2010 Recommendation of 22 February 2010 to the Ministry of Finance, Norway
This document is the recommendation of Norway's Council of Ethics to the Ministry of Finance to ... 		Council on Ethics, Norway

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07/04/2006 International Initiatives to Address Tropical Timber Logging and Trade
This report examines a broad range of international initiatives to address tropical timber logging and ... 		Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)

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30/08/2002 Norway-Indonesia Letter of Intent: Cooperation to Improve Forest Law-making and Law Enforcement to Combat Illegal Logging
An announcement by Norway and Indonesia of their intent to cooperate over their opposition to illegal ... 		Governments of Norway and Indonesia

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NEWS

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26/04/2013 Standing Up: Guyana and Norway Partner to Keep Trees Standing
Sustainability is all the rage these days. The phrase “Sustainable Development” can be heard ... 		Forbes

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15/03/2013 RSPO Hails Norwegian Fund's Decision To Consider Deforestation In Investment Policy
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has hailed the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global's ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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08/03/2013 Norway Drops Asian Palm Oil Firms in Show of Green Credentials
Norway’s $710 billion sovereign wealth fund has pulled out of 23 Asian palm oil companies after ... 		Reuters (UK)

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31/12/2012 The year in rainforests
2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ... 		Mongabay.com

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22/12/2012 Guyana to receive $45M from Norway for preventing deforestation
Georgetown, Guyana – The South American country of Guyana says it will receive an additional $45 ... 		Fox News

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20/12/2012 Norway seeks to slow deforestation as climate "first aid"
Norway, which has led developed nations by investing billions of dollars to slow tropical deforestation, ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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06/12/2012 Norway pays Brazil for deforestation cut amid verification row
Norway will contribute $180 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund after the South American country reduced ... 		Bloomberg

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12/11/2012 Norway's $650B pension fund to require deforestation disclosure among portfolio companies
Norway's $650 billion sovereign wealth fund will ask companies in which it invests to disclose their ... 		Mongabay.com

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24/08/2012 Oslo urges Brazil, Indonesia to keep forest protection
Oslo - Norway's environment minister on Friday urged Brazil and Indonesia to avoid backtracking ... 		Orlando Sentinel, US

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08/08/2012 Norway and Finland dish out USD5m to curb illegal logging
The governments of Norway and Finland have dished out USD5m which would be used in the campaign to improve ... 		IPP Media

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31/07/2012 Timber plunder upsets envoys
Dar es Salaam - Finland and Norway have expressed concern over Tanzania’s failure to implement ... 		The Citizen, Tanzania

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28/06/2012 Guyana records slight decline in deforestation - maintains level for agreed Norway payout
Guyana’s deforestation rate decreased slightly last year compared to the previous year, according ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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03/06/2012 Indonesia’s REDD reality
Indonesia is on the brink of transformation.

Committing to a bilateral deal with Norway, it has run ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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31/05/2012 Indonesian deforestation ban makes slow progress
Halfway through moratorium, climate-change goal is still out of reach.

Stopping deforestation and ... 		Nature

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24/05/2012 Indonesia defies critics, says deforestation has declined
The Indonesian government reiterated its claim on Thursday that the country’s deforestation rate ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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23/05/2012 Indonesia forest moratorium won't meet climate pledge - Norway
Indonesia's progress in reforming its forestry sector will not be sufficient to meet its pledge ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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23/05/2012 Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia
A palm oil company has paid indigenous Moi landowners in Indonesian Papua a paltry $0.65 per hectare ... 		Mongabay.com

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21/05/2012 Green activists call on Indonesian president to strengthen deforestation moratorium
Jakarta - Coalition of Indonesia's civil society organizations for forest protection today called ... 		Shanghai Daily, China

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17/05/2012 West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off
London - An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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16/04/2012 The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG
Bogor, Indonesia - The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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10/04/2012 Rich yet to fulfill their promise on forest cash
The government [Tanzania] has called on rich countries to honour their promise made five years ago, to ... 		IPP Media

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30/03/2012 Norway: spending far more on rainforest destruction than rainforest protection
The Norwegian government keeps increasing its investments in industries widely known to be key forces ... 		Rainforest Foundation Norway

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29/02/2012 Indonesia investigates rainforest agreement breaches
Authorities in Indonesia are investigating what could be a violation of the forestry agreement held with ... 		The Foreigner, Norway

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06/02/2012 Tanzania: Paid for keeping the forest alive
Annually, the country loses an estimated 400,000 hectares of forest cover to logging mainly for energy, ... 		allAfrica.com

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19/12/2011 Guyana forest carbon plan struggle to get off paper
After decades of depending on bauxite, timber and gold for revenue, Guyana proposed five years ago that ... 		Reuters

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12/12/2011 REDD+ biggest success in climate change talks, Norway says
Durban, South Africa - Norway’s Environment and International Development minister said that REDD+ ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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01/12/2011 Norway accused of hypocrisy over Indonesian deforestation funding
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25/11/2011 What's happened to Guyana's rainforest deal with Norway?
Back in 2009 it was heralded as a potential model for REDD+ and reducing rates of deforestation but Norway's ... 		The Ecologist, UK

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16/11/2011 Can Indonesia grow its economy and keep its forests?
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s commitment to dedicate the last three years his term to delivering ... 		Climate Spectator

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01/08/2011 Jakarta must set up forest bodies to unblock aid - Norway
Lombok, Indonesia - The second instalment of a $1 billion aid package promised by Norway to help Indonesia ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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26/06/2011 Increased environmental damage caused by mining boom
The gold rush over the past years has not been a glittering one for the environment, with many new miners ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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23/06/2011 Oslo backs Jakarta's forest plan, despite hurdles
Norway backed Indonesia's drive to slow deforestation on Thursday under a $1 billion deal with Oslo ... 		Reuters

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21/06/2011 Norway, Germany give $90 mln to slow deforestation
Oslo - Norway and Germany announced aid of more than $90 million on Tuesday for World Bank programmes ... 		Reuters

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21/06/2011 Firm denies violating Indonesia's logging ban
Nearly every week, the logging landscape in Indonesia shifts, with government officials, NGOs and activists ... 		Hardwood Floors, US

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16/06/2011 Malaysian palm oil company violates Indonesia's logging moratorium
An undercover investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of Malaysian palm oil company has illegally ... 		Mongabay.com

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14/06/2011 Reuters Summit-Indonesia aims to overhaul forest mess with moratorium
Jakarta - Indonesia's moratorium on clearing rainforests has not lived up to high expectations but ... 		Reuters

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08/06/2011 Amazon wood ejected from High Line
Section 2 of the High Line park officially opened on Wednesday morning, June 8th, 2011, with a notable ... 		Rainforests of New York / Rainforest Relief

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27/05/2011 Lack of clarity complicates Indonesia's logging moratorium
Lack of clarity makes it difficult to assess whether Indonesia's moratorium on new logging concessions ... 		Mongabay.com

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23/05/2011 Govt defends decree as first step in saving forests
Deforestation has severely ravaged Indonesia’s tropical forests, and a recently introduced moratorium ... 		The Jakarta Post

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28/04/2011 Oslo urges more forest aid despite corruption risk
Oslo - Norway urged rich nations on Thursday to take risks and pay to slow deforestation in poor countries, ... 		Reuters Africa

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23/04/2011 Indonesia’s Moratorium: an opportunity for forests and industry
A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements ... 		Environmental Expert

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19/04/2011 Indonesia loses forests as politicians bicker
Indonesia is losing forest area about four times the size of Jakarta as politicians continue to bicker ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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26/03/2011 SBY vows to protect palm oil interests
While preparing to enforce a moratorium on forest-clearing, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said palm ... 		The Jakarta Post

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25/03/2011 German bank dumps palm oil company stock
DWS, a fund management company run by Deutsche Bank, has dropped all Wilmar International stock from ... 		Mongabay.com

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25/03/2011 Govt to issue long overdue forests decree
Amuch delayed presidential decree to enforce a moratorium on new forest concessions will be issued next ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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07/03/2011 Guyana sees a three-fold increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests
Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with ... 		Global Witness

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12/02/2011 Indonesia remains committed to implementing REDD
Jakarta - Indonesia remains committed to implementing the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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07/02/2011 SBY still pondering planned forest moratorium
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was still studying the concept of a forest moratorium before signing ... 		The Jakarta Post

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24/01/2011 Future of forest deal unclear as Indonesia fails to meet deadline
Indonesia has missed a 1 January deadline to implement a two-year ban on deforestation and apply funding ... 		ICTSD

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29/11/2010 Greenpeace raps Indonesian deforestation
Jakarta - A deal to cut deforestation and reduce carbon emission in Indonesia is in jeopardy because ... 		UPI.com

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25/11/2010 Forest producers move to meet EU due diligence
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Forest Products Association of Guyana (FPA) on November ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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23/11/2010 Indonesia's billion-dollar forest deal in danger
Jakarta - Greenpeace on Tuesday warned that a billion-dollar deal between Norway and Indonesia to cut ... 		AFP

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18/11/2010 Norway climate deal to drive Indonesia reform
A $1 billion dollar deal with Norway to save Indonesia's forests and cut planet-warming carbon emissions ... 		Reuters

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08/11/2010 Norway’s Indonesian anti-deforestation aid ‘useless’
Billions of Norwegin kroner in anti-deforestation aid could turn out to be wasted. Industrial corporations ... 		Eco-business.com

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26/10/2010 Norway says more aid needed to save Indonesian forest
Indonesia could match Brazil's success in slowing deforestation but needs far more aid from rich ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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01/10/2010 Norway PM urges quick, cheap fix to save forests
Norway favors more international action to slow deforestation in developing nations as the quickest and ... 		Reuters

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18/09/2010 Sarawak Forest Dept queries Norwegian action
Kuching - The Sarawak government, through the Forest Department, has come to the defence of Samling Global ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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17/09/2010 Graft could jeopardise Indonesia's climate deals
Billions of dollars Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate change deals could be at risk if it ... 		Reuters

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27/08/2010 Norway urged to dump shares of other forest-destroying companies
Norway's Climate and Forests Initiative, which has set aside billions of dollars for efforts to ... 		Mongabay.com

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26/08/2010 Barama rejects Norway gov’t statement
Barama Company Limited (BCL) yesterday said that the characterization of the company by the Norwegian ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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25/08/2010 No evidence of forest damage by Barama - Persaud
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday rejected a Norwegian government report that Barama Company ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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24/08/2010 Malaysia activists hail Norway's blacklisting of timber firm
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian activists on Tuesday applauded a decision by Norway's state pension ... 		AFP

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23/08/2010 Norwegian government declares Malaysian timber giant an unethical company
Oslo, Norway - One of the world's largest institutional investors, the Norwegian Government Pension ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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23/08/2010 Three companies excluded from the Government Pension Fund Global
The Ministry of Finance has excluded two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company from the portfolio ... 		Ministry of Finance, Norway

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13/07/2010 Large-scale forest destruction in Sumatra undermines Indonesia's deal with Norway
While the Indonesian government basks in a recent agreement with Norway to slow deforestation to the ... 		Mongabay.com

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05/06/2010 Adding firepower to the fight for our forests
The deal between Norway and Indonesia to save Indonesian forests is a game-changer in more ways than ... 		Today Online, Singapore

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04/06/2010 Two-year moratorium signed in Oslo not enough, green groups complain
Although Indonesia’s recent commitment to a moratorium on forest concessions has been welcomed, ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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29/05/2010 Greenpeace hails SBY's deforestation moratorium plan
Jakarta - Greenpeace has hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to declare a moratorium ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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29/05/2010 President to ensure deforestation efforts work
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself will directly monitor the implementation of a Norway-Indonesia ... 		The Jakarta Post

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26/05/2010 Indonesia announces two-year moratorium on deforestation
Oslo — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year ... 		AFP

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17/05/2010 Norway pledges $1 billion for Indonesia climate, Council says
Norway plans to grant Indonesia $1 billion to help reduce forest degradation in the Southeast Asian country, ... 		Bloomberg BusinessWeek

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27/12/2009 Rainforest conservation: a year in review
2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ... 		Mongabay.com

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23/12/2009 Norway’s Prime Minister initiates climate group on forests
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he will initiate a climate group consisting ... 		The Norway Post

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16/12/2009 U.S. pledges $1 billion toward $3.5 billion deforestation fund
The U.S. pledged $1 billion toward a $3.5 billion fund that includes the U.K., Australia, France, Japan ... 		Bloomberg

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11/11/2009 Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released
Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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08/10/2009 Redd comes with risks but there is no other choice than to try
By rewarding transparency and accuracy, we can make the UN's forest protection scheme work. ... 		Guardian, UK

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19/09/2009 UN, Norway fund program to reduce deforestation emissions
A US$4.38 million-program to help Vietnam reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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08/04/2009 Brazil targets illegal logging in raid in Amazon
Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 300 truckloads of wood in a major raid on illegal ... 		SABC News

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18/06/2008 Ex-PM takes Walden Pond to the Congo
Paul Martin has a new constituency. This one is twice the size of France and home to 50 million people ... 		Globe and Mail (Canada)

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25/07/2007 Norwegian government: 'FSC not good enough for procurement policy'
The Norwegian government has decided that it it cannot rely on any certification system, not even the ... 		FSC Watch

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28/06/2007 Norway bans tropical timber in public procurement
Last week the Norwegian government released its public procurement policy. The plan gives Norway a leading ... 		Rainforest Foundation (Norway)

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06/02/2006 Nordics target illegally logged timber
Danish environment minister Connie Hedegaard has published a nine-point plan for strengthening current ... 		Environment Daily

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17/01/2006 Forest Certification Does Work
An independent study which examined the performance of forest certification in Finland, Sweden and Norway ... 		New Zealand Forestry

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06/03/2004 US$3 Million from Norway to Stop Illegal Logging in Indonesia
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PRESENTATIONS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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10/02/2012 Norwegian woods: exploring Norway's contradictory financial incentives in South East Asia's land use sector Jago Wadley, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

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08/07/2009 Rights, rules and emissions reductions - social, environmental and governance 'readiness for REDD': the Norwegian Government's International Climate and Forest Initiative Leif John Fosse, Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative

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23/06/2009 The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative Andreas Tveteraas, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment

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