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CORRUPTION


Corruption can be described as the abuse of public power for private benefit, and is a major contributing factor to illegal logging in many countries.


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30/04/2013		 Logging in the shadows: how vested interests abuse shadow permits to evade forest sector reforms
Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials ... 		Global Witness

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01/04/2013		 Consolidated Summary: E-Discussion on Addressing REDD+ Corruption at the Local Level
The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing ... 		UN-REDD

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19/12/2012 Special Independent Investigating Body Report on the Issuance of Private Use Permits (PUPS)
In August 2012, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf established a Special Independent Investigating Body ... 		Special Independent Investigating Body (SIIB), Liberia

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29/11/2012 Appetite for Destruction: China's Trade in Illegal Timber
The Environmental Investigation Agency has been conducting field investigations into flows of illicit ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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02/11/2012 In the Future, There Will Be No Forests Left
The authors of this briefing say that HSBC has bankrolled logging companies causing widespread environmental ... 		Global Witness

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25/10/2012 The Art of Logging Industrially in the Congo: How Loggers are Abusing Artisanal Permits to Exploit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Forests
The Congo Basin is home to the world’s second largest rainforest. It is a vital resource for the ... 		Global Witness

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26/09/2012 Checkpoints: How Powerful Interest Groups Continue to Undermine Forest Governance in Laos
In July 2011 the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a report entitled Crossroads, ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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23/09/2012 Green Carbon: Black Trade - Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests
This report focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of ... 		UNEP/Interpol

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20/09/2012 The Taib Timber Mafia: Facts and Figures on Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) from Sarawak, Malaysia
The authors of this report put the illicit assets of Taib Mahmud, the long-term Chief Minister of the ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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04/09/2012 Signing their Lives away: Liberia’s Private Use Permits and the Destruction of Community-Owned Rainforest
Liberia is the most heavily forested country in West Africa and contains the last large areas of relatively ... 		Global Witness, Save My Future Foundation & Sustainable Development Institute

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30/07/2012 Up for Grabs: Millions of Hectares of Customary Land in PNG Stolen for Logging
This report analyses and documents the background conditions and impacts of Papua New Guinea’s ... 		Greenpeace

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12/07/2012 Testing the Law: Carbon, Crime and Impunity in Indonesia’s Plantation Sector
This report highlights the criminal activities of an oil palm plantation company operating in Kalimantan, ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) / Telapak

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11/06/2012 Second Amended Verified Complaint for Forfeiture (against Teodorin Obiang, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea)
In this complaint, filed on 11th June 2012, the US Justice Department alleges that President Obiang’s ... 		US Department of Justice

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01/05/2012 Corruption and REDD+: Identifying Risks Amid Complexity
Corruption and other factors can influence deforestation in contradictory ways. This paper recommends ... 		U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (André Standing)

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12/04/2012 Corruption, Environment and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the special event entitled “Impact of ... 		UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

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20/03/2012 Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging
Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers around ... 		World Bank (Marilyne Pereira Goncalves, Melissa Panjer, Theodore S. Greenberg, William B. Magrath)

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04/10/2011 Forest Carbon, Cash and Crime: The Risk of Criminal Engagement in REDD+
Corruption in the forest sector has until now been overwhelmingly linked to logging, both illegal and ... 		Global Witness

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01/06/2011 Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance. Draft.
This draft Guidance has been produced in response to the rapid developments in relation to REDD+ within ... 		Chatham House & UN-REDD

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16/05/2011 Tackling Corruption for Governing REDD in the Philippines
Forest governance in the Philippines during the post-colonial period has involved protracted efforts ... 		U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Norway

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30/04/2011 Global Corruption Report: Climate Change
The Global Corruption Report is the first comprehensive publication of its kind to explore the corruption ... 		Transparency International

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08/03/2011 Development of Global Timber Tycoons in Sarawak, East Malaysia - History and Company Profiles
This report exposes the Sarawak timber industry's complex structure and its intimate links to Abdul ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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28/02/2011 Reducing Demand for Illegal Timber: Targeting Corruption in Customs and Procurement
Corruption and illegal logging are well-known drivers of deforestation. In 2001 it was estimated that ... 		Transparency International

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28/02/2011 Timber Trafficking and Laundering: An Anti-Corruption Approach
The trade in illegal timber and timber products leads to massive economic losses and environmental damage ... 		Transparency International

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28/02/2011 Tackling Political Corruption to Combat Illegal Logging
The rising demand for wood products has made the forestry sector a lucrative industry — and one ... 		Transparency International

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28/02/2011 Building Judicial Integrity to Combat Illegal Logging
Corruption of the judiciary undermines the fundamental institutions of justice. It compromises the accountability ... 		Transparency International

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28/02/2011 Improving the Due Diligence of Financial Institutions to Combat Illegal Logging
The effects of weak due diligence on the part of financial institutions have been clearly illustrated ... 		Transparency International

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18/02/2011 REDD Integrity: Addressing Governance and Corruption Challenges in Schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
The authors of this U4 Report note that donor-backed programmes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ... 		Chr. Michelsen Institute (Peter Bofin, Mari-Lise du Preez, André Standing & Aled Williams)

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31/01/2011 The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
Logging of tropical forests accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and threatens ... 		Robin Burgess (LSE), Matthew Hansen (SDSU), Benjamin Olken (MIT), Peter Potapov (SDSU) & Stefanie Sieber (LSE)

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01/01/2011 Analysing Corruption in the Forestry Sector
Corruption — the abuse of entrusted power for private gain — undermines good governance and ... 		Transparency International

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19/11/2010 The Challenges of Redistributing Forest-Related Monetary Benefits to Local Governments: a Decade of Logging Area Fees in Cameroon
The Cameroonian regulatory framework on forest, wildlife and fisheries requires logging companies to ... 		CIFOR (Cerutti, P.O.; Lescuyer, G.; Assembe Mvondo, S.; Tacconi, L.)

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01/11/2010 Corruption in Logging Licenses & Concessions
The authors of this paper state that corruption is one of the main drivers of illegal logging, which ... 		Transparency International

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26/10/2010 Investigation Into the Global Trade in Malagasy Precious Woods: Rosewood, Ebony and Pallisander
This report, launched at the 10th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), ... 		Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency (US)

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27/09/2010 Tyrants, Tycoons and Tigers: Yuzana Company Ravages Burma’s Hugawng Valley
The authors of this report describe how a bitter land struggle is unfolding in northern Burma’s ... 		The Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG)

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05/08/2010 Rogue Traders: The Murky Business of Merbau Timber Smuggling in Indonesia
In this report, London-based EIA and Indonesian group Telapak identify businessmen Ricky Gunawan and ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) & Telapak

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05/06/2010 Deforestation and Pollution, High-risk Subjects
Attacks on journalists and bloggers who try to cover any kind of environmental damage are growing steadily ... 		Reporters Without Borders

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13/01/2010 Financial Governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund During the Soeharto and Post-Soeharto Periods, 1989–2009: a Political Economic Analysis of Lessons for REDD+
This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications ... 		Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.

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06/01/2010 Local Battles to Save the Brazilian Amazon Pit Residents against Loggers and Government
After over a decade of ignored complaints, failed negotiations with the government, and countless threats ... 		Americas Program Report (Brenda Baletti, Gilson Rego & Antonio Sena)

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03/12/2009 The World Bank and the Forest Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo: REDD Future or Greenwash?
This is an open letter send by Greenpeace, Global Witness, and the Rainforest Foundation to Michael Wormser, ... 		The Rainforest Foundation, Global Witness & Greenpeace

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01/12/2009 “Wild Money”: The Human Rights Consequences of Illegal Logging and Corruption in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector
The authors of this report claim that corruption in Indonesia's lucrative forestry industry costs ... 		Human Rights Watch

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27/11/2009 Global Climate Politics in the Congo Basin: Unprecedented Opportunity or High-risk Gamble?
This report discusses the challenges and opportunities of forest carbon schemes and management in the ... 		Heinrich Boell Foundation (Korinna Horta)

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26/11/2009 Investigation into the Illegal Felling, Transport and Export of Precious Wood in Sava Region, Madagascar
The authors of this report reveal that a dramatic increase in the felling and cutting of rosewood has ... 		Global Witness & Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

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01/06/2009 Corruption in the forestry sector and illegal logging - the problem, its implications and approaches to combating it
Through illegal logging much higher rents can be extracted from forests than through legal operations. ... 		GTZ

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29/05/2009 Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
The goal of this report is to present and analyse the state of forest tenure in much of the world's ... 		Rights and Resources Initiative / International Tropical Timber Organisation

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01/05/2009 The Impact of Corruption on Deforestation: a Cross-Country Evidence
In this study, the authors tried to identify a relation between corruption and deforestation. By using ... 		The Journal of Developing Ideas (Koyunen, C & Yilmaz, R)

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01/06/2008 Corruption and Forest Revenues in Papua
Under a sustainable, well-managed, logging regime, Papua - the most densely forested part of Indonesia ... 		U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (Bambang Setiono)

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01/02/2008 Corruption in natural resource management - an introduction
Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner ... 		CMI

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01/01/2008 Forest anti-corruption advocacy in Asia-Pacific: Transparency International Strategy 2008-2012
The TI Forest Anti-Corruption Advocacy Programme (TI FAAP) addresses corruption as a primary driver of
illegal ... 		Transparency International

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01/01/2008 Breaking the rings of forest corruption: steps towards better forest governance
Corruption appears to be the major factor which prevents proper control of long-term forest harvesting ... 		Forests Trees and Livelihoods (Janette Bulkan and John Palmer)

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01/12/2007 Timber Tags: The currency of illegal logging and forest corruption in Guiana Shield countries
This briefing note produced originally for the Chatham House FLEGT Update Meeting in July 2006 reports ... 		Janette Bulkan and John Palmer

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06/09/2007 APEC Code of Conduct for Business
A Code of Conduct for Business, designed to help combat corruption in the APEC region. The Code provides ... 		APEC

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01/08/2007 Timber theft prevention: Introduction to security for forest managers
The report advocates a deliberate and analytic effort by forest managers to identify and target the most ... 		World Bank

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31/05/2007 Cambodia's Family Trees
The report reveals how family members and business associates of the prime minister and other senior ... 		Global Witness

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01/05/2007 Forestry, Governance and National Development: Lessons learned from a logging boom in Southern Tanzania
'Forestry, governance and national development' documents alarming levels of corruption, illegal ...

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28/03/2007 The thousand headed snake: forest crimes, corruption and injustice in Indonesia
The report shows how corruption and collusion at all stages of the justice system conspires to ensure ... 		EIA/Telapak

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01/01/2007 Forest concessions and corruption
This paper discusses how corruption influences the logging industry and deprives developing country governments ... 		CMI

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19/09/2006 Partners in Crime: A Greenpeace investigation into Finland's illegal timber trade with Russia
Report looking at evidence of illegally logged timber from Russia being freely imported into Finland ... 		Greenpeace

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07/08/2006 Bulldozing Progress: Human rights abuses and corrpution in Papua New Guinea's large scale logging industry
The report shows how the logging industry's influence in PNG extends well beyond forestry. Recommendations ... 		Australian Conservation Foundation

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01/08/2006 Rimbunan Hijau can't handle the truth
Response to comments in the ITS-Global report 'Whatever ... 		Greenpeace

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30/05/2006 Rimbunan Hijau Group: 30 years of forest plunder
Profiles the Malaysian timber conglomerate Rimbunan Hijau which Greenpeace claims "is responsible ... 		Greenpeace

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27/04/2006 Solomon Islands, the untold story: Logging corruption ruins a Nation
Report focusing on civil unrest and violence against property in the Solomon Islands as an example of ... 		Masalai i Tokaut

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01/04/2006 Draft toolkit for reducing corruption in forest sector
Oulines practical steps in a multifacteted programme working with stakeholders and forest managers in ... 		Forestry Research Programme

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01/04/2006 Forest Governance in Zambesia, Mozambique: Chinese Takeaway!
This paper describes the current practices and problems of forest management in the province of Zambézia, ... 		FONGZA (Catherine MacKenzie)

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01/07/2005 Danzer Group: Forest Fact File
Danzer Group's response to allegations of corruption made by Greenpeace about Danzer Group activities ... 		Danzer Group

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01/01/2005 Tools for Civil Society Action to Reduce Forest Corruption
This report examines Transparency International's National Integrity System (NIS) approach to combating ... 		PROFOR (Ken Rosenbaum)

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24/11/2004 Greenpeace Forest Crime File: Danzer Group
The second report from Greenpeace on the Swiss-German Danzer Group which Greenpeace claims exposes additional ... 		Greenpeace

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01/11/2004 Taking a Cut
A report by Global Witness on institutionalised corruption and illegal logging in Cambodia's Aural ... 		Global Witness

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01/01/2004 The Untouchables: Rimbunan Hijau's world of forest crime & political patronage
Rimbunan Hijau (RH) dominates the logging industry in Papua New Guinea and has interests in Gabon, Equatorial ... 		Greenpeace

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01/10/2002 Above the Law
Corruption, collusion, nepotism and the fate of Indonesia's forests. ... 		EIA and Telapak Indonesia

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01/10/2002 Information note on progress towards containment of forest corruption and improved forest governance
The first output of a FIN project that will monitor and report on promising and innovative efforts to ... 		Forest Integrity Network/Transparency International

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01/03/2002 Reform of the Forest Crime Monitoring and Reporting Project
From March 2002 when Global Witness was still the IFM in Cambodia: The question for the Royal Government ... 		Global Witness

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01/10/2001 Partners in Mahogany Crime
A report detailing corruption in the forestry sector in Brazil. ... 		Greenpeace

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01/05/1999 Corrupt and Illegal Activities in the Forest Sector
A detailed analysis of illegal forestry activity, with an emphasis on corruption and identification strategies ... 		World Bank (Debra Callister)

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NEWS

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18/05/2013 Money-Laundering Body Confident of Papua Cop Evidence
The national money-laundering watchdog says it can prove that a low-ranking Papua police officer was ... 		Jakarta Globe

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15/05/2013 Papua Officer Tied to Rp 1.5 Trillion From Fuel Smuggling and Illegal Logging
... 		Jakarta Globe

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13/05/2013 “Call your subject home”, Borneo tribe appeals to the Norwegian King
Penan tribesmen from Sarawak appeal to the Norwegian King to protect them from a Norwegian hydropower ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds

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08/05/2013 India: Smugglers flourish in absence of force
The non-deployment of Assam Forest Protection Force in Goalpara district seems to have come as a boon ... 		The Telegraph (Calcutta)

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03/05/2013 Indonesian Ministers Deny Claims They Have Lost 8.3t Rupiah
A leading budget watchdog has ascribed Rp 8.3 trillion ($852 million) in state losses to 15 ministries, ... 		Jakarta Globe

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23/04/2013 12 ministries, governmental institutions involved in illegal logging and mining: Commission
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Busyro Muqoddas said a study on corruption conducted ... 		The Jakarta Post

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02/04/2013 Insight: In Malaysia's election, a focus on rainforest graft
The island of Borneo may be all that stands between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and an unprecedented ... 		Reuters (US)

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01/04/2013 Experts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss
U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as they pointed ... 		CIFOR

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24/03/2013 Bruno Manser Fund calls on Malaysian authorities to close down Taib’s land-grab firms
Companies Commission Malaysia urged to immediately deregister Billion Venture Sdn Bhd and Ample Agro ... 		World-wire.com

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23/03/2013 Taib Mahmud Dynasty: A Regime-Changing Time Bomb
An investigator for an international non governmental organisation (NGO), Global Witness went undercover ... 		Malaysia Chronicle

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22/03/2013 Controversial chief minister of Sarawak asked to step down until corruption allegations resolved
Following the release of video footage apparently linking Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to kickbacks ... 		Mongabay.com

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19/03/2013 Corruption in Malaysia laid bare as investigation catches Sarawak’s ruling elite on camera
A new investigation by Global Witness today reveals the systemic corruption and illegality at the heart ... 		Global Witness

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03/03/2013 Ghana: 80% of timber supplied illegally
Mr Samuel Afari Dartey, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission (FC), has disclosed that about ... 		Ghana web

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21/02/2013 Is China fueling the illegal timber trade?
We hear plenty about drugs and conflict diamonds; but the international black market for timber -- a ... 		Foreign Policy (blog)

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21/02/2013 Interpol Launches Crackdown On Global Timber Trafficking In Latin America
Interpol says its recent arrest of nearly 200 people suspected of engaging in illegal logging and timber ... 		International Business Times

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19/02/2013 International raid targets illegal timber trade
Interpol has announced that it arrested nearly 200 people in a wide-ranging international operation against ... 		BBC

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10/02/2013 Illegal large-scale felling of trees in Bhadarwah tehsil of Jammu & Kashmir continues in connivance with forest officials
Famous for its snow peaks and lush green forests Jammu and Kashmir gets most of its revenue from forest ... 		Mansoor Qadir, Photo Journalist

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08/02/2013 Director implicated over illegal logging in Sierra Leone
Latest reports reaching this press intimate that the Director of Forest and Reservation, Mr. Sheku Mansaray ... 		Sierra Express Media, Sierra Leone

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07/02/2013 Mozambique loses a fortune to illegal timber exports
Corruption in world’s fourth poorest country aids illegal logging & timber smuggling to China.

London ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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07/02/2013 Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal
Forty-eight percent of the timber making its way from Mozambique's forests to Chinese companies ... 		Mongabay.com

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07/02/2013 The orangutan’s road: illegal logging and mining in Indonesia
Like in a desolate Edward Hopper landscape, the orangutan was clinging to the one last tree that stood ... 		Brookings Institution, US

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02/02/2013 Peru exporting illegally logged timber to the US
Lima, Peru — Some of the fine wooden furniture that makes for chic centerpieces in American homes ... 		Voxxi, Latin America (sourced from Global Post)

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01/02/2013 Australian conservationists accused of greenwashing Malaysian potentate’s timber operations
Tokyo, Japan / Hobart, Australia - Australia’s Wilderness Society and the venerable Australian ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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29/01/2013 Is Quirino’s drive on illegal logging worth dying for?
Maddela, Quirino - Residents in the farming village of Villa Sur in Maddela, Quirino, were shocked when ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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29/01/2013 As China builds, Cambodia's forests fall
China's demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia.

Illegal logging ... 		NPR (National Public Radio), Washington, US

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28/01/2013 Bolivia takes step to boost agriculture and curb surging deforestation
Bolivia has passed a land use law that aims to boost food security and slow deforestation in a region ... 		Mongabay.com

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14/01/2013 Swiss lawmakers push for freeze of Taib family assets
"The Taib family is acting like a criminal organization": Swiss MP Carlo Sommaruga

Geneva/Bern, ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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07/01/2013 Liberia: Ellen takes stand to protect forest - after FDA blunders
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued Executive Order No. 44, on Protecting Liberian Forests by ... 		The Informer, Liberia (featured on allAfrica.com)

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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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21/12/2012 Liberia urged to clean on illegal timber shipments
An official of Global Witness said it is important for the Liberian government to be sincere in demonstrating ... 		Voice of America

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10/12/2012 Logging reporter arrested
Authorities in eastern Cambodia’s Kratie province have arrested a local reporter who had exposed ... 		Radio Free Asia

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10/12/2012 UNODC: Break links between illegal timber trade, corruption and transnational organized crime
Jakarta - Environmental crimes – often financed and organized by transnational organized criminal ... 		Tempointeractive

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03/12/2012 Illegal logging probe derailed as key evidence surrendered by investigators
Medan - A former senior police officer’s wife who has been accused of illegal logging has had key ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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21/11/2012 Namibia: Timber moratorium to remain in place
The moratorium on the timber trade in the Kavango, Caprivi and Ohangwena regions remains in place, the ... 		New Era, Namibia (featured on allAfrica.com)

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19/11/2012 Two forests near water sources 'under siege'
The Kedah government has been urged to explain rampant logging activity at two high-value forests in ... 		New Straits Times, Malaysia

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18/11/2012 How logs smugglers threaten Tanzania's forests
On May 16 this year, Juma Salum Makumbusho from Umwe Kusini village, Rufiji district, Coastal region ... 		IPP Media

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16/11/2012 Anyone guarding our forest cover?
A seven-month investigation conducted in various parts of the country [Tanzania] has revealed massive ... 		IPP Media

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15/11/2012 Timber smuggling thinning forests in Swat Valley
Swat - Though once abundant in foliage and trees, Swat valley in Pakistan is fast losing its greenery ... 		The Peninsula, Qatar

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14/11/2012 Cambodian villagers fight against powerful timber industry
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Hang Serei Oudom told his 7-month pregnant wife that he was going out to ... 		Alaska Dispatch, US

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14/11/2012 Brazil's Amazon rangers battle farmers' burning business logic
Evandro Carlos Selva is one of 1,400 hi-tech environmental cops who use eyes in space and feet on the ... 		The Guardian, UK

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12/11/2012 Bruno Manser Fund takes Malaysian money-laundering case to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court
Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), and 255 citizens from the Malaysian state of Sabah are asking ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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08/11/2012 Liberia likely to revise logging contracts over graft: president
Brussels - Contracts to exploit Liberia's natural resources are likely to be revised or renegotiated ... 		Chicago Tribune, US

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08/11/2012 Foreign loggers and corrupt officials flouting logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In 2002 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced a moratorium on commercial logging in a bid ... 		Mongabay.com

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06/11/2012 Leaked Sarawak forestry map shows Taib's stranglehold over the Borneo rainforest
Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia - Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund, has today released one of Sarawak's ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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05/11/2012 Timber’s unholy journey to the market
A few high-ranking Government officials and dealers have made huge profits from the increasing illegal ... 		New Vision, Uganda

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01/11/2012 Corrupt officials aid destruction of Kenya's Mau Forest
Nairobi - A syndicate involved in illegal logging of indigenous trees from Kenya’s largest forest ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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29/10/2012 DENR execs face illegal logging raps
Manila, Philippines - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yesterday filed illegal logging charges ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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24/10/2012 Will designation of new administrative districts lead to more deforestation in Indonesia?
On Monday Indonesia's House of Representatives moved to establish "North Kalimantan", ... 		Mongabay.com

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22/10/2012 Verdict decried in murder case
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13/10/2012 Probe illegal logging in Cameron Highlands, MACC urged
Bera - Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob has urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ... 		MySinchew.com

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12/10/2012 Forest Guardians
DENR has reported that since the start of strict enforcement of the order banning loggers from the vicinity ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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10/10/2012 Cambodia closes case, thwarts justice, in forester murder
The Cambodian government has rightly earned failing grades for doing nothing to halt or investigate human ... 		The Huffington Post

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07/10/2012 Election means tree cutting frenzy in Sierra Madre – tribe leader
Lucena City, Philippines – An Agta tribe leader in Sierra Madre in northern Quezon has expressed ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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04/10/2012 Abrupt end to murder trial
The trial of a security guard linked to the mysterious murder of prominent Cambodian environmentalist ... 		Radio Free Asia

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02/10/2012 Rangers losing battle in Philippine forests
Norzagaray, Philippines — Father-of-five Alex Lesber patrols one of the Philippines' most ... 		AFP

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30/09/2012 Don’t tell anyone a forest is falling in Cambodia
“If they come to Cambodia, I will hit them until their heads are broken”.

These are the ... 		AsianCorrespondent.com

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27/09/2012 Organized crime trade worth over US$30 billion responsible for up to 90% of tropical deforestation
Rome - Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa ... 		UNEP News Centre

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27/09/2012 Reporter beaten for story on logging
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Cambodian military police said they were looking for three men, including a former ... 		UPI.com

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26/09/2012 Groups ask Aquino to save Sierra Madre
A network of organizations composed of nongovernment and people’s organizations, business, youth, ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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26/09/2012 Corruption still plundering forests in Laos for furniture
The forests of Lao are still suffering from widespread destruction with the government turning a blind ... 		Mongabay.com

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25/09/2012 Anti-illegal logging task force operates on low budget, lack of personnel
Butuan City – The task of wiping out a “well-entrenched” illegal logging syndicate ... 		MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines

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25/09/2012 Liberia: Notorious Malaysian company surfaces in Liberia
A comprehensive investigation by this paper has unearthed that a notorious Malaysian logging company ... 		The Inquirer, Liberia (posted on allAfrica.com)

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21/09/2012 Timber mafias in M'sia: Taib Mahmud the GODFATHER?
Is Sarawak's Taib Mahmud the richest man in Malaysia?

According to whistleblower portal Sarawak ... 		Malaysia Chronicle

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20/09/2012 Where have all the forests gone? (3): Illegal logging intensifies in Surigao Sur despite total log ban
Carmen, Surigao del Sur – Fr. Raymond Ambray, spokesperson of Caraga Watch, an environment watchdog ... 		MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines

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19/09/2012 Where have all the forests gone? Illegal logging intensifies in Surigao Sur despite total log ban
Carmen, Surigao del Sur – On August 18 and 19, the Surigao Development Corporation (Sudecor), together ... 		MindaNews, Mindanao, Philippines

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18/09/2012 An inside look at Latin America’s illegal logging – part one
This post was co-authored with Eduardo Arenas Hernández Jr. and Ana Domínguez, who work ... 		World Resources Institute (WRI) Insights

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17/09/2012 Illegal loggers win in log ban’s weak enforcement
Carmen, Surigao del Sur - Weak law enforcement and systemic corruption have skewed the government’s ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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16/09/2012 Drive against deforestation: CIAA moves Special Court
Kathmandu - In its drive against deforestation, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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14/09/2012 Military policeman held in Cambodia journalist murder
Phnom Penh — A Cambodian military police officer has been arrested in connection with the brutal ... 		AFP

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14/09/2012 Forestry: Contract abuses subject to investigation
What Liberia lacks in modern infrastructure it makes up for in trees. No other country in west Africa ... 		Financial Times, UK

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13/09/2012 Justice demanded for slain Cambodian journalist
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Press freedom groups are calling for justice for a Cambodian reporter whose ... 		The Associated Press

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12/09/2012 Slain journalist exposed illegal logging in Cambodia, colleagues said
A Cambodian journalist who exposed rampant illegal logging has been found murdered in the boot of his ... 		The Australian

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12/09/2012 How deforestation could further destabilize Liberia
Adjoining Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire, the Republic of Liberia flares-out into the mangrove-lined ... 		PolicyMic

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11/09/2012 Kate and Wills fly into Borneo illegal logging controversy
It was to be a highlight of their official Diamond Jubilee tour on behalf of the Queen, a trip deep into ... 		Herald Sun, Australia

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08/09/2012 Robredo report links execs to illegal logging
A task force on illegal logging of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) headed ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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08/09/2012 Robredo confronted head of anti-illegal logging task force, Paje says
Manila, Philippines – Weeks before he died, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo confronted the head ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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04/09/2012 Illegal logging report gets Liberia's attention - forestry chief suspended
Even before a report came out Tuesday alleging that illicit deals gave a quarter of all of Liberia to ... 		NBC News

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02/09/2012 Musa on radar of Swiss money-laundering probe
Kota Kinabalu - A Swiss investigations into a money-laundering trail with its roots in the rainforests ... 		Free Malaysia Today

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31/08/2012 Swiss probe UBS over alleged Malaysia money-laundering
Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal money laundering probe into UBS after an environmental campaign ... 		Reuters

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29/08/2012 REDD+ initiative for saving forests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The forests in Pakistan are severely threatened by growing consumption of fuel wood and illegal logging. ... 		Dawn.com, Pakistan

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25/08/2012 Whose timber is it anyway?
Karachi, Pakistan - With Pakistan’s last major stands of deodar (cedar) threatened by a ‘timber ... 		IPSNews

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20/08/2012 ‘Illegal logging costs Zim millions of dollars’
Zimbabwe is losing several millions of dollars annually through illegal logging, a senior official with ... 		The Standard, Zimbabwe

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18/08/2012 De Lima bares formation of inter-agency panel vs illegal logging, mining
Manila, Philippines - Justice Secretary Leila de Lima disclosed on Friday the formation of a joint investigating ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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16/08/2012 In Ghana’s forests, should chainsaw loggers be legalized?
The West African nation of Ghana prohibits small operators using chainsaws from logging its forests, ... 		Yale Environment 360

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14/08/2012 Lawmaker seeks end to illegal logging
The unabated illegal logging in Mindanao allegedly involving certain local executives and officials from ... 		Manila Standard Today, Philippines

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14/08/2012 Top Caraga cop vows to weed out illegal-logging protectors
Chief Supt. Carmelo Valmoria, newly installed police director of the so-called Caraga region (Agusan ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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08/08/2012 Illegal logging pervasive in Armenia
Armenia, a former republic of the Soviet Union that shares a border with Turkey, is rife with systemic ... 		Hardwood Floors, US

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08/08/2012 KPK names SBY Backer Hartati as suspect in palm oil graft case
Indonesian tycoon Siti Hartati Cakra Murdaya Poo was named as a graft suspect by the Corruption Eradication ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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30/07/2012 PNG's forest sell-off revealed
Papua New Guinea's former Somare government introduced a controversial concession that allegedly ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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30/07/2012 ABS-CBN Butuan reporters get death threats
Manila, Philippines - Two Butuan-based reporters of ABS-CBN have received death threats over their coverage ... 		ABS-CBNnews.com

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27/07/2012 Stop illegal logging, Robredo warns local officials
Manila - Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has called on ... 		PIA (Philippine Information Agency)

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27/07/2012 Kashmiri journalist arrested for exposing felling of historic trees
Neelum Valley, Jammu and Kashmir - A journalist has been arrested by police and is being detained after ... 		Environmental News Service

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26/07/2012 Illegal loggers still at it in ‘timber corridor’
Clandestine logging camps, log ponds and illegally cut logs have been discovered littering the forests, ... 		Manila Standard Today, Philippines

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18/07/2012 678 illegal logging cases filed in court
At least 678 cases against illegal loggers and their companions have been filed in different courts since ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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16/07/2012 Environment dep’t teams to probe officials amid continued logging
The environment department has formed two fact-finding teams that will investigate field officers amid ... 		Business World Online, Philippines

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15/07/2012 Govt to punish bureaucrats for deforestation
Kathmandu - The Administrative Court today directed the government to punish bureaucrats who were involved ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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14/07/2012 Illegal logging persists in Agusan despite ban
Officials in Agusan and Surigao are either playing deaf or defying President Benigno Aquino III’s ... 		Manila Standard Today, Philippines

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13/07/2012 Environment or profit - palm oil firm tests Indonesia
An Indonesian palm oil firm received preliminary approval six years ago for a large plantation in a swampy, ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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12/07/2012 Unchallenged crimes of ‘rotten apple’ palm oil company
London - Systemic law enforcement failings threaten to make a mockery of Indonesia’s pledge to ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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01/07/2012 Illegal loggers, miners target Manobos’ ancestral land
The Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force (AILTF) on Sunday said President Aquino was privy since May 2012 ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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14/06/2012 New documents detail alleged grand corruption of "playboy" Deputy Prime Minister Teodoring Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea
By Robert Palmer-Globalwitness

A new ... 		Nigeria News

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12/06/2012 Swiss public prosecutor asked to charge UBS over laundering of Borneo logging corruption proceeds
Zurich, Switzerland - Swiss bank UBS is likely to face criminal proceedings over its business ties with ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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12/06/2012 A desperate effort to save the rainforest of Borneo
The once-magnificent tropical forests of Borneo have been decimated by rampant logging and clearing for ... 		Yale Environment 360

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09/06/2012 Credits lost in tangle of Aceh's forest
An Australian plan embraced by the world to save Indonesian forests and address climate change is failing, ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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09/06/2012 Action sought against Chitral timber mafia
Peshawar - Domel Welfare Society, Chitral, has demanded the government to take action against timber ... 		The News, Pakistan

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08/06/2012 Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime
... 		BBC News

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07/06/2012 Illegal logging still rampant in Mindanao forests
Davao City - The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has issued a Mindanao-wide appeal to report all ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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04/06/2012 President’s son accused of graft
A businessman from Equatorial Guinea has told investigators he paid illegal commissions to the son of ... 		Gulf Times, Qatar

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04/06/2012 NGOs demand UN sanctions against Malaysia
In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, 21 NGOs from nine countries are calling on the United ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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01/06/2012 Cambodia killing of anti-logging crusader stirs up suspicions
It wasn't surprising that someone might want to put a stop to Chut Wutty. The Cambodian crusader ... 		Los Angeles Times, US

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30/05/2012 Vietnam national park losing trees as law not enforced: study
A recent study by an international conservation group found that weak enforcement of the law at Phong ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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27/05/2012 Action sought against timber mafia
Peshawar - Residents of Ayun village in Chitral district have expressed concern over growing deforestation ... 		The News, Pakistan

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24/05/2012 Illegal logging in Kalimantan ‘cost state $35b in 2011’
Illegal forest clearing in Kalimantan potentially cost the state Rp 321 trillion ($34.6 billion) in losses ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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22/05/2012 Illegal logging: Big players in cahoots?
Covert logging activities under the pretext of a poverty eradication programme appears to be underway ... 		Free Malaysia Today

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17/05/2012 DENR probes involvement of local execs in illegal logging
Davao City, Philippines -The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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16/05/2012 Officials aware of illegal logging scam - villagers
Villagers and leaders living near Ngumburuni Forest Reserve in Rufiji District, Coast Region [Tanzania]say ... 		IPP Media

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15/05/2012 Hun Sen is not blind to what goes on around him
An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission

Cambodia - We may ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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10/05/2012 Lord Mandelson confirms he is advising company accused of illegal logging
Peer's consultancy works for paper and pulp multinational alleged to have chopped down protected ... 		The Guardian, UK

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03/05/2012 Timbergreen official questioned in Chut Wutty shooting
The “company” that military police have declined to identify but said sent staff to confront ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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03/05/2012 Swiss MP questions UBS' role in Malaysian timber corruption scandal
Berne, Switzerland - Carlo Sommaruga, social democrat MP for Geneva, has today filed a number of questions ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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02/05/2012 Logging, corruption in Cambodia
The director of a well-known Cambodian environmental organization seeking to highlight government negligence ... 		The Diplomat, Asia-Pacific

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02/05/2012 'Stop charging environmental activists under anti terrorist courts': residents
Chitral - For the last three years residents of Ayun Valley in Chitral are in protest against Timber ... 		The Dardistan Times, India

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30/04/2012 Crack down on all illegal logging activities, President directs KFS
President Mwai Kibaki has directed the Kenya Forest Service to crack down on illegal loggers as well ... 		The Star, Kenya

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27/04/2012 Cambodian officer killed environment activist then took own life, army says
... 		The Guardian, UK

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26/04/2012 Environmental activist Chut Wutty shot dead
Cambodia’s most outspoken activist against illegal logging was shot dead today while escorting ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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26/04/2012 Cambodian environmental campaigner shot dead by police
A leading Cambodian environmentalist who investigated illegal logging has been killed in a confrontation ... 		BBC News

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25/04/2012 Bolivian opposition leader involved in illegal logging
The president of the Interagency Committee of San Ignacio de Moxos, Maria Teresa Selum, accused the leader ... 		Prensa Latina

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23/04/2012 Forests in crisis as EU lifts sanctions on Myanmar/Burma
Luxembourg - European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg today agreed to suspend sanctions against ... 		Environmental News Service

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22/04/2012 Swiss authorities confirm money-laundering investigation against UBS, Malaysian top politician
Bern/Zurich, Switzerland - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed on Friday ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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21/04/2012 UBS faces money-laundering allegations in Malaysian timber scandal
Zurich, Switzerland - Switzerland's largest bank, is facing serious money-laundering allegations ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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20/04/2012 Three tree species on verge of extinction: expert
The country’s most endangered tree species, Terocarpus Tinctorious, Militia Excelsa and Bombax ... 		IPP Media

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20/04/2012 Pulitzer center feature: villagers, communities protest logging in Cambodia
“My life is important,” said Yin Chum, an activity leader with the Prey Lang Network in Cambodia. ... 		The Guilfordian, Guilford College, North Carolina, US

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17/04/2012 Drug traffickers take note of Peru's illegal timber trade
Timber traffickers in Peru have built a huge logistical network for bribing officials and moving illegally ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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09/04/2012 The gradual loss of forests
Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, loses millions of dollars annually ... 		Honduras Weekly

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05/04/2012 Sierra Leone: Al Jazeera hands 'Timbergate' evidence to ACC
Doha-based Al Jazeera cable news has confirmed it has handed over "a large amount of evidence" ... 		allAfrica.com

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27/03/2012 Harnessing 21st century technology to tackle an old problem
Harnessing 21st century technology to tackle an old problem.

Despite efforts to ensure the legality ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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26/03/2012 Govt asked to check deforestation
Karak - Many precious trees were on the verge of extinction as the illegal deforestation in the Sheenghar ... 		The News, Pakistan

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26/03/2012 Blind eye to forest's plight
Rangers paid by an internationally funded conservation organisation have been directly profiting for ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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20/03/2012 “Dirty money” in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated - World Bank reports
Washington – Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ... 		World Bank

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15/03/2012 Africa: 'Dirty money' in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated, says World Bank report
Washington — Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ... 		allAfrica.com

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01/03/2012 Key Baram dam supporter denies corruption allegations
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Jacob Dungau Sagan, Malaysia's controversial Deputy Minister for International ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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29/02/2012 Possible embezzlement halts WWF-run REDD project in Tanzania
Two conservation and community projects in Tanzania have been halted after the World Wide Fund for Nature ... 		Mongabay.com

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25/02/2012 Timber corruption: Malaysian trade minister caught red-handed
Jacob Dungau Sagan, Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, involved in secret ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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24/02/2012 Virginia Republicans defend Mercury Paper
Virginia’s Governor and Lieutenant Governor are crusading for a surprising cause: writing letters ... 		WAMU 88.5, American University Radio

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24/02/2012 Cote d'Ivoire: Illicit timber trade exposes the north to drought
Abidjan — Environmental groups in Côte d'Ivoire say the illegal logging and sale of ... 		allAfrica.com

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20/02/2012 Seizures point to timber trafficking ring in Guatemala
Recent seizures of illegally trafficked timber in Guatemala suggests there is an organized smuggling ... 		InSight Crime, US / Colombia

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16/02/2012 Forest clearing blamed on local govt
Local government officials may have accepted bribes from logging, mining and plantation companies in ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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06/02/2012 Deforestation rampant in Kailali
Kailali - Deforestation has been intensified in Kailali-based Basanta Corridor zone, which was once recognized ... 		My Republica, Nepal

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06/02/2012 The rule of law – what Guyana loses through export of timber logs to Asia
By Janette Bulkan

In the second article in this series ‘The ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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02/02/2012 Perak uses satellite surveillance to detect illegal logging
Pengkalan Hulu - The Perak government has taken various measures to detect illegal logging, including ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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01/02/2012 Illegal logging could cost M'sia RM800-900mil yearly
Petaling Jaya - Malaysia stands to lose between RM800mil to RM900mil annually if illegal logging is not ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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01/02/2012 REDD: The Amazon's carbon cowboys
This article is the last in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ... 		Global Post

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01/02/2012 MACC vows to chop down illegal loggers
The commission's director of investigations Mustafar Ali says MACC will hunt down the culprits regardless ... 		Free Malaysia Today

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31/01/2012 Malaysia’s human rights and environment record criticized ahead of European trade talks
The Malaysian government is increasingly coming under fire in Europe over its flimsy human rights and ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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30/01/2012 Rufus bill seeks life imprisonment vs loggers
Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District) has announced that the Lower House has approved on ... 		Mindanao Gold Star Daily, Phillipines

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29/01/2012 DSI claims illegal logging rampant
Cambodian gangs get 'virtual concessions' to fell phayung trees.

Wildlife officials, including ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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29/01/2012 DIY giants Wickes and B&Q 'selling wood felled illegally from Borneo rainforest'
DIY giants Wickes and B&Q boast of their environmental credentials and commitment to using products ... 		The Daily Mail, UK

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28/01/2012 Illegal timber poaching threatening extinction of rare trees in Kohistan
Illegal timber poaching in the Kohistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, is now threatening the extinction of some ... 		News, Pakistan

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24/01/2012 Perak Forestry Department silent on illegal logging at Chikus Forest Reserve
Ipoh - The Perak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has yet to receive a report on illegal logging at Chikus ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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24/01/2012 Deforestation ruining beauty of historical Kalash Valleys
the beauty of Chitral particularly of historical Kalash Valleys, also known for greenery, is at the verge ... 		Pakistan Observer

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19/01/2012 Madagascar: Illegal rosewood trade continues
Antalaha - Environmentalists and the international community are trying to find ways of limiting the ... 		IRIN News

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17/01/2012 Shocking new evidence of Taib corruption
Kuching, Malaysia - Leaked records from the Malaysian state of Sarawak's Land and Survey Department ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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13/01/2012 Illegal road fosters illicit logging in Quang Ngai
A five-kilometre long illegal road has been constructed in order to facilitate the destruction of a protected ... 		VietNamNet Bridge

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07/01/2012 CIAA team monitors Dadeldhura forest
Dadeldhura - A Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority team arrived in Dadeldhura to investigate ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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06/01/2012 ARMM gov’t prepares illegal logging charges
Cotabato City, Philippines - The government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is finalizing ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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05/01/2012 'Irregularities rife‚ deforestation rampant'
Kathmandu - The Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today directed the ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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30/12/2011 Ex-MNA seeks end to deforestation
Peshawar - A leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and former Member of National Assembly (MNA) on Thursday ... 		The News, Pakistan

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28/12/2011 Critics say nixing of forest land titles could create chaos
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for the nullification of land certificates in protected natural areas, ... 		Voice of America

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28/12/2011 Gov’t permits used for illegal logs
Zamboanga City - At least three logging companies have been using timber licenses to illegally cut trees ... 		The Inquirer, Philippines

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26/12/2011 100 people arrested in Chitral, protest rallies against deforestation & timber mafia
Chitral, Pakistan: the 2nd day of raids and arrests in the small town of Ayun where some 100 people have ... 		Ground Report

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21/12/2011 Logging in the wild west
Illegal logging of staggering proportions abetted by military personnel is decimating stocks of luxury ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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14/12/2011 Hun Sen puts onus on loggers
Nearly 30 Cambodians have been shot dead while illegally crossing the Thai border since 2008, with many ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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14/12/2011 18 Members of US Congress call for investigation of Sierra Leone logging scandal
Washington, DC — Eighteen members of the U.S. Congress today wrote U.S. Secretary of State Hillary ... 		Sierra Express Media, Sierra Leone

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14/12/2011 The courage of Cheran: organizing against violence
Mistrust in government systems of rule has led the town of Cherán in Mexico to create its own ... 		Open Democracy

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13/12/2011 S.Leone's "Timbergate" threatens president poll bid
Freetown - A corruption scandal in Sierra Leone could damage President Ernest Bai Koroma's chances ... 		Reuters

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12/12/2011 Malaysian prosecutors asked to arrest the Sarawak Chief Minister
In a letter to Malaysia's Attorney General (AG), the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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07/12/2011 Canadian property developer Sakto admits Taib involvement – BMF maintains money-laundering allegations
Ottawa, Canada - J Bruce Carr-Harris, an Ottawa top lawyer who is representing Jamilah Taib Murray, the ... 		World-Wire

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01/12/2011 Sierra Leone: U.S. Embassy slams media over VP Sumana's Al-Jazeera saga
Freetown — United States Embassy in Freetown has slammed the media in Sierra Leone for circulating ... 		allAfrica.com

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30/11/2011 Tree slaughter: The Murree hills chainsaw massacre
Murree - With the onset of winter, illegal logging in Murree has moved up a gear, further degrading the ... 		The Express Tribune, Pakistan

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30/11/2011 Negotiators should address illegal logging when crafting REDD+ rules, says watchdog
Durban, South Africa - An environmental watchdog warned that negotiators need to take extra care when ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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29/11/2011 Sierra Leone denies film's corruption claims
The Sierra Leone government held crisis meetings last week after undercover film-makers claimed to have ... 		The Independent, UK

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28/11/2011 ACC to investigate VP timber saga
A documentary broadcast on Al-Jazeera television at 22; 30 GMT on Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 in its ... 		Awoko, Sierra Leone

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26/11/2011 Sierra Leone: Timber! A story of corruption that is stripping the west African country bare
Illegal logging is laying waste to Sierra Leone’s endangered forests. Despite years of laws and ... 		Al Jazeera

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24/11/2011 Drug gangs could make old land conflict boil over in South Mexico
A long-running land conflict in southern Mexico is causing new problems, and the situation is made more ... 		InsightCrime, US

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23/11/2011 Office of Sierra Leone’s vice-president caught in illegal timber business
Journalists working for Al Jazeera English have uncovered corruption in the office of Sierra Leone’s ... 		VibeGhana.com

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18/11/2011 Malagasy conservationists lose bid to stop illegal logging
Malagasy’s Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by a conservation group against the transitional ... 		Africa Review

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17/11/2011 China’s appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests
More than half of the timber now shipped globally is destined for China. But unscrupulous Chinese companies ... 		Yale Environment 360

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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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10/11/2011 Mayor links DENR with illegal loggers
Murcia Mayor Andrew Montelibano exposed the alleged connivance between the Department of Environment ... 		Sun Star Bacolod, Philippines

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10/11/2011 'Father of Mangroves' fights for Pakistan's forests
Karachi — It was a brutal kidnap that turned him into an eco-warrior, and 27 years later Pakistan's ... 		AFP

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09/11/2011 Governments need to deal with corruption to further curb illegal logging
Beijing, China - The fight to curb rampant illegal logging in the Asia Pacific region has come a long ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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12/10/2011 Military to probe Army, Cafgu involvement in illegal logging
The military ordered an investigation into the alleged involvement of the Army and Civilian Armed Forces ... 		Sun Star Bacolod, Philippines

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11/10/2011 High gold price triggers rainforest devastation in Peru
As the price of gold inches upward on international markets, a dead zone is spreading across the southern ... 		Mongabay.com

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09/10/2011 Indonesia's forestry sector failed to pay $18.8 billion for deforestation, alleges anti-corruption group
The plantation and forestry sectors in Indonesia failed to pay as much as $18.8 billion (169.8 trillion ... 		Mongabay.com

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05/10/2011 Continuing rape of Perak’s forests
Some time in 2006, a sharp alarm was sounded over massive illegal logging and clearing activities in ... 		The Sun Daily, Malaysia

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01/10/2011 Developing countries united under UN agency to counter deforestation
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), deforestation causes a fifth of global ... 		The International

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29/09/2011 DENR seizes P1.2 million worth of illegal logs
Butuan City - A truck and some P1.2 million worth of illegal logs, allegedly owned by some politicians, ... 		PIA Information Services, Philippines

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28/09/2011 DNA detectives aim to thwart illegal timber trade
A technique originally used to piece together the DNA of extinct animals lies at the heart of a powerful ... 		New Scientist

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27/09/2011 Illegal plantation causes Rp9 trillion in financial losses, says ICW
Jakarta - Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), together with Save Our Borneo and the Borneo People Contact, ... 		Tempo Interactive

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22/09/2011 Saboba Assembly denies involvement in illegal felling of trees
The Saboba District Assembly in the Northern Region has denied its involvement in the illegal felling ... 		Modern Ghana

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20/09/2011 Policemen accused of role in illegal tree felling
Eight police officers have been transferred and at least four others are likely to face arrest warrants ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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19/09/2011 Rosewood trees in crisis
Asia's last real expanse of the highly-prized payoong (rosewood) tree in Thailand's Northeast ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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19/09/2011 After graft, Anna Hazare will set sights on forests
Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare plans to take up the case of illegal encroachment on forest lands in the ... 		Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai, India

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08/09/2011 Azerbaijan's forest thieves
Baku, Azerbaijan - Official data show that Azerbaijan's forests have finally begun to expand after ... 		Environment News Service

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02/09/2011 DENR region head defends chief’s work vs corruption
Lucena City - The head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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30/08/2011 Wikileaks: US government well-informed on Taib corruption, abuse of power
A number of newly-released US embassy cables are highlighting Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s ... 		World-Wire

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25/08/2011 FBI pressured to stop backing Malaysian potentate
Basel / San Francisco / Washington D.C. - In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller, the Swiss Bruno ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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22/08/2011 WWF higly concerned over Ta Ann corruption allegations
Basel / Gland, Switzerland - WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, is "highly concerned " about ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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19/08/2011 Regents reported for forestry corruption
Jakart - The Forestry Ministry has reported 14 regents to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ... 		Tempo Interactive

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14/08/2011 Indonesia’s forests: Paper trail to destruction
Indonesia’s vanishing natural forests and wildlife species are testament to deforestation out of ... 		The Scavenger

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07/08/2011 Googling Earth to fight graft
Malaysia - A few clicks here and a few drags of the mouse there, and one can be in any place in the world. ... 		AsiaOne

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05/08/2011 Death of a campaigner: corrupt Indian officials blamed in killing of activist
Arup Kalita's body was found this week, his skeletal remains finally recovered from the shallow ... 		The Telegraph, UK

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04/08/2011 CNBC, BBC asked to apologize over sponsored news reports on Malaysia
CNBC, the American satellite and cable television news channel, has withdrawn its international business ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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25/07/2011 Malaysia's Penan fear police crackdown against logging road blockade
Long Win, Sarawak, Malaysia - Indigenous Penan communities in the Malaysian part of Borneo are fearing ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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11/07/2011 Despite some efforts, forests continue to dwindle
Cambodia’s woodlands are seeing continued deforestation, despite a plan by the government to curb ... 		Voice of America

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08/07/2011 Mozambique: Head of Zambezia Forestry Services suspended
Maputo — Mozambican Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco has suspended the head of forestry and wild ... 		allAfrica.com

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30/06/2011 Illegal logging rages, blamed on corruption
Local residents, including village officials, cry foul and live in fear as Muheza forests invaded.

Illegal ... 		IPP Media

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23/06/2011 71% illegal loggers acquitted: ICW
Jakarta - The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Wednesday that 71.43 percent of all illegal loggers ... 		The Jakarta Post

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22/06/2011 71 percent of illegal loggers acquitted: ICW
The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Wednesday that 71.43 percent of illegal loggers were acquitted ... 		The Jakarta Post

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22/06/2011 Report: 88 percent of logging in Indonesia is illegal
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Wednesday said that a Greenpeace report ... 		Channel 6 News Online

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22/06/2011 Malaysian state leader denies secret Swiss funds
Kuala Lumpur — The chief minister of a resource-rich state on Malaysia's Borneo island who ... 		AFP

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20/06/2011 German Chancellor urged to freeze Taib’s Deutsche Bank assets
Berlin, Germany - Angela Merkel receives NGO complaint on Deutsche Bank’s business ties with Abdul ... 		World-Wire

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16/06/2011 DENR personnel in Aurora accused of abetting illegal logging
Manila, Philippines - President Aquino’s order imposing a moratorium on the cutting of timber may ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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16/06/2011 Australian university embarrassed by Malaysian timber graft probe
Adelaide, Australia - Malaysia's announcement of a graft probe against Abdul Taib Mahmud ("Taib"), ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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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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10/06/2011 Bruno Manser Fund welcomes Malaysian timber graft probe
Basel, Switzerland - The Bruno Manser Fund welcomes the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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08/06/2011 Illegal loggers profit from conflict in Senegal's Casamance
Lorries loaded with stolen lumber stand parked in a clearing, ready to haul their cargo across the border ... 		Business Live, South Africa

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08/06/2011 Indonesia's anti-mafia unit seeks to reopen $115 billion illegal logging case
Indonesia's Anti-Mafia Law Task Force asked authorities Tuesday to reopen an investigation into ... 		Mongabay.com

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06/06/2011 Lumberjacks carve a living out of DR Congo rainforests
Simon Kesangana used to be an assistant nurse in a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but ... 		BBC News

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04/06/2011 Rape of Kalimantan's forests continues
Bentian Besar, East Kalimantan - At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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23/05/2011 By barcoding trees, Liberia looks to save its rainforests
A decade after a brutal civil war, the West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European ... 		Yale Environment 360

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19/05/2011 Special report: How a $115b illegal logging probe was felled
As a forestry expert, Bambang Hero Saharjo has tramped through jungles during his entire career, but ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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15/05/2011 Forest stakeholders castigate officials
Tanzania - Residents of Korogwe, Mkinga, Mheza and Lushoto in Tanga Region this week criticized officials ... 		IPP Media

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12/05/2011 Suspected Malaysian corruption assets: Swiss President alerts money-laundering watchdog
Bern, Switzerland - Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has alerted Switzerland’s money-laundering ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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10/05/2011 Efforts to tackle $10b illegal logging trade, Liberia, EU sign VPA after Ghana
The Liberian government has signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure that all timber ... 		Ghana Business News

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09/05/2011 Monks fight to get Cambodian forests on the carbon market
For years, the guardians of Sorng Rukavorn forest have drifted through the muted greens and grays of ... 		Time

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07/05/2011 DENR sues Bataan officials
City of San Fernando - To prove their vigilance against illegal logging, the Department of Environment ... 		Sun Star Pampanga, Philippines

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04/05/2011 Transparency vital for landmark timber accord
Halting corruption is crucial to the success of historic agreement between Indonesia and the European ... 		PRLog

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04/05/2011 Chongqing Hilton shareholder Peng Zhimin sentenced to life in prison
At 10am this morning, Chongqing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Peng Zhimin, ... 		Economic Observer, China

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30/04/2011 Climate change measures must be made corruption proof
As governments prepare to spend up to US$100 billion annually by 2020 to limit climate change and prepare ... 		Transparency International

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29/04/2011 'Cedar mafia' threatens Morocco's cherished wood
Ajdir , Morocco — Revered as the "king of the forest" in Morocco, the native cedar tree ... 		AFP

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28/04/2011 Illegal logging, mining ravages Kalimantan, costs Indonesia $36.4b
The Ministry of Forestry says illegal logging, land clearance, forest fires and mining has devastated ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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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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28/04/2011 Assam to take Arunachal help on smuggling Proposal to form joint team
Dibrugarh - Forest officers posted under various divisions in Upper Assam will seek the help of the counterparts ... 		The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

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27/04/2011 Is Indonesia's program to stop deforestation in meltdown?
Back in December, I wrote an article ... 		The Investigative Fund

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25/04/2011 Deforestation concerns in the delta
Locals in the Irrawaddy Delta’s Bogalay township have expressed concerns about the environment ... 		Democratic Voice of Burma

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22/04/2011 Timber smuggling ring busted in Sagaing
New Delhi - A smuggling ring of more than 70 people, allegedly illegal traders in timber and forestry ... 		The Irrawaddy

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14/04/2011 Election cycle linked to deforestation rate in Indonesia
Study confirms links between deforestation and local elections in Indonesia. Politicians in forest districts ... 		Mongabay.com

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13/04/2011 Environment chief accused of illegal logging
Envirionment Secretary Ramon Paje is being tagged in illegal logging and mining activities in some parts ... 		Sun Star Davao, Philippines

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13/04/2011 Malagasy hardwood for western guitars
Malagasy leader Andry Rajoelina recently accused environmental agencies Global Witness and EIA of issuing ... 		Radio Netherlands Worldwide

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26/03/2011 Mozambique: Six inspectors suspended over illegal timber exports
Maputo — The attempted illegal export of unprocessed timber and of ivory from the northern Mozambique ... 		allAfrica.com

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26/03/2011 Cocaine-in-lumber probe reaching dead-end?
Investigations into how a large quantity of China-bound cocaine found its way in a consignment of timber ... 		Demerara Waves

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25/03/2011 State open to forest verification — Taib
Kuching - Sarawak is prepared to invite independent and international inspection teams to visit the state ... 		The Borneo Post

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23/03/2011 World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed
World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed for sidelining indigenous peoples’ rights and failing ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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17/03/2011 Forest secretary convicted of deforestation
Biratnagar - The District Forest Office, Morang, has sentenced Secretary of Amana Sisauli Community Forest ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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15/03/2011 Ex-forestry director was lying about logjam, says colleague
An allegedly 'lying' former Forestry Department official will now have to face the wrath of ... 		Free Malaysia Today

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11/03/2011 South Sudan pledges to fight against widespread illegal logging
The government of South Sudan said on Friday that it will embark on legal measures in a special exercise ... 		Sudan Tribune

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10/03/2011 Fight for the Borneo rainforest: Gordon Brown celebrates the role of journalist Clare Rewcastle
I have a declaration of interest to make at the outset. Clare Rewcastle is my sister-in-law. She is also ... 		The Independent, UK

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10/03/2011 Fighting illegal logging in Indonesia by giving communities a stake in forest management
Over the past twenty years Indonesia lost more than 24 million hectares of forest, an area larger than ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/03/2011 Report: corruption in Sarawak led to widespread deforestation, violations of indigenous rights
At the end of this month it will be 30 years since Abdul Taib Mahmud came to power in the Malaysian state ... 		Mongabay.com

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08/03/2011 Report slams Malaysian timber tycoons' corruption and abuses
Basel, Switzerland - A new ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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07/03/2011 Battle on paradise Philippine island
Puerto Princesa, Philippines — For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, ... 		AFP

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25/02/2011 Attack victims to lodge MACC report
Kuching - Nine days after Minggat anak Nyakin and his son Juan were attacked at a timber log pond at ... 		Free Malaysia Today

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25/02/2011 FBI's Seattle office to see embarrassing anti-corruption protest
Seattle / San Francisco - The global campaign against Sarawak's billionaire Chief Minister-cum-illegal ... 		World-Wire

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24/02/2011 Deforestation probe puts 100 up a tree
Kathmandu - “There can be neither civilisation nor happiness if forests crash down under the axe,” ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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23/02/2011 ICW puts a price on deforestation
Indonesian Corruption Watch has estimated that the country suffers losses of around Rp 14 trillion ($1.6 ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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23/02/2011 Sierra Madre tribe chief bares logging threats
Lucena City - A tribal chieftain expressed fear for his life amid reports that armed goons of illegal ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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23/02/2011 Anti-Taib campaign to be taken to the streets of London and Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada / London, UK - Defenders of Sarawak's indigenous communities and the Borneo rainforest ... 		World-Wire

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20/02/2011 Gordon Brown's sister-in-law tackles corruption in Borneo
In a flat above a restaurant in Covent Garden, an investigative reporter called Clare and a tribesman ... 		London Evening Standard, UK

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19/02/2011 Shocking new cases of violence against Sarawak natives
BLD Plantation Bhd, a Malaysian oil palm company that counts HSBC Malaysia among its principal bankers, ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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19/02/2011 Task force takes next step in Riau logging inquiry
The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force announced on Friday it had studied a report implicating up ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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19/02/2011 11 sentenced in deforestation case
Peshawar - An accountability court on Friday sentenced a forest officer and 10 others for illegal cutting ... 		The News, Pakistan

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18/02/2011 Bruno Manser Fund to launch campaign against Sarawak timber corruption
The Bruno Manser Fund is about to launch an international campaign against the blatant corruption and ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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17/02/2011 Malaysian government fears anti-Taib protests
Kuching, Malaysia - Weeks ahead of the elections in the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo, the Malaysian ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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07/02/2011 Marines needed for log ban!
Manila, Philippines – The nationwide ban on the cutting of trees is not too late, even if what ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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04/02/2011 Philippine president bans logging after deadly floods
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has imposed a nationwide moratorium on logging, following floods ... 		BBC News

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29/01/2011 DENR to investigate Quezon office over illegal logging in Sierra Madre
Lucena City, Quezon, Philippines — After sacking 11 personnel in Quezon province three days ago, ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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28/01/2011 PNG troops burn down border West Papua refugee camps as refugees flee to the jungle
Scenes of terror and destruction have erupted around the Papua New Guinea’s frontier town of Vanimo, ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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26/01/2011 Church group to Aquino: Total log ban answer to forest woes
Lucena City, Philippines — A Church-backed network of groups protesting the continued cutting of ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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26/01/2011 Timber smuggling rife in Kashmir
Srinigar, India - Smugglers are using political unrest in the Kashmir region of India to conceal their ... 		UPI.com

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25/01/2011 ‘Climate of fear’ now prevails over Sierra Madre, says priest
Lucena City – With the seizure of more than P7 million worth of hot logs from Sierra Madre, illegal ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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25/01/2011 Wolverhampton University staff tackle illegal logging
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23/01/2011 Climate accords and neo-colonialism
Ubud, Indonesia ― Third World activists are often animated by an anti-colonial instinct that induces ... 		The Korea Times, South Korea

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21/01/2011 Burmese troops sell illegal timber and bamboo to Bangladesh woodcutters
Buthidaung - Burmese soldiers on the border fronteir are illegally selling timber and bamboo from the ... 		Narinjara Independent Arakanese News Agency, Burma

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16/01/2011 Mayor in Agusan del Sur probed for illegal logging
Butuan City, Agusan del Sur, Philippines – A town mayor in Agusan del Sur is being investigated ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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15/01/2011 Sierra Madre natives skeptic [sic] about Aquino’s log-ban pronouncement
Lucena City, Philippines — Mountain natives of the Sierra Mountain range are skeptic about President ... 		The Inquirer, Phlippines

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12/01/2011 Costa corruption: bribery & favors threaten Costa Rica's forests
The Central American nation of Costa Rica has long been lauded for its efforts to protect the environment. ... 		Conservation Magazine

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12/01/2011 Mozambique: Illegal export of timber blocked
Maputo — The Mozambican authorities have aborted an apparently illegal attempt to export large ... 		allAfrica.com

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09/01/2011 DSI uncovers timber scam tied to Burma
The Department of Special Investigation [Thailand] has impounded 75 million baht worth of smuggled timber ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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09/01/2011 Extension of ban on felling trees
With a view to conserving country's dwindling forest resources the government has decided to extend ... 		The Financial Express, Bangladesh

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07/01/2011 Neither forests nor trees
The current political disarray is resulting in calamitous deforestation across the country, and threatens ... 		Nepali Times

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06/01/2011 Light sentence sought in military officer's assault on journalist
Banda Aceh - A military prosecutor has lowered his demand for punishment from five years to less than ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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05/01/2011 Climate colonialism by stealth
Strict emissions control standards can impoverish the world’s poor and their less-developed governments ... 		Livemint.com

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03/01/2011 DENR to improve fight vs illegal logging
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said campaign against illegal logging and corruptions remain the top ... 		Sun Star Manila, Philippines

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02/01/2011 Provincial officials in graft warning
Anticorruption Unit head Om Yentieng has reportedly accused several dozen officials in Kampong Thom province, ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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29/12/2010 Fight vs illegal logging, graft a ‘top priority’ — DENR chief
Environment chief Ramon Paje said Wednesday that fighting illegal logging and corruption within his agency’s ... 		GMANews.TV, Philippines

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27/12/2010 Indonesia’s corruption legacy clouds a forest protection plan
Norway and other nations have vowed to invest billions of dollars to help preserve Indonesia’s ... 		Yale Environment 360

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23/12/2010 Jakarta fuelling West Papua unrest: report
The United States believes that Indonesia's government will provoke unrest in its troubled province ... 		Business Spectator, Australia

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22/12/2010 International court rules against Mexico's army
It sides with two peasant ecologists who had long claimed they were illegally detained and tortured by ... 		Los Angeles Times

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20/12/2010 TNI intelligence officer faces 5 years in brutal assault on journalist
Banda Aceh - An Indonesian military tribunal on Monday began the trial of a former intelligence officer ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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15/12/2010 Ministry misled PMO on deforestation
Kathmandu - The Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) is found to have misled the Prime Minister's ... 		My Republica, Nepal

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15/12/2010 Russia rules disputed road go ahead, despite protests
Russia has decided to restart work on a disputed motorway cutting through one of the last forests in ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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14/12/2010 Indian activists risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing ... 		The Ecologist, UK

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13/12/2010 Sarawak government announces destruction of 1 million hectares of tropical forests
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10/12/2010 Armed loggers threaten Borneo natives
Malaysian company Sentiasa Maju has threatened a protesting Iban community with guns – police accused ... 		World-Wire

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07/12/2010 Blacklisted illegal-logging tycoon involved in running Malaysian World Heritage Site
Corruption scandal over the Gunung Mulu National Park widens as Samling owner Yaw Teck Seng and his family ... 		World-Wire

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04/12/2010 KPK warns ministry about problematic loopholes
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) urged the Forestry Ministry to close 17 loopholes in its ... 		The Jakarta Post

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03/12/2010 Rs 10lakh timber seized in Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar - The forest department today seized a cache of timber and other timber products valued at ... 		The Telegraph, Calcutta, India

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03/12/2010 The systematic rape of Madagascar - YouTube video
This video presents an update of the situation in Madagascar. The author describes how, even though ... 		Derek Schuurman

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29/11/2010 Congo's army is pillaging country's natural resources, United Nations says
Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has “criminal networks” that are pillaging resources ... 		Bloomberg

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19/11/2010 Distribution of timber fees to communities in Cameroon compromised by confusion and corruption: providing lessons for global efforts to develop equitable distribution of REDD+ revenues
CIFOR study pinpointing problems in Cameroon instructive for plans to distribute forest-based carbon ... 		CIFOR

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16/11/2010 Indonesia’s forests loom as green gold
Bangkok - All eyes are on Indonesia and its forest policy as climate- change negotiations continue in ... 		IPS News

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16/11/2010 Life on the Mentawai Islands: displaced, robbed and washed away
When a tsunami ripped through the Indonesian island chain, it was just another blow for a long-marginalised ... 		Guardian, UK

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05/11/2010 Madagascar's president linked to illegal logging
Video released by the Environmental Investigation Agency reveals Chinese rosewood traders have direct ... 		Wild Madagascar, on Mongabay.com

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01/11/2010 Carbon offsetting scheme open to corruption, report warns
A new report has warned the Federal Government should be wary of investing in future carbon offsetting ... 		ABC News, Australia

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30/10/2010 Former Indonesian REDD+ negotiator arrested on corruption charge
Wandojo Siswanto, one of the lead negotiators for Indonesia's delegation at last year's climate ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/10/2010 Massive corruption undermines forest protection plan
The UN's forest protection plan hasn't even started yet but already we are seeing massive fraud, ... 		Guardian, UK

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25/10/2010 Greenpeace critical of PNG graft, "carbon cowboys"
Sydney - Rainforest-clad Papua New Guinea is not ready for international funding for U.N.-backed forest ... 		Reuters

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18/10/2010 Yudhoyono’s sister-in-law involved in illegal logging case
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s sister-in-law, Wijiasih Cahyasasi, was reported ... 		Tempointeractive

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14/10/2010 Liberia seeks trial of UK national over carbon deal
Liberia is seeking to prosecute a British citizen for bribery in a proposed carbon deal that would have ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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13/10/2010 Pakistan flood crisis blamed partly on deforestation
Years of illegal logging by the 'timber mafia' and the Taliban cleared forests, allowing raging ... 		Los Angeles Times

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13/10/2010 Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin
Misunderstandings and scepticism around schemes that pay countries to protect their forests are rife, ... 		The Ecologist, UK

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07/10/2010 Eco-certification - who watches the watchers?
With raised consumer awareness about green issues, forestry companies have scrambled to acquire environmental ... 		allAfrica.com

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05/10/2010 A tree falls in Laos
Vientiane - With Pakistan suffering from unprecedented deforestation-driven flooding, are once forested, ... 		Asia Times

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30/09/2010 Permits clear way for forest graft: NGO
Jakarta - Environmental activists have voiced suspicions of forest-clearing permits being issued illegally ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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29/09/2010 Nepal's forests 'being stripped by Indian timber demand'
As India takes steps to protect its forests in the fight against climate change, timber smuggling from ... 		BBC News

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27/09/2010 World's largest tiger reserve clearcut for plantations
Yangon, Myanmar - In August, Myanmar officials formally announced that the entire remote Hukawng Valley ... 		Environment News Service

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27/09/2010 Worst deforestation in three decades!
Kathmandu - Money does grow on trees...That’s what a House committee report has surmised after ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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26/09/2010 Jungle looters enjoy freedom as unrest continues: timber worth millions seized in last 3 months
Srinagar - Taking undue advantage of the ongoing unrest, timber smugglers and their accomplices have ... 		Rising Kashmir, India

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23/09/2010 Better REDD than dead: Tropical forests’ best hope
North of East Kalimantan’s scarified waste is an area where the extractive juggernaut has not yet ... 		The Economst

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20/09/2010 Samling keeps mum about its ties with Malaysian top politician
Miri, Malaysia - Samling Global, the Malaysian timber group that has been excluded from the Norwegian ... 		World-Wire

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17/09/2010 Police in eastern Madagascar arrest foreign journalist investigating illegal timber trafficking
... 		Wild Madagascar, on Mongabay.com

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17/09/2010 Indonesia's forest carbon negotiator named as corruption suspect
Wandojo Siswanto, one of the lead negotiators for Indonesia's climate delegation in Copenhagen and ... 		Mongabay.com

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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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16/09/2010 Court detains NGO director
The head of a conservation NGO in Kampong Speu province who has been accused of illegal logging and extortion ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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06/09/2010 Officials accused in logging
A local organisation has accused Kampong Speu’s provincial governor and top military commander ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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04/09/2010 Concerns escalate after deaths of Indonesian environmental journalists
Two environmental journalists have died in suspicious circumstances since late July, following the publication ... 		Al-Masry Al-Youm

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03/09/2010 Samling owners linked to 'epicenter' of sub-prime crash
US authorities asked to investigate the real estate dealings of the Yaw family in the United States.

Yaw ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland (on World Wire)

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02/09/2010 Special Committee to assist timber importers
China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association (CTWPCA) (former China Timber Circulation Association) ... 		ITTO Market Report

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02/09/2010 Pakistan floods and the timber mafia
Islamabad, Pakistan - There is a link between deforestation in Pakistan and the massive floods sweeping ... 		UPI.com

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30/08/2010 Samling threatens Penan with retaliations over rape allegations
Long Ajeng, Malaysia - Malaysian logging giant Samling has threatened the indigenous Penan communities ... 		World Wire

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29/08/2010 A land left to drown by the ‘timber mafia’
The warnings regularly given by all manner of experts had been ignored for decades.

If Pakistan’s ... 		The Herald, Scotland

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27/08/2010 Tribal leader urges tougher gov’t action vs illegal loggers
Lucena City, Philippines – A tribal leader in the Sierra Madre in northern Quezon welcomed Environment ... 		Inquirer.net, Philippines

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23/08/2010 Russia: forests up in flames
While Russian officials have blamed the unprecedented wildfires on the hottest and driest summer in 1000 ... 		The Hindu, India

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05/08/2010 Indonesia 'woefully inadequate' on illegal loggers: probe
Jakarta - Indonesia is allowing powerful businessmen to get rich from smuggling rare timber to China ... 		AFP

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05/08/2010 Madagascar's forests plundered for rare rosewood
Rosewood traders turn up in villages on the Masoala peninsula with cash and rice. They want local people ... 		BBC News

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05/08/2010 'Rogue traders' in timber smuggling exposed
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today (August 5, 2010) name two of the kingpins ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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03/08/2010 Forestry, fisheries crimes lost in red tape: minister
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun has accused courts of dragging their feet on forestry, agriculture and ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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02/08/2010 Two AFP trucks caught carrying illegal lumber in Palawan
Soldiers aboard at least two military trucks are now being investigated after they were caught allegedly ... 		GMANews.TV, Philippines

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26/07/2010 'Massive deforestation taking place under the tutelage of Forest Ministry officials'
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Natural Resources and Means, Shanta Chaudhary, directly ... 		NepalNews.com

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14/07/2010 Kashmir fears forests will disappear through 'timber smuggling'
Environmental catastrophe looms as corruption hinders moves to halt illegal trade fuelled by construction ... 		Guardian, UK

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11/07/2010 The changing nature of illegal logging - and illegal logging investigations - in Brazil's Amazon
Operation Jurupari followed on several previous Brazilian Federal Police investigations into SEMA, including: ... 		Mongabay.com

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08/07/2010 Top officials busted in Amazon logging raids, but political patronage may set them free
After two years of investigations, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested some of the most important politicians ... 		Mongabay.com

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07/07/2010 Violence a part of the illegal timber trade, says kidnapped activist
The European parliament made a historical move today when it voted overwhelmingly to ban illegal timber ... 		Mongabay.com

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04/07/2010 United Nations warned that corruption is undermining grants to stop logging
Campaigners say countries intend to abuse system by pocketing billions in subsidies while continuing ... 		Guardian, UK

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30/06/2010 ‘Follow the money’ in forest crimes
Indonesia’s failure to slow illegal logging stems from weaknesses in the 1999 Law on Forestry, ... 		The Jakarta Post

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24/06/2010 In the battle to save forests, activists target corporations
Large corporations, not small-scale farmers, are now the major forces behind the destruction of the world’s ... 		Environment 360, Yale, US

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22/06/2010 Deforestation threatens south with famine
Kinkala, Congo - The trees are falling in Pool, and there are plenty of people to hear the sound. In ... 		IPS News

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21/06/2010 Vigilance centre draws govt attention to massive deforestation in Chure, Terai regions
The National Vigilance Centre (NVC) has drawn the attention of the government to massive forest degradation ... 		Nepal News

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16/06/2010 Forest officials, CFUGs found involved in illegal logging in many districts
Trees are being taken down illegally in large numbers in many districts across the country with the unscrupulous ... 		Nepal News

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12/06/2010 Timber mafia still operative in Pauri Garhwal despite PIL in Supreme Court
JP Dabral of Himalayan Chipko Foundation has filed several PILs in Supreme Court of India exposing the ... 		Himalayan Chipko Foundation, India

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10/06/2010 Madagascar resumes shipments of illegally logged timber despite moratorium
Albert Camille Vital, Madagascar's Prime Minister under the regime that seized power during a coup ... 		Mongabay.com

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09/06/2010 Journalist living in fear for his life after report on illegal logging
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about a newspaper reporter in the western province of Aceh ... 		Reporters Without Borders

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08/06/2010 Timber corruption: Malaysian prime minister caught red-handed
Video evidence proves Najib Razak's involvement in vote-buying for a Sarawak timber tycoon.

Sibu, ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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08/06/2010 Forestry officials summoned: Courts in Koh Kong and Ratanakkiri to investigate illegal logging claims
Koh Kong provincial court has summoned two forestry officials – a former maritime inspector and ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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07/06/2010 Army 'aiding' illegal Burma timber trade
Up to 15 trucks laden with illegally logged timber are being smuggled from northern Burma through army ... 		Democratic Voice of Burma

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04/06/2010 Logging firms accused of intimidating journalists
Ineffective law enforcement and heavy-handed tactics by logging companies are the main causes of the ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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03/06/2010 “Deforestation and pollution, high-risk subjects”
On the eve of World Environment Day (5 June) , Reporters Without Borders is today releasing a report ... 		Reporters Without Borders

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01/06/2010 Extortion claims raise alarm: Fear spreads that courts are being used to silence reporting on illegal logging
A spate of complaints that accuse journalists of attempting to extort money from wood vendors has sparked ... 		The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia

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24/05/2010 Shaky rule in Madagascar threatens trees
Maroantsetra, Madagascar — Exploiting a political crisis, Malagasy timber barons are robbing this ... 		The New York Times

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22/05/2010 Brazil environment officials arrested for logging
Police in Brazil have arrested at least 70 people suspected of illegal logging in the Amazon - including ... 		BBC News

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20/05/2010 Forestry graft said to cost Indonesia $100b
The antigraft commission is investigating rampant corruption by hundreds of forestry and mining companies ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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17/05/2010 Corruption, mismanagement strangle vital Kenyan watershed
Nakuru, Kenya - The wooded ridge rising to the west of this bustling provincial capital is the home of ... 		The New York Times

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12/05/2010 Crack-down on forest crimes runs slowly
Jakarta - Although the government has shown a serious will to eradicate illegal logging by forming a ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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01/05/2010 Old logging cases to get new look
The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force is likely to probe several illegal logging cases halted by ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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30/04/2010 Illegal logging linked to political funding by timber companies
Kuala Lumpur - Political funding by timber companies could be a reason why illegal logging is so rampant ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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28/04/2010 Saving Pakistan's environment, a tree at a time
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan has more than its fair share of pressing challenges to deal with, ... 		MinnPost

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28/04/2010 Indonesia chafes at graft 'safe haven' in Singapore
Jakarta - Singapore promotes itself as a model of financial integrity. But, officials in Jakarta say, ... 		mysinchew.com

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28/04/2010 Forest of problems hinders illegal logging fight
The illegal logging cases in Riau in 2008 are an indicator of widespread forestry-related crimes in a ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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22/04/2010 Officials accused of ending probe in Riau logging case
A coalition of activist groups on Thursday reported 12 public officials to the presidential Judicial ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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20/04/2010 Lack of transparency hinders fight against logging mafia
A lack of public data on illegal logging cases could prove to be the undoing of the government’s ... 		The Jakarta Post

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19/04/2010 Taskforce sets sights on illegal logging mafia allegations
The Judicial Mafia Taskforce is looking into allegations that case brokers played a role in a number ... 		The Jakarta Post

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13/04/2010 More timber seized from hotels in Siem Reap as raids continue
Officials in Siem Reap province have confiscated more than 150 cubic metres of luxury wood in raids on ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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12/04/2010 NGOs call for crackdown on illegal logging to be widened
A coalition of local human rights NGOs have applauded the removal of the Forestry Administration’s ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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07/04/2010 Indonesian leader adds illegal loggers to 'mafia' list
Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday identified illegal logging as another ... 		mysinchew.com

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07/04/2010 Hun Sen fires forestry director
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Tuesday that Ty Sokun, director of the Forestry Administration, has ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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05/04/2010 Govt officials arrested in logging bust
Forestry officials in Pursat province have been arrested after being accused of involvement in illegal ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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01/04/2010 Madagascar’s conservationists pin hopes on UN’s REDD scheme
Michel Rozanakoto’s farm lies on the edge of the Mantadia National Park. Across the boundary marking ... 		Ethopian Review

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22/03/2010 RCAF crack down on logging
Troops of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s January directive ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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17/03/2010 State losses from forestry graft could reach 30 trillion: NGOs
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been slow to investigate corruption in the forestry sector, ... 		The Jakarta Post

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16/03/2010 Groups press anti-graft body on forestry crime
Jakarta - Several non-governmental organizations have put more pressure on the Corruption Eradication ... 		Tempo Interactive

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02/03/2010 Say no to political fund-raising from logging
Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) recently urged the Malaysian government to reduce the strong ... 		The CSR Digest

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01/03/2010 AWPA calls Rudd to raise West Papua with Indonesia
AWPA calls on Prime Minister Rudd to raise West Papua with the Indonesian president during his visit ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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27/02/2010 Rampant logging 'destroying PNG'
Environmental vandalism by loggers in Papua New Guinea is destroying the nation and its people while ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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09/02/2010 Forest carbon scheme gains support, faces hurdles
Among the few policy agreements to emerge from December's United Nations climate summit was recognition ... 		Environmental Expert

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08/02/2010 Preah Vihear: Stop illegal loggers, PM tells troops
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) troops not to engage in illegal logging ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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07/02/2010 Timber mafia robbing Bhaderwah region of its forest cover
Bhaderwah (Jammu-Kashmir) - Even as the issue of climate change has alarmed countries across the world ... 		OneIndia

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06/02/2010 ‘Spare Sierra Madre as campaign fund source’—DENR exec
Lucena City – The head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Calabarzon ... 		Inquirer.net. Philippines

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03/02/2010 Madagascar: What will you do when the trees are gone?
Antananarivo - Madagascar's transitional government is allowing the export of illegally harvested ... 		IRIN Africa

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03/02/2010 Forestry Ministry graft behind rapid deforestation
Corruption was the root cause of the country’s rapid pace of deforestation, threatening to hamper ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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01/02/2010 Nicaragua: Can army protect plundered forest reserves?
Managua - The Nicaraguan state has embarked on an iron-fisted policy, including the use of military force, ... 		IPS News

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30/01/2010 Green gold ruthlessly squandered in Bhaderwah
The whole world is running campaigns to maintain the fast tipping ecological balance of our planet. But ... 		Merinews, India

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29/01/2010 Indonesian military behind illegal logging: study
Jakarta — The Indonesian military is deeply involved in the trade in illegally felled timber that ... 		AFP

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29/01/2010 PM points finger at corrupt army chiefs
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday warned of harsh sanctions for soldiers and military commanders involved ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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27/01/2010 Coup leaders sell out Madagascar's forests, people
Madagascar is renowned for its biological richness. Located off the eastern coast of southern Africa ... 		Mongabay.com

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26/01/2010 Police allegedly involved in illegal logging
Pekanbaru, Riau - Two police officers are being investigated for their alleged involvement in illegal ... 		The Jakarta Post

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25/01/2010 Aid promised to officials after alleged death threat
A soldier caught transporting illegal timber in Ratanakkiri province evaded punishment on Thursday after ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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25/01/2010 Madagascar government’s logging policy threatens the island’s natural heritage
Madagascar’s government decision to allow the export of endangered rosewood may have disastrous ... 		WWF

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24/01/2010 Tribal group backs missing broadcaster’s campaign vs illegal logging
Gingoog City - Tribal chieftain Romeo Ansihagan on Sunday said that majority of his more than 300 members, ... 		GMA.News.tv, Philippines

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21/01/2010 Sarawak court orders oil palm company to return native land
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia - Sarawak's natives have won two important court cases over native land ... 		Environment News Service

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13/01/2010 Forestry department accused of issuing illicit licences
Certain officers within the forestry department are claimed to have been giving out illegal logging licences ... 		Solomon Star, Solomon Islands

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13/01/2010 REDD must address corruption to save rainforests in Indonesia, says report
New report documents billions of dollars in losses from Indonesia's reforestation fund between 1989 ... 		Mongabay.com

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12/01/2010 Sarawak party leader calls on natives to fight for their rights
Baru Bian, Sarawak leader of Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party (PKR), speaks out on corruption, ... 		Bruno Manser Fund

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12/01/2010 Indonesian military's 'empire' poses threat: HRW
Jakarta - Indonesia's military has failed to dismantle its "dangerous business empire" ... 		AFP

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10/01/2010 Isabela village chief caught red-handed with ‘hot’ logs
A village official of a town in Isabela province is in hot water after authorities found illegally cut ... 		GMA.News.tv, Philippines

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07/01/2010 Illegal logging and wildlife trafficking prosecutions up
The number of prosecutions in illegal logging and wildlife-trading cases increased by one-third in 2009, ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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04/01/2010 Reporters urge govt protection
A group of journalists in Oddar Meanchey province has called for increased protection after Royal Cambodian ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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04/01/2010 Madagascar’s political chaos threatens conservation gains
Since the government's collapse after a coup last March, Madagascar's rainforests have been ... 		Environment 360

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29/12/2009 NPA warns politicians about ‘illegal’ campaign funds
Mindanao - Politicians deriving their campaign funds from illegal activities will be the target of "tactical ... 		Inquirer.net, Philippines

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23/12/2009 Madagascar: Worrying lapse in forest management
Antananarivo - The illegal logging of precious wood rose sharply during the political crisis that gripped ... 		IPS News

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22/12/2009 Commission to call up 62 judges over ‘iffy’ rulings
The Judicial Commission will summon 62 judges, out of the country’s total 6,300, for questioning ... 		The Jakarta Post

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17/12/2009 Forest dept rejoinder, our reply
The Divisional Forest Officer Md Delwar Hossain of Sylhet Division contested a news item published in ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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16/12/2009 Illegal logging ravages Albania's forests
Corruption and incompetence prevent official crackdown on illegal trade that is degrading the environment ... 		Balkan Insight

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16/12/2009 Major international banks, shipping companies, and consumers play key role in Madagascar's logging crisis
In the midst of cyclone season, a 'dead' period for tourism to Madagascar's east coast, ... 		Mongabay.com

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15/12/2009 French logging company sued for role in Liberian civil war
Nantes, France – At least three human rights organizations have lodged a legal complaint before ... 		Daily Observer, Liberia

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10/12/2009 Indonesia's Sinar Mas accused of illegal land clearing
Greenpeace on Thursday released new evidence of illegal land clearing in West Kalimantan conducted by ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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05/12/2009 Protected forests go unprotected
Vast swathes of protected forest on Phu Quoc Island have been illegally cut down by landowners holding ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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04/12/2009 Can REDD keep Indonesia’s forests green?
It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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03/12/2009 Rainforest protectors under threat
As soon as we arrived in Kalenga from Srimangal, after 10 kilometres of off-roading the day after Eid, ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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03/12/2009 Riau prosecutors detain former forestry official
Pekanbaru - The Pekanbaru Prosecutor's Office has named a former Riau Forestry Office official who ... 		The Jakarta Post

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02/12/2009 Illegal Malagasy timber trade worth up to $460,000 a day
A new report by Global Witness ... 		Global Witness

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02/12/2009 RI reluctant to sign EU accord against illegal logging
Following three years of intensive negotiation with the EU, Indonesia remains reluctant to sign a voluntary ... 		The Jakarta Post

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02/12/2009 In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests
Rising demand for timber and agricultural products could work against a proposed initiative to reduce ... 		Mongabay.com

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02/12/2009 Forests & Copenhagen: Green light for REDD?
Hopes for a meaningful agreement in many of the areas required for a comprehensive global climate accord ... 		Carbon Positive

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01/12/2009 Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests
Antananarivo - Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar's poorly-protected national parks every day ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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01/12/2009 Indonesia: Timber corruption's high costs
Jakarta - Corruption in Indonesia's lucrative forestry industry costs the government US$2 billion ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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01/12/2009 Outsiders, rogue officials blamed for Riau forest loss
Illegal loggers have in the past two years cleared as much as 3,000 hectares of forest around the Bukit ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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30/11/2009 Destruction of Indonesia’s forests will be stopped by reform, not money
At last there is an equal amount of money on the side of good that can compete with the forces of evil,” ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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30/11/2009 More trees looted from coastal belt
Chittagong - Local influential people felled and removed more than 1,500 trees on Sunday night in the ... 		bdnews24.com, Bangladesh

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29/11/2009 Timber smuggling rampant in Siraha
Lahan - Timber smuggling is said to be going on in connivance of forest officials with timber smugglers ... 		Republica, Nepal

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27/11/2009 Indonesia's loggers scrutinized ahead of climate summit
Teluk Meranti - Logging in Indonesia can be a murky business involving navigating government bureaucracy ... 		Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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27/11/2009 Battling Siberia's devastating illegal logging trade
Wagons brimming with logs accumulate in the Siberian railway station of Dalnerechensk, more than 8,000km ... 		BBC News

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25/11/2009 Rainforests ravaged: Greed of loggers, forest men left Kalinga resources almost bare
It seemed that we were standing on the premises of a huge sawmill. Actually we were right in the middle ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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25/11/2009 New detective chief denies role in illegal logging
Newly appointed National Police detective chief Insp. Gen. Ito Sumardi has denied any link to illegal ... 		The Jakarta Post

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17/11/2009 Madagascar's lemurs in danger from political turmoil and 'timber mafia'
• Extinction fear as agencies halt aid to Madagascar
• Loggers and poachers reverse conservation ... 		Guardian, UK

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11/11/2009 ‘Kashmir timber smuggling continues in connivance with officials’
Doda - Despite government’s repeated claims to put in place enoght security to control timber cutting ... 		South Asian News Agency

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11/11/2009 Phils priest blames logging on govt corruption
Church-based forest watchdog Task Force Sierra Madre chair Fr Pete Montallana, has blamed Philippines ... 		CathNews Asia

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10/11/2009 Illegal logging thrives in Christmas, polls
Lucena City, Quezon — Illegal logging thrives with impunity in Sierra Madre during Christmas and ... 		Inquirer.net, Philippines

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04/11/2009 House resolution condemns plunder of natural resources in Madagascar
A House of Representatives resolution introduced by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) condemns the illegal plundering ... 		Mongabay.com

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02/11/2009 Ombudsman asked to dismiss vice mayor for ‘illegal logging’
A group of concerned citizens from Dipaculao, Aurora, late last week filed an administrative complaint ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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30/10/2009 Trouble in the forests
A new report on the National Forestry Authority (NFA) [Uganda] has revealed irregularities in giving ... 		New Vision Online, Uganda

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30/10/2009 Copenhagen climate treaty may subsidise forest destruction
Conservation organisations have warned that the Copenhagen climate treaty threatens to subsidise the ... 		IndyBay, Australia

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26/10/2009 Illegal logging responsible for loss of 10 million hectares in Indonesia
Lush tropical rainforest once covered almost all of Indonesia's 17,000 islands between the Indian ... 		The Independent, UK

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24/10/2009 Gov’t grants one demand of foresters’ kidnappers
Butuan City, Philippines - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Caraga on Friday suspended ... 		Inquirer.net, Philippines

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20/10/2009 Govt dept director, district chief nabbed by MACC
Kuala Lumpur - A director of a government department and his district chief have been arrested by the ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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16/10/2009 Indonesian army misses deadline to withdraw business activities
Jakarta - Indonesia's military missed a long-anticipated deadline Friday to withdraw from its many ... 		The Wall Street Journal

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16/10/2009 Natural resources under siege: illegal trade soars in Madagascar as island nation struggles politically
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar - A political crisis in this African island nation has triggered a ... 		The Washington Post, US

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14/10/2009 Four forestry officers arrested over corruption
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), with the help of the Natural Resources and Environment ... 		New Straits Times, Malaysia

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10/10/2009 Loophole looms for illegal loggers of rare Madagascar woods
An exceptional authorisation from the Malagasy transitional government for the export of raw and semi-processed ... 		Science Centric

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08/10/2009 Most business players pay bribes: Survey
A survey by Transparency International has revealed Indonesian business players are deeply entrenched ... 		The Jakarta Post

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07/10/2009 Loophole looms for illegal loggers ravaging Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar – An exceptional authorisation from the Malagasy transitional government ... 		WWF

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06/10/2009 Foresters’ powers to be trimmed
District authorities should no longer be allowed to grant permits for cutting trees, according to environment ... 		The New Vision Online, Uganda

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05/10/2009 UN's forest protection scheme at risk from organised crime, experts warn
International police, politicians and conservationists warn that the UN's programme to cut carbon ... 		Guardian, UK

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04/10/2009 Government corruption lets illegal deforestation go unchecked in India
Jammu - Though the young Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah has realized the importance ... 		Ground Report

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03/10/2009 Madagascar accused of profiting from illegal timber
Antanavarivo - Madagascar's cash-strapped government has opened the door for criminal syndicates ... 		Reuters

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29/09/2009 Police remove officers in Central Kalimantan
Jakarta - Several senior police officers in Kalimantan have been removed from their post for ongoing ... 		TempoInteractive

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29/09/2009 Job hazard
Documenting green crimes has grown increasingly dangerous for journalists. ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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26/09/2009 In a haze, Indonesia slows deforestation
Bali - This year's haze season is in full swing across Kalimantan and residents of Indonesia's ... 		Asia Times Online

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24/09/2009 Wiping out the forests
While the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has launched a worldwide tree plantation campaign ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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21/09/2009 Forests fight back as Indonesia tackles illegal palm oil
ACEH, Indonesia - For decades, the roar of the chainsaw has meant one thing in Indonesia's national ... 		Reuters UK

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10/09/2009 News focus: new law empowers ministry to punish environmental offenders
Jakarta - Indonesia is endowed with vast forest, mangrove, peat soil and coral areas as well as biological ... 		Antara News, Indonesia

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08/09/2009 Kyrgyzstan intensifies control over forestry corruption
Kyrgyzstan will intensify control over illegal activity and corruption in forest sector. Prime Minister ... 		24.kg, Kyrgyzstan

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03/09/2009 Threatened reserve forests: Govt must act fast and with force to save the precious resource
Looting of the reserve forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has reached alarming proportions. The way ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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02/09/2009 Reserve forests turn barren: Timber traders team up with forest officials to plunder Rangamati greens
Illegal logging continues unabated in the reserve forests in Rangamati, contributing to deforestation ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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25/08/2009 Getting rich in Malaysia cronyism capital means Dayak lose home
After a stomach-churning takeoff from a 550-meter runway at Long Banga airstrip on the Malaysian side ... 		Bloomberg

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24/08/2009 Forest-hostile projects deforesting Madhupur Donors favour plantation of foreign species; locals keep trust in natural forest
The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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24/08/2009 Watch out! Disaster looming for Kenya
Politicians cared little about the burning of East Africa's largest forest - until the lights in ... 		The Independent, UK

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23/08/2009 Police reveal alleged wood-smuggling syndicate
Sampit, Central Kalimantan - The National Police have seized 12 ships with around 6,600 cubic meters ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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20/08/2009 Ministry wants nationwide task force for forest protection
A new task force to protect and expand forests has been proposed in response to the illegal logging of ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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20/08/2009 Illegal logging, mining a challenge to forest reserves
Sekondi - Illegal logging, mining, farming and chainsaw operations in forest reserves constitute 34 per ... 		Ghana News Agency

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12/08/2009 Quang Nam court cancels hearing in major deforestation case
Judges in Quang Nam Tuesday canceled a hearing over the central provinces biggest-ever logging case, ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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11/08/2009 Two special junior general workers charged for corruption
Raub - Two special junior general workers (PRAK) were charged in the Sessions Court here tuesday for ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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06/08/2009 Nigeria: logging - rearguard action to save vanishing jewel
Abuja - It is dusk on the Qua River and Peter Jenkins, a no-nonsense American conservationist, is leading ... 		allAfrica.com

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05/08/2009 Lift Africa's resource curse, says watchdog group
During her trip to Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit a number of countries rich in ... 		Voice of America

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04/08/2009 Families face eviction as Kenya tries to save forest
Mau Forest, Kenya - Ogiek elder Kipkurui Paul Terer faces imminent eviction from the forest area where ... 		Reuters

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28/07/2009 Logging suspected at border
Military officials on Monday responded to allegations that Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers were ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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17/07/2009 A bloody trail that leads straight to the Indonesian army
At dawn last Saturday in the Indonesian province of Papua, on the mountain-road near the world's ... 		The Age, Australia

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14/07/2009 Environmental protection must be a presidential priority
You could be forgiven for thinking that environmental issues are of no importance to Indonesia, based ... 		The Jakarta Post

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10/07/2009 King Norodom Sihamoni decries illegal logging at a convention marking National Forest Day
King Norodom Sihamoni has called on Cambodians to stop logging illegally and start planting trees to ... 		The Phnom Penh Post

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08/07/2009 300,000 base on President's directive to encroach on forests
President Museveni has stopped evictions of forest encroachers, despite appeals by the National Forestry ... 		Daily Monitor, Uganda

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26/06/2009 Out of Africa ... UQ law researchers to investigate environmental crime and corruption in Tanzania
Legal experts from UQ will head to Tanzania in August to investigate the country's capacity to prosecute ... 		University of Queensland, Australia

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25/06/2009 Timber loggers attack forestry officials
Illegal timber loggers in Bufumbe central forest reserve in Buikwe, Mukono district, on Wednesday attacked ... 		New Vision Online, Uganda

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16/06/2009 Cambodia's last frontier falls
Ratanakiri - The remoteness of Cambodia's northeast once made it an ideal hideout for Vietcong, ... 		Asia Times Online

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15/06/2009 Indonesian rainforest burns while government silent in climate talks
Jakarta, Indonesia - Greenpeace today slammed Indonesia's President Yudhoyono for his failure to ... 		7th Space Interactive

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10/06/2009 Greenpeace and PNG Landowner call for a ban on harvesting rare timbers
A Papua New Guinea environmentalist is in Australia pleading with Canberra to implement its promised ... 		ABC Radio, Australia

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29/05/2009 Interview - Forest-CO2 scheme will draw organised crime: Interpol
Nusa Dua, Indonesia - Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry ... 		Reuters

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28/05/2009 Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land
Less than 2 percent of Africas tropical forests are under community control, hindering efforts to slow ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/05/2009 Law fails to arrest timber sharks
Prohibitory orders barring people from entering the reserve forest areas in the Bodoland Territorial ... 		The Telegtraph, Calcutta, India

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25/05/2009 Suggestions that anti-Chinese rioting in PNG was fostered by activities of Malaysian-owned forestry companies is "irresponsible"
Director of PNG forest industry group says situation could be inflamed. ... 		Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA)

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25/05/2009 Natives get restless in PNG
Locals of Papua New Guinea, angry with decades of exploitation, corruption and illegal logging by foreigners, ... 		The Star, Malaysia

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18/05/2009 Malaysia, Indonesia to continue talks on preventing illegal logging
Kuching - Malaysia and Indonesia will continue to hold discussions to enhance cooperation and take all ... 		Bernama, Malaysia

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16/05/2009 Former regent, official detained for illegal logging
Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara - Soe's prosecutor's office detained Thursday former South Timor ... 		The Jakarta Post

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14/05/2009 Rangers hit hard by police inaction against illegal loggers
Illegal loggers in the Central Highlands and nearby provinces are prepared use lethal force to retrieve ... 		Thanh Nien News, Vietnam

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12/05/2009 Log trader wanted for bid to kill senate panel member
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10/05/2009 Cops asked to stop illegal logging, mining
Bayongbong, Nueva Vizcaya - Unless police authorities do something to strengthen its campaign against ... 		Manila Bulletin

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06/05/2009 Seized log trucks shifted to Bamo
Ruili (Mizzima) - Illegal logging trucks seized in the forests of Mansi Township, Kachin State started ... 		Mizzima, Myanmar (Burma)

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06/05/2009 Action plea against timber mafia
Finally waking up to the problem of depleting green cover in Santhal Pargana, the forest department of ... 		The Telegtraph, Calcutta, India

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05/05/2009 War on climate change stepped up
Kenya President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have launched a programme to plant 60 million ... 		Daily Nation, Kenya

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04/05/2009 'Official abetting illegal timber trade'
Bangalore - According to an official report by the State Forest Department, GA Sudarshan, Conservator ... 		Express Buzz, India

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30/04/2009 Gems, timber and Jiziya: Pakistan's Taliban harness resources to fund Jihad
The Taliban resurgence in Pakistan's lawless provinces and its unhindered march towards the heartland ... 		The Jamestown Foundation

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17/04/2009 Politicians, traders behind forest denudation - Padaca
Isabela governor speaks at Forum on Environmental Justice. ... 		Manila Bulletin

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14/04/2009 Logs sold 'legally' as house frames in Quang Binh
With lax controls of local authorities and some new tricks, illegal trading of logs continues to flourish ... 		Look at Vietnam

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09/04/2009 MACC nabs five over RM55,000 logging bribe
Kuantan - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Pahang arrested five people on Tuesday night ... 		The Star, Malaysia

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03/04/2009 Top court too soft on graft, illegal logging
Indonesia - The Supreme Court has come under fire for being too soft when dealing with cases involving ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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23/03/2009 Sergeant nabbed over timber trade
Uganda - A security officer has been arrested for helping alleged illegal timber dealers in Mukono. Sergeant ... 		New Vision Online (Uganda)

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17/03/2009 Deforestation rampant as authorities dither
Vietnam - Those assigned to protect forests turn a blind eye, or worse still, abet illegal logging. ... 		Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)

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02/03/2009 Illegal shipment of mahogany found in Peru police plane
Despite the fact that one of the agreements made in the Peru-U.S. free trade deal was for Peru to crack ... 		Living in Peru (Peru)

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28/02/2009 Multi-million illegal timber operation detected in Para
Brazil - A large-scale multi-million illegal logging operation was detected in the state of Para, where ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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16/02/2009 Sagai tribe evicted from forest
Phatthalung, Thailand - Around 30 Sagai nomadic people have been expelled from their ancestral forest ... 		Bangkok Post (Thailand)

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26/01/2009 Official is suspended for protecting forests
Uganda - A forestry official who blocked State House staff and UPDF soldiers from stealing timber from ... 		The Citizen Daily (Tanzania)

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22/01/2009 Greenpeace Warns of Illegal Political Funding
Indonesia - The General Elections Commission must investigate the possibility of illegal campaign funds ... 		Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)

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23/12/2008 Corrupt officials earning 100 million baht a month from illegal trade in Three Pagodas Pass, says HURFOM
Corrupt regime officials and allied armed groups are earning at least 100 million baht per month taxing ... 		Independent Mon News Agency (USA)

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24/10/2008 Apayao town police chief sacked for illegal logging
La Trinidad, Benguet ' Cordillera police director Chief Supt. Eugene Martin has sacked a municipal ... 		GMA news (Philippines)

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10/10/2008 A Dent In Congo Corruption... Maybe
Interesting'and maybe even positive'news this week out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ... 		The Plank on TNR.com (USA)

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03/10/2008 Six GSU officers arrested over illegal logging in Molo
Six armed GSU officers have been arrested engaging in illegal tree harvesting at Logoman Forest in Elburgon, ... 		The Standard, Kenya

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02/10/2008 Brazil officials caught logging Amazon
A government agency in Brazil has emerged as the largest contributor to illegal logging in the Amazon ... 		Carbon Positive (Netherlands)

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26/09/2008 Turnbull's logging background raises questions
SRAs Australia signs a United Nations treaty to combat illegal logging, the new opposition leader's ... 		Radio Australia (Australia)

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21/09/2008 LCs who collect revenue face arrest
Uganda - Local council (LC) leaders who collect revenue or ask for bribes from the public are to be arrested, ... 		New Vision (Uganda)

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02/09/2008 Police, military suspended for role in illegal logging
Seven officials disciplined for involvement in illegal logging operation, but monitors fear scheme is ... 		Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

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25/08/2008 Sarawak Chief Minister implicated in yet another timber scam
(Press Release) European Union asked to stall timber trade talks with Malaysia. ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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25/08/2008 Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.
Malaysia - Sarawak's Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud, has been linked to a timber trade scheme involving ... 		Mongabay.com (USA)

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20/08/2008 Probe of Papua New Guinea logging 'bribes'
Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption watchdog is investigating the alleged payment of millions of ... 		The Australian (Australia)

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28/07/2008 Forest protection agency accused of illegal logging
Thousands of trees in central Quang Nam Province were recently cut down illegally, allegedly by a local ... 		Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)

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16/07/2008 Indonesia's Corruption Agency Says Another Lawmaker Arrested
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities arrested a lawmaker Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes ... 		Dow Jones Newswires (USA)

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02/07/2008 Congo reforestation fund urged to ensure local leaders get cash
Kinshasa, DRC - Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin must worry about the flow of "every single ... 		Toronto Star (Canada)

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25/06/2008 Ex-Bosnian Serb PM Gets 18 Month Jail Term
Sarajevo - Bosnias State Court has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb premier for his role in a corruption ... 		BalkanInsight.com (Serbia)

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21/06/2008 KPK urged to arrest former Riau officials
Indonesia - Conservationists in Riau on Friday hailed the decision made by the Corruption Eradication ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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12/06/2008 UN report cites damage from corruption in Asia
Jakarta, Indonesia - Small-scale corruption is widespread throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is contributing ... 		International Herald Tribune (France)

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02/06/2008 Ghana: State Collusion Breeds Corruption In Timber Sector
Forest Watch Ghana (FWG), the umbrella body of civil society organizations operating in the forestry ... 		AllAfrica.com

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30/05/2008 China presence in Cambodia grows
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - China, hungry for strategic influence and natural resources, is asserting itself ... 		Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)

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24/04/2008 Rangers accused of aiding illegal timber harvesting
The Kapchorwa district chairman has accused the Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers of encouraging illegal ... 		New Vision (Uganda)

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19/04/2008 Senior Indonesian policemen transferred over rampant logging
Jakarta, Indonesia - Two senior Indonesian policemen have been transferred for failing to tackle illegal ... 		Borneo Bulletin (Brunei Darussalam)

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03/04/2008 DENR Caraga chief sacked after Atienza meets bishop
Butuan City, Philippines ' The regional environment chief of Caraga has been relieved following ... 		Inquirer.net (Philippines)

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10/03/2008 Officials probed for assisting central Vietnam logging ring
The prosecutors office of Quang Nam Province Sunday approved the polices proposal to place three local ... 		Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)

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15/02/2008 Cambodia Calls for Regime Change at Global Witness
UK - Following Global Witness recommendation that new World Bank President Robert Zoellick take advantage ... 		OneWorld.net (UK)

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28/01/2008 Timber smuggling network busted
India - The confiscation of two teak-laden trucks in Hojai subdivision has revealed the existence of ... 		The Telegraph (India)

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23/01/2008 US could ban travel for Cambodians tied to illegal logging
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The US has passed a law that could see travel bans for Cambodian officials accused ... 		AFP

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05/01/2008 NGO cites rise in illegal trades
Butuan City, Philippines - Transparency Caraga, a non-government organization (NGO), said while legitimate ... 		Sun.Star (Philippines)

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03/01/2008 Corruption blamed for deforestation
Manila, Philippines - Environment Secretary Lito Atienza admitted on Thursday that corrupt environment ... 		Inquirer (Philippines)

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03/01/2008 Prosecutor on Adelin's case demoted: AGO
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will impose a one-year demotion on Sultan ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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01/12/2007 Stopping the rot in logging industry
With world leaders ready to nut out Kyoto's successor, corruption in Indonesian forestry is a huge ... 		Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

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21/11/2007 Court fiasco as fugitive timber boss evades jail
(EIA/Telapak Press Release) Indonesia - The latest illegal logging court case shambles reveals the need ... 		EIA (UK)

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16/11/2007 Red faces over lumber boss' acquittal
Indonesia - As Jakarta prepares to play host at the Bali Conference on Climate Change early next month, ... 		Straits Times (Singapore)

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15/11/2007 Timber baron cleared of illegal logging charges
An Indonesian industrialist, Mr. Adelin Lis, was recently cleared of illegal logging charges following ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)

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07/11/2007 Indonesia: Corrupt courts hamper fight against illegal logging, activists say
Jakarta, Indonesia Environmental activists have accused Indonesian courts of what they call corrupt ... 		AKI (Italy)

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07/11/2007 Attorney General's Office prepares to appeal logging boss' acquittal
Indonesia - The Attorney General's Office is gearing up to file an appeal with the Supreme Court ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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20/10/2007 Asia: Deforestation Symptomatic of Corrupt Regimes
Chiang Mai, Thailand - When a global anti-graft watchdog surveys the Asian landscape for corruption indicators, ... 		Inter Press Service (Italy)

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12/10/2007 Uganda: Forestry Officers Cited in Illegal Timber Sale
Uganda Wildlife Authority has named Elgon Zone district forestry officers in the soaring depletion of ... 		AllAfrica.com

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09/10/2007 President cites Barama, others over breaches of forestry procedures
Guyana - President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disclosed that recent alleged breaches of forestry procedures ... 		Stabroek News (Guyana)

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09/10/2007 Barama, others guilty in timber scam
Guyana - The country's largest exporter of logs, Barama, other forest concession owners, and officials ... 		Guyana Chronicle (Guyana)

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26/09/2007 GFC investigation of itself unacceptable
Guyana - The announcement today by the Ministry of Agriculture of an internal investigation by the Guyana ... 		Guyana Human Rights Association (Guyana)

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21/09/2007 Widespread wrongdoing in Guyana timber industry - source - dishonest forestry employees to be disciplined within days
Forestry officials are expected to take action, within days, against a number of dishonest staffers even ... 		Kaieteur News

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06/09/2007 APEC Tackles Corruption with Code of Conduct for Business
A new APEC Code ... 		19th APEC Ministerial Meeting

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16/08/2007 ACA told to also probe wealthy forest rangers
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah urged the ACA to not only conduct investigations ... 		Daily Express (Malaysia)

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19/07/2007 US senators seek travel ban for Cambodians tied to illegal logging
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11/07/2007 Forestry official arrested for allowing illegal logging
A senior forestry official was arrested Wednesday for abetting illegal logging in central Vietnam's ... 		Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)

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29/06/2007 Logging abuse
Journalists and campaigners working to expose an environmental scandal in Cambodia are under threat from ... 		Index on Censorship (UK)

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20/06/2007 Somare admits links to logging
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare has acknowledged financial ties with his country's ... 		The Australian (Australia)

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19/06/2007 Regime in Cambodia funded by Britain
The British Government pays ££13 million a year to support a "mafiosi" regime in ... 		The Telegraph (UK)

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16/06/2007 China's rise: Hope or doom for Africa?
'A win-win situation' is how the Chinese government describes its economic relations with Africa. ... 		Sunday Vision (Uganda)

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06/06/2007 Cambodian government steps up fight against illegal logging allegations
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The Cambodian government has stepped up a campaign to discredit allegations that ... 		International Herald Tribune (France)

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04/06/2007 Cambodia bans damning report into illegal logging
Cambodia has banned a damning report by an environmental group which accused the kingdom's political ... 		Radio Australia (Australia)

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03/06/2007 Cambodian government orders ban, confiscation of illegal logging report
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cambodia ordered the banning on Sunday of a stinging report which accuses senior ... 		International Herald Tribune (France)

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01/06/2007 Global Witness Report Accuses Cambodia's International Donors of Inaction while a Corrupt Elite surrounding the Prime Minister loots the Country's Forests
(Press Release) Cambodia's corrupt political elite is stripping the country of its natural resources, ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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01/06/2007 Cambodian elite and army accused of illegal logging racket
Cambodia is being systematically stripped of its natural assets by a small elite of politicians, relatives ... 		Guardian (UK)

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28/05/2007 What Taib Mahmud can't buy
Malaysia - It is when you're near death that the vultures begin to circle above. Powerful politicians ... 		Malaysiakini (Malaysia)

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22/05/2007 Leading Sarawak land rights lawyer sued by Chief Minister for distributing leaflets
Malaysia - Taib Mahmud attempts to silence opposition and media over his alleged involvement in a timber ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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21/05/2007 Report: Malaysia investigates if forestry officers took bribes to allow illegal logging
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysia's Forestry Department was investigating whether its officers helped ... 		International Herald Tribune (France)

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19/05/2007 NGOs report Padang judges over controversial ruling
Indonesia - A coalition of 15 non-government organizations (NGOs) and environment groups in West Sumatra ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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07/05/2007 Reshuffle targets graft in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dismissed five members of Indonesia's cabinet on Monday ... 		Financial Times (UK)

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04/05/2007 Sumatra courts irk police with 'iffy' verdicts
Indonesia - Regional police across Sumatra have been puzzled by the release of many illegal logging suspects ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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30/04/2007 New Book - The Many Faces of Corruption: Tracking Vulnerabilities at the Sector Level
Edited by J. Edgardo Campos and Sanjay Pradhan and published by the World Bank. Corruption... How can ... 		World Bank (USA)

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28/04/2007 Judges in illegal logging cases may soon be focus of investigation
Indonesia - Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban has proposed that the Supreme Court investigate judges who set ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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27/04/2007 Letter to Malaysian PM: Corruption allegations against Sarawak CM Taib Mahmud and freedom
We, the undersigned Japanese non-governmental organizations and citizen's groups, wish to express ... 		Japanese NGO Coalition

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23/04/2007 Taib strikes back over corruption allegations
Malaysia - Sarawak Chief Minister to sue press and opposition over reports on his involvement in timber ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Swizerland)

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06/04/2007 RM32 mil kickbacks for Sarawak timber
Malaysia - Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has been implicated in a scandal allegedly involving RM32 ... 		Malaysiakini (Malaysia)

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01/04/2007 Corruption Stains Timber Trade: Forests Destroyed in China's Race to Feed Global Wood-Processing Industry
This story is the result of a year-long Washington Post investigation involving reporting in China, Russia, ... 		Washington Post (USA)

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28/03/2007 Timber smuggling from Indonesia rises as judicial corruption ensures masterminds behind US$20 billion forest crime go unpunished
(Press Release) Jakarta, Indonesia - One of the world's biggest environmental crimes continues to ... 		EIA (UK)

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03/03/2007 Brazil dismantles scheme to transport illegal Amazon timber
Brazilian federal police on Friday arrested 18 people involved in a scheme to issue licenses to transport ... 		People's Daily Online (China)

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19/02/2007 Bulisa RDC implicated in Budongo Forest logging
Uganda - The National Forestry Authority has implicated the RDC of Bulisa, Kato Matanda, in illegal logging ... 		New Vision (Uganda)

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27/01/2007 Police driver arrested for smuggling timber: 4 Officials Suspended, Probe Ordered
Srinagar, India - A driver of police department was arrested on Saturday on charges of ferrying illegal ... 		GreaterKashmir.com (India)

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20/12/2006 Forestry men aiding illegal loggers?
Kuantan, Malaysia - A number of forestry officers in Pahang are being investigated for accepting bribes ... 		New Straits Times (Malaysia)

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20/12/2006 Former forestry official detained for graft probe
Indonesia - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained a former East Kalimantan forestry ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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18/12/2006 KL govt to blame, say Papua NGOs
Penang, Malaysia - The government should take responsibility for the actions of Malaysian timber and ... 		Sun2Surf (Malaysia)

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25/11/2006 Cambodian court jails eight for illegal logging
Pnomh Penh, Cambodia - A Cambodian court has sentenced eight people, including a former provincial governor, ... 		Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)

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24/11/2006 Cambodia Sentences Powerful Officials To Jail For Illegal Logging
A Cambodian court has handed out harsh prison sentences to former top provincial officials found guilty ... 		Playfuls.com (Romania)

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18/11/2006 Top Mindanao DENR officials face illegal logging suit
Mindanao, Philippines - Two officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), ... 		Balita.org (UK)

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02/10/2006 The scramble for Africa
What is the future for resource-rich post-conflict African nations? ... 		The Statesman (Ghana)

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16/09/2006 Illegal logging costing nations billions - World Bank
Singapore - Illegal logging is threatening the livelihoods of millions of the world's poor, robbing ... 		Reuters (UK)

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13/09/2006 Illegal timber trade flourishes in Assam
India - Assam has lost almost half of its green cover because of the illegal timber trade in the state. ... 		NDTV.com (India)

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27/08/2006 Nepal Maoists reportedly involved in smuggling of contraband timber
Harakpur, Morang, Nepal - Contraband Simal trees [silk cotton, Bombax malabarica] are being felled and ... 		Kantipur (Nepal)

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08/08/2006 PNG denies forestry report claims
(Radio Transcipt) ABC follows the PNG government's reactions to the release of a new report claiming ... 		ABC Online (Australia)

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07/08/2006 The logging of human rights in PNG
(ACF Press Release) Multinational logging companies operating in Papua New Guinea are involved in widespread ... 		Australian Conservation Foundation (Australia)

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15/07/2006 Invitation to Meeting on Transparency and Business Principles for Countering Bribery
UK - During 2006 Transparency International as host of the Forest Integrity Network (FIN) intends to ... 		Transparency International (UK)

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05/07/2006 Ex-general arrested for illegal logging
Indonesia - The National Police said Tuesday they had arrested three company directors, including a retired ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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29/06/2006 World Bank slams its Cambodian program
BANGKOK, Thailand - A World Bank program to reform Cambodia's corrupt forestry industry instead ... 		MSN Money (USA)

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24/06/2006 The rape of PNG forests
Sexual coercion, corruption and assault are the coin of PNG's illegal logging industry, writes Greg ... 		The Australian (Australia)

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29/05/2006 Illegal logging just rampant
Comment from Papua New Guinea: "PNG has one of the best forest laws in the world, yet our track ... 		PNG Post-Courier (Australia)

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11/05/2006 Jasin MP admits that firm in Customs timber saga is his
Malaysia - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over the matter, after a briefing for Umno ... 		The Star (Malaysia)

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10/05/2006 Minister admits staff involvement
Tanzania - The government is unable to break up a syndicate that exports logs illegally because employees ... 		IPP Media (Guardian)

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05/05/2006 Liberating Liberia
(Radio broadcast) When Silas Siakor became aware of the government corruption behind logging in his homeland, ... 		Living on Earth (USA)

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26/04/2006 Power and illegal logging (poder y tala ilegal)
The Independent Forest Monitor in Honduras publishes today two new reports, both of which document illegal ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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08/03/2006 Papua New Guinea's forests under threat from corruption, illegal logging
Illegal logging is destroying large areas of rainforest in Papua New Guinea according to a report released ... 		Mongabay (USA)

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04/03/2006 Papua New Guinea's forests illegally logged
Three months ago Papua New Guinea's environment minister called on rich countries to pay for his ... 		New Scientist (UK)

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03/03/2006 Mass plunder of forest reserve: 12 Forestry Commission Officials Interdicted
Twelve officials of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) in the Nkawie ... 		Ghanian Chronicle

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02/03/2006 Police chief calls for severe punishment of policemen involved in illegal logging
Jakarta, Indonesia - National Police Chief General Sutanto pledged here on Thursday that he would take ... 		Antara (Indonesia)

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28/02/2006 Papua New Guinea: Corruption destroying largest Asia-Pacific forest
Illegal logging and corruption in Papua New Guinea are destroying the largest remaining tract of primary ... 		Agence France Presse

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19/02/2006 Pols believed behind illegal logging in Caraga
Butuan City, Philippines - Some influential political leaders in the Caraga Region are reportedly behind ... 		Minda News (Philippines)

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01/02/2006 Activists decry illegal fees for Aceh-bound timber
Indonesia - Activists demanded Monday that North Sumatra authorities put a stop to illegal fees imposed ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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29/12/2005 Walhi Uncovers Illegal Logging within Aceh Reconstruction
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has requested that the government ... 		Tempo Interactive (Indonesia)

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19/12/2005 Bad cops undermine illegal logging raids
Indonesia - Corrupt officers have undermined the police's largest crackdown on illegal logging ever ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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06/12/2005 Indonesian officials face prosecution over illegal logging
Indonesia - Government authorities are preparing to prosecute 10 local district chiefs from Kalimantan ... 		Borneo Bulletin

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05/12/2005 10 regents in Kalimantan prosecuted for illegal logging
Indonesia - Ten regents in Kalimantan are currently being prosecuted for alleged involvement in illegal ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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25/11/2005 Illegal logging costs $1.5 billion
Russia's Forestry Industry is perceived as one of the most corrupt in the world according to an ... 		St Petersburg Times (Russia)

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12/11/2005 Ex-deputy forestry chief gets five years
Thailand - Former deputy forestry chief Prawat Thanadkha and a timber trader were sentenced to five years ... 		Bangkok Post (Thailand)

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09/11/2005 Africa's rainforests fro the chop in world's biggest illegal giveaway
Press Release - New information obtained by the Rainforest Foundation shows that vast areas of the world's ... 		Rainforest Foundation

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04/11/2005 Groups accuse solon of logging, mining ties
Philippines - The National Democratic Front in Caraga Region and a non-government organization (NGO) ... 		Sun Star (Philippines)

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03/11/2005 Honduras: Greasing palms to plunder forests
Honduras - Illegal logging by corrupt interests tied to major political figures is devastating the rapidly ... 		IPS News Agency

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06/10/2005 Bishop asks Arroyo to look into logging case
Bacolod City, Philippines - Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra has asked President Macapagal-Arroyo to personally ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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30/09/2005 Two E Java Cops Fired for Involvement in Illegal Logging
Java, Indonesia - Two cops of the Madian police precinct in East Java Province, were fired here Thursday ... 		Antara (Indonesia)

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20/09/2005 Air Force Trucks Used to Transport Illegal Wood
East Java, Indonesia - Trucks owned by the Indonesian Air Force's Iswahyudi Madiun airport in East ... 		Tempo Interactive (Indonesia)

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03/09/2005 Cambodian land traditions under threat
Cambodia - Life for the tribes of Ratanakkiri has been much the same for centuries. "We can't ... 		BBC (UK)

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20/08/2005 Seven arrested for illegal logging on Borneo island
Indonesian police say they've arrested five state forestry officials and two other men for alleged ... 		ABC (Australia)

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20/07/2005 Cambodia bans watchdog group after report on illegal logging
The international watchdog Global Witness says five of its staff have been banned from Cambodia after ... 		ABC (Australia)

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19/07/2005 Hun Sensorship ' Global Witness banned from entering Cambodia
(Global Witness Press Release) UK - Soon after taking office, in early 1999, Cambodian Prime Minister ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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18/07/2005 Environment-Cameroon: Corruption Rooted in Logging Industry - NGOs
Just over a decade ago, Cameroon drafted a law that was intended to regulate commercial use of the country's ... 		AllAfrica.com

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12/07/2005 Official arrested for illegal logging
Central Sulawesi, Indonesia - Ibrahim Drakel, a top official in the Donggala forestry agency, has been ... 		Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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30/06/2005 Te Za Accused of Bribe to Secure Logging Deal
Myanmar - Te Za, the head of Rangoon-based Htoo Trading Company, has been directly implicated in bribing ... 		The Irawaddy (Burma)

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30/05/2005 Nicaraguan legislators accused of illegal logging
A prosecutor in Nicaragua has declared war against illegal logging, and he says some of the primary offenders ... 		Miami Herald (USA)

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17/03/2005 Chief of Forestry Department Flees Georgia, Citing Intimidation
Georgia - Chairman of the Forestry Department of Georgia Bidzina Giorgobiani fled Georgia citing pressure ... 		Civil Georgia (USA)

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15/03/2005 Legislator wants inquiry on cops over logging crime
Indonesia - A senior councillor in Papua demanded on Monday that National Police Headquarters investigate ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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19/02/2005 Minister vows to curb illegal logging
Indonesia - Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban said on Friday he planned to meet with Coordinating ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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06/02/2005 Cut Corruption to Save African Forests - Activists
African leaders agreed bold plans at the weekend to preserve the world's second biggest rainforest ... 		Reuters (UK)

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04/02/2005 Drive against illegal logging doomed, says UP professor
The Arroyo administration's anti-illegal logging campaign will fail if it does not eliminate the ... 		The Manila Times (The Philippines)

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24/01/2005 Reds target big loggers but continue 'tax' take
Philippines - A group that admits to collecting "revolutionary taxes" from big-time loggers ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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21/01/2005 Government officials may be involved in illegal logging
The Philippines - Environment Secretary Michael Defensor said on Friday that initial investigations by ... 		ABS-CBN (The Philippines)

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20/01/2005 DENR eyes illegal logging raps vs ex-solon, mayor
Philippines - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is set to file illegal logging charges ... 		ABS-CBN (The Philippines)

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12/01/2005 Timber Smuggling - 15 forest staff suspended - 10 army men also found guilty
Bangladesh - The Ministry of Environment and Forest has suspended 15 officials and employees of Forest ... 		bangladesh-web.com

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28/12/2004 32 named suspects in illegal logging
Riau, Indonesia - Police said on Monday they have named 32 suspects in illegal logging cases, including ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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22/12/2004 Officials Held on Suspicion of Illegal Logging
Indonesia - Police in South Sulawesi province have arrested 58 people, including police officers, forestry ... 		Laksamana.net (Indonesia)

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17/12/2004 Five policemen on trial in illegal logging case
Indonesia - The trial of five police officers allegedly involved in illegal logging activities opened ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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09/12/2004 Basilan governor linked to illegal logging in ARMM
Philippines - A muslim congressman implicated Basilan Governor Wahab Akbar on Thursday in alleged illegal ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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09/12/2004 DENR regional exec suspended for links to illegal logging
The Philippines - Environment Secretary Michael Defensor on Thursday sacked the highest environment official ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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05/12/2004 Illegal logging face-off: crackdown could snare top politicians
Philippines - President Arroyos directive for an all-out war on illegal logging could put her at odds ... 		Manila Times (The Philippines)

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23/11/2004 Papua illegal logging may involve senior officers
Indonesia - Police are investigating the possible involvement of high-ranking police officers in illegal ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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20/11/2004 Police capture logging ship in Papua
Indonesia - The nationwide drive against illegal logging continued as the police apprehended a foreign ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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20/11/2004 Afghan woodland ravaged by border traders
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Sayed Fazl Akbar, the Governor of Kunar province, in eastern Afghanistan said ... 		e-Ariana Afghan News

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19/11/2004 Watchdog: Government, military destroying top Cambodian wildlife sanctuary?
Government and military officials are pillaging timber from a protected forest in southwestern Cambodia ... 		The China Post

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18/11/2004 Politician named in corruption probe
Indonesia - An Indonesian local politician has been declared a suspect in a $US9.7 million graft case ... 		ABC Asia Pacific

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18/11/2004 Global Witness' new report, 'Taking a Cut' blows lid off systemic corruption in Cambodia's forest sector
In a report released today Global Witness shines a light on Cambodia's shadowy timber business where ... 		Global Witness (UK)

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14/11/2004 Graft blamed for reforestation failure
Zambales, Philippines - Some government officials who connived with logging companies and illegal poachers ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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10/11/2004 Ex-police chief to face trial in Papua
Indonesia - Former Sorong Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Faisal AN and five of his subordinates are expected ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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29/09/2004 Indonesia's timber barons emerge as powerful threat, say ecologists
Indonesia - Timber barons who corrupt senior officials to plunder Indonesia's tropical forests have ... 		The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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01/09/2004 Mayor, 18 others face illegal logging raps
Bacolod City, The Philippines - The Department of Justice filed criminal charges against the mayor of ... 		ABS-CBN News

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24/08/2004 Corruption often cause of environmental damage
One key element in the worldwide erosion of environmental quality is the erosion of human ethics. Without ... 		The Star Phoenix

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09/08/2004 Illegal logging thrives in Tanga
Tanzania - The illegal export of logs through Tanga port is a well-coordinated activity involving some ... 		IPP Media

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08/08/2004 NGOs Demand Probe into Regent
Indonesia - A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Wednesday urged the Corruption Eradication ... 		Laksamana.net

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05/08/2004 NGOs demand probe into Muna regent on graft cases
Indonesia - A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urged the Corruption Eradication Commission ... 		The Jakarta Post

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31/07/2004 Corruption's Corrosive Effect on the Environment
Natural resources offer a rich opportunity for corruption. Indeed, environmental crime -- illegal logging, ... 		World Resources Institute

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28/07/2004 Head of Adigeni forestry arrested
Georgia - Officers of Samtskhe-Javakheti department of the Interior Ministry have arrested the head of ... 		The Messenger, Georgia

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28/07/2004 Indonesian navy impounds timber shipment linked to police
The Indonesian navy has impounded a boat linked to the police force which was carrying more than 1,000 ... 		SpaceDaily

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17/07/2004 Politicians, DENR guards coddle illegal loggers in La Union
La Union, Philippines - Illegal loggers continue to cut down century-old trees at the public reforestation ... 		The Manila Times

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14/07/2004 4-year prison term sought for Suzuki
Japan - Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a four-year prison term for former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, saying ... 		Asahi.com

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09/07/2004 Cambodian Government Authorises Clear-Cutting in National Park
The current selling-out by senior Cambodian officials, of the countrys protected areas, has resulted ... 		Global Witness

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06/07/2004 Corruption's Corrosive Effect on the Environment
"Whether it be high-profile embezzlement or a low-level bribe to a petty bureaucrat, corruption ... 		Environmental News Network

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29/06/2004 Greenpeace reveals bribery at Danzer Group
Today Greenpeace published an investigation into Swiss/German logging company The Danzer Group, which ... 		Greenpeace

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29/06/2004 Greenpeace claims to expose Danzer Group's involvement in bribery and illegal logging
Switzerland/The Netherlands - An investigation published by Greenpeace International today claims to ... 		Greenpeace

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11/06/2004 Farewell to the forests
The cash-starved Somare Government is sanctioning the illegal logging of Papua New Guinea's rainforests, ... 		The Age, Australia

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03/06/2004 'Lumad' frees captured DENR exec
BULIF, a 'lumad' or tribal militia from the southernmost Filippino island of Mindanao kidnap ... 		Philippine Daily Enquirer

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11/05/2004 Illegal logging goes on unabated
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05/05/2003 Being well connected goes a long way in Malaysia
In some parts of Malaysia, business and politics are inextricably linked, writes Michael Backman. ... 		The Age (Australia)

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01/02/2011 Illegal Logging: Corruption in Forestry Sector WALHI / Friends of the Earth Indonesia

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01/02/2011 Following the Money Trail: the Challenges in Illegal Logging Investigations Ajit Joy, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Indonesia

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28/01/2011 TI's Forest Governance Integrity Programme: corruption risks in illegal logging and REDD Manoj Nadkarni, Transparency International

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23/06/2009 Forest concessions and corruption Aled Williams, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

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23/06/2009 Improving governance in forestry through forest governance integrity approaches Agustinus Taufik, Transparency International

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09/07/2007 Cambodia's Family Trees: Illegal logging and the stripping of public assets by Cambodia's elite Global Witness

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20/07/2006 Illegal logging, corruption and business Forest Integrity Network (Ken Rosenbaum)

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24/03/2006 Indonesia Update: Illegality, tracking, enforcement and corruption Telapak

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Thursday 25th October 2012 International Workshop on Corruption, Natural Resources and the Environment
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Thursday 26th July 2007 Transparency International (TI) Forestry and Corruption Programme Development Workshop
A two day workshop on TI's new Asia Pacific Forestry and Corruption Programme. The Programme includes ...

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Tuesday 18th July 2006 Meeting on Transparency and Business Principles for Countering Bribery
The meeting hopes to be an informal forum to engage in discussions with a small group of companies to ...

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BRIBEline: Business Registry for International Bribery and Extortion A website dedicated to collecting information about officials and governments around the world who seek bribes, launched by a non-profit grouping of multinational firms, the US-based Trace International. Bribeline.org allows people or organizations to anonymously report bribe requests. Broken link

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Forest Integrity Network Established by Transparency International, FIN is an initiative to combat corruption in use of the world's forests, an international network of people concerned about forest-related corruption and crime. A forest corruption fighters tool kit has been compiled as part of FIN's activities. Broken link

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Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry Since its founding in 1900, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has been in the forefront of developing a science-based approach to forest management, and in training leaders world-wide. The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry established in 2000 continues this tradition. It's mission is to integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry research, education and outreach to address the challenges of sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world.

GISF undertakes formal research and education programmes, a number of which relate to illegal logging issues. This includes hosting 'The Forests Dialogue', which works on forest certification, illegal logging and corruption. 		Broken link

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Stop Timber Corruption The Bruno Manser Fund is launching an international campaign against what it claims to be the corruption and abuse of public funds by Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. BMF claim the Taib family has profited immensely from the destructive logging of Sarawak's tropical rainforests. Broken link

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