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GOVERNANCE

The development of good governance in producer countries is central to stemming the flow of illegal timber. Documents relating efforts to improve governance can be found below. For corruption see our section 'Corruption' also under Issues.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


01/04/2013	Towards the Assessment of Trees Outside Forests The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) prepared a Working Paper, titled "Towards ...	FAO
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07/02/2013	Improving Forest Governance: A Comparison of FLEGT VPAs and their Impact This report examines the content of the six existing VPAs, and identifies the differences and similarities ...	FERN
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10/11/2012	Forest, Trees, and Woodlands in Africa: An Action Plan for World Bank Engagement The purpose of this paper is to outline an approach for Bank engagement in forests, trees, and woodlands ...	The World Bank
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01/11/2012	Measuring the Global Response to Illegal Logging: Lessons for the Rio+20 Context The key points from this paper are: • There is a lack of consensus about the exact nature and ...	Chatham House (Jade Saunders & Alison Hoare)
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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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01/10/2012	Annual Report Card 2011 Making the Forest Sector Transparent is a four-year programme supporting civil society groups in forest-rich ...	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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25/09/2012	The Russian Forest Sector Outlook Study to 2030 This report argues that the forest sector in the Russian Federation needs to be modernised using innovations ...	FAO
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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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03/09/2012	Policy Options to Reduce Deforestation Based on a Systematic Analysis of Drivers and Agents in Lowland Bolivia The reduction of tropical deforestation is of crucial importance for mitigating climate change and curbing ...	Land Use Policy (Robert Müller, Till Pistorius, Sophia Rohde, Gerhard Gerold, Pablo Pacheco)
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01/08/2012	Multi-Level Governance of Forests - Part 1 (special feature) This issue of the Journal contains a selection of articles on the multi-level governance of forests, ...	International Journal of the Commons
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12/07/2012	Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance The purpose of this book is to showcase a range of approaches that consider learning and collaboration ...	Edited by Hemant Ojha, Andy Hall, and Rasheed Sulaiman V
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26/06/2012	Global Forest Governance: Legal Concepts and Policy Trends This book identifies the fundamental legal principles and the governance requirements of sustainable ...	Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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19/06/2012	ETFRN News 53: Moving Forward with Forest Governance It is widely acknowledged that improving forest governance is an important prerequisite for sustainable ...	Tropenbos International
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08/06/2012	Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance The challenge In 2009 a World Bank report called Roots for Good Forest Outcomes provided the framework ...	PROFOR
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20/05/2012	Extent and Consequences of Tropical Forest Degradation: Successive Policy Options for Bangladesh This paper is conceived at a time when new paradigms are sought for the development of a framework to ...	Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (M. G. Kibria, S. A. Rahman, A. Imtiaj and T. Sunderland)
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10/04/2012	Does Indonesia's REDD+ Moratorium on New Concessions Spare Imminently Threatened Forests? In May 2010, Indonesia signed a $1-billion partnership with Norway to reduce deforestation and prepare ...	Conservation Letters (Sean Sloan, David P. Edwards & William F. Laurance)
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01/04/2012	Better Governance, Better Forestry: Forest Policy Brief With pressure growing on natural resources in the Asia-Pacific region, good governance is becoming increasingly ...	Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study, FAO
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01/04/2012	The Forestry Code and Science: Contributions for Dialogue The document has been put together by a working group of scientists and other stakeholders under the ...	The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) & the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)
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17/02/2012	Indonesia's Moratorium on New Forest Concessions: Key Findings and Next Steps This Working Paper analyzes Indonesia’s moratorium on new licenses in primary natural forests and ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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31/01/2012	Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: A Stepping Stone to Better Forest Governance Following the Indonesian Government's declaration in May 2011 of a two-year moratorium on new forest ...	CIFOR (Daniel Murdiyarso, Sonya Dewi, Deborah Lawrence & Frances Seymour)
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10/01/2012	Lessons on Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+ This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 ...	University of Wisconsin / Madison Land Tenure Center (Lisa Naughton-Treves & Cathy Day)
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01/01/2012	Philippines: Scoping Baseline Information for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/TRAFFIC (Chen Hin Keong, James Hewitt and Thang Hooi Chew)
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01/01/2012	Singapore: Scoping Baseline Information for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/TRAFFIC (Chen Hin Keong, James Hewitt and Thang Hooi Chew)
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01/01/2012	Brunei Darussalam: Scoping Baseline Information for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/TRAFFIC (Chen Hin Keong, James Hewitt and Thang Hooi Chew)
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01/01/2012	Timor Leste: Scoping Baseline Information for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/TRAFFIC (Chen Hin Keong, James Hewitt and Thang Hooi Chew)
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02/11/2011	Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium: A Stepping Stone to Better Forest Governance? On 20 May 2011, the Government of Indonesia released Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 on ‘The ...	CIFOR (D. Murdiyarso, S. Dewi, D. Lawrence, F. Seymour)
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10/10/2011	The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment United Nations Environment Programme - Synthesis for Policy Makers At the request of the DR Congo Government, UNEP has conducted a comprehensive, two-year environmental ...	UNEP
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01/08/2011	Myanmar: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/Forest Trends (Kevin Woods and Kerstin Canby)
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28/07/2011	Crossroads: The Illicit Timber Trade Between Laos and Vietnam This report from EIA highlights an illegal trade in banned timber from Laos into Vietnam, where it supplies ...	Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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01/07/2011	Lao PDR: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/Forest Trends (Keith Barney and Kerstin Canby)
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02/06/2011	Forests, Fragility and Conflict An emerging body of analytic work has demonstrated the linkage between poverty, armed conflict, and weak ...	PROFOR (Emily Harwell et al.)
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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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01/06/2011	Linking Forests and Food Production in the REDD+ Context In order for REDD+ carbon emission mitigation targets to be reached, the primary driver of forest clearing ...	CGIAR (Gabrielle Kissinger)
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01/06/2011	Can "Fragile States" Decide to Reduce their Deforestation? The Inappropriate Use of the Theory of Incentives with Respect to the REDD Mechanism The originality of the REDD proposal is its incentives-based mechanism designed to reward the governments ...	Forest Policy and Economics (Alain Karsenty)
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01/06/2011	China: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/Forest Trends (Sun Xiufang and Kerstin Canby)
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23/05/2011	Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance FAO and the World Bank have unveiled a new guidance framework which can help countries assess the governance ...	FAO / PROFOR
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23/05/2011	Getting Ready! A Study of National Governance Structuresfor REDD+ This report sets out a comparative study of potential national governance structures for REDD+. The role ...	Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Arild Vatn & Paul Vedeld)
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01/05/2011	Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance This Guidance was prepared by the UN-REDD Programme and Chatham House. It draws on multi-stakeholder ...	Chatham House / UN-REDD Programme
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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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01/04/2011	Vietnam: Overview of Forest Governance and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/Forest Trends (To Xuan Phuc and Kerstin Canby)
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24/02/2011	The UN-REDD Programme Strategy The UN-REDD Programme has released its first five-year strategy for 2011-2015, which provides a road ...	UN-REDD Programme
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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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16/02/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, February 2011 Included in this issue: News UN-REDD Releases its First 5-year Programme Strategy REDD+ ...	UN-REDD Programme
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24/01/2011	Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance. A Global Assessment Report In November 2009, the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) Steering Committee established an expert panel ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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01/08/2010	IM-FLEG Cameroon: Progress in Tackling Illegal Logging in Cameroon This REM report is a five-year assessment (2005-2009) of illegal logging and law enforcement by the government ...	REM (Resource Extraction Monitoring)
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05/05/2010	Climate Change, Forests and Federalism: Seeing the Treaty for the Trees Despite numerous attempts over the past two decades – including most recently at the Copenhagen ...	Hudson, Blake (Stetson University, US)
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01/05/2010	Peru's Forest Sector: Ready for the New International Landscape? This document, the results of a series of workshops carried out in Lima, and the capital cities of Peru’s ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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01/04/2010	Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Forest Practices in Guyana Guyana and Norway have agreed to work toward the establishment of a REDD mechanism. Within this context, ...	CIFOR & IWOKRAMA
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01/03/2010	Forest Governance and Climate-Change Mitigation This brief highlights lessons learned from experiences on the ground and sets out the key elements of ...	ITTO & FAO
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01/03/2010	Forest law compliance and governance in tropical countries This report summarises the main outcomes and lessons learned from five regional workshops on forest law ...	ITTO & FAO
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22/01/2010	An Assessment of Liberian Forest Area, Dynamics, FDA Concession Plans, and their Relevance to Revenue Projections This report provides an overview of the history of overestimation of extractable timber volumes and forest ...	RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative), (P Shearman)
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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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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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23/10/2009	World Forest Congress Declaration More than 7 000 participants from 160 countries attending the XIII World Forestry Congress in Buenos ...	World Forest Congress Participants
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01/10/2009	Roots for Good Forest Outcomes: An Analytical Framework for Governance Reforms Poor governance is a major impediment to achieving development outcomes of the forest sector. It results ...	World Bank
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01/07/2009	Multi-stakeholder Design of Forest Governance and Accountability Arrangements in Equator Province, Democratic Republic of Congo The IUCN project “Strengthening Voices for Better Choices” (SVBC) is piloting improved forest ...	IUCN & Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands (Dieuwke Klaver)
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01/06/2009	Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Forestry Governance in the DRC This case study on forestry governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) forms part of a three-year ...	Mari-Lise du Preez & Kathryn Sturman (Governance of Africa's Resources Programme)
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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	Forest Governance Learning Group Update May 2009 This 7th Forest Governance Learning Group Update describes activities and their impacts over the last ...	Forest Governance Learning Group
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01/04/2009	Proposed New Policy on Illegally Logged Timber The Australian government is seeking to develop a regulatory framework to address the environmental, ...	Centre for International Economics, Canberra & Sydney
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01/12/2008	Environmental and Forest Governance: The Role of Discourses and Expertise This publication documents the proceedings of a conference entitled "Scientific framework of environmental ...	University of Göttingen, Germany (Michael Böcher, Lukas Giessen & Daniela Kleinschmit (Eds.))
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15/10/2008	REDD and forest governance Submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into 'Forests: the future ...	Chatham House (Thomas Legge, Alison Hoare and Jade Saunders)
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01/08/2008	Corruption and Governance in the DRC Analysis of the 2003-06 transition period in DRC; the paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of ...	Institute for Security Studies, South Africa (Muzong Kodi)
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01/08/2008	FLEGT beyond T: Exploring the meaning of 'Governance' concepts for the FLEGT process The FLEGT process is about the EU Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade. This study ...	Wageningen International
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31/07/2008	Reform in Jeopardy: reflections on the forest sector reform process in Liberia A briefing from the NGO Coalition for Liberia arguing that that the reform process in Liberia is failing ...	NGO Coalition for Liberia
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01/06/2008	Scoping Study: On the Benefits of Incorporating Forestry into the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, with specific reference to Liberia Traditionally, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has focused on oil, gas and mining, ...	Natural Capital Advisors (Arthur G. Blundell)
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01/06/2008	Forest Governance Learning Group Update June 2008 This Update highlights the impacts and plans of the Forest Governance Learning Group in its country-based ...	IIED
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31/03/2008	Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Lessons from a forest governance perspective Outlines experiences from existing efforts aimed at improving forest governance which should be considered ...	ProForest, Chatham House, EcoSecurities (Ruth Nussbaum, Jade Saunders, Johannes Ebeling)
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25/02/2008	An Anatomy of State Failures in the Forest Management in Pakistan Most of the forests in Pakistan are state owned/managed, and responsibility for the protection/conservation ...	Hasan, Lubna (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)
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01/01/2008	Forest governance in countries with federal systems of government: lessons and implications for decentralization Decentralization has been a popular theme in the forest sector. Much of this work and these discussions ...	CIFOR (Arnoldo Contreras-Hermosilla, Hans M Gregersen, and Andy White)
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01/01/2008	Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) This is a revised version of the paper ...	Chatham House and ProForest (Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum)
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03/12/2007	Reduced Emissions from Avoided Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and Forest Governance Briefing paper outlining governance challenges facing the inclusion of REDD in a post Kyoto mechanism ...	Jade Saunders, Chatham House; Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest
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01/12/2007	DRC's forests: towards satisfactory management and governance standards? Mission findings and policy recommendations from a feasibility study for Independent Forest Monitoring ...	Global Witness
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01/12/2007	So, who owns the forest? Sets out the confusions and conundrums of forest tenure in Liberia today and develops clear recommendations ...	Sustainable Development Institute/FERN
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01/09/2007	Forest Governance Learning Group Update September 2007 The latest update report from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), describing activities over ...	FGLG
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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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01/04/2007	Forest Governance Learning Group Update April 2007 The latest update report from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), describing activities over ...	FGLG
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24/01/2007	Transitions in Forest Tenure and Governance: Drivers, Projected Patterns and Implications A paper prepared for the Chatham House meeting 'Forest governance and trade: exploring options' ...	Rights and Resources (Andy White)
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01/10/2006	Forestry Research Programme: Research supporting improved forest governance Outlines DFID Forestry Research Programme research projects supporting good governance, a number of which ...	Forestry Research Programme
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01/08/2006	Strengthening Forest Law Enforcement and Governance: Addressing a systemic constraint to sustainable development This report arises from the need to take stock of both the Bank's efforts in the arena of forest ...	World Bank
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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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01/03/2006	The forestry crisis as a crisis of the rule of law Academic law journal article which looks at the interaction between law and sustainable development, ...	Stanford Law Review (Craig Segall)
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01/12/2005	Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forestry Sector: FAO Forestry Paper 145 This report looks at some of the innovative approaches being used by governments to combat illegal logging. ...	FAO
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01/07/2005	Gabon: Briefing on Fiscal Reform of Gabon's Forestry Sector A briefing note on the current state of Gabon's forestry sector. ...	Greenpeace
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17/06/2005	Ensuring Sustainability of Forests and Livelihoods Through Improved Governance and Control of Illegal Logging for Economies in Transition - Kyrgyz Republic This report has been prepared as part of a study being carried out by Savcor Indufor on ensuring sustainability ...	Savcor Indufor (for the World Bank)
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01/06/2005	Improving Due Diligence in Forestry Investments This paper presents an overview of global financing for forestry and related high-risk sectors. It sets ...	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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06/10/2004	Draft Report: Stregthening the social component of a definition of legal wood origin and production for Indonesia A report prepared for TNC which aimed to elicit information and draw some conclusions regarding the implications ...	Forest Peoples Programme for The Nature Conservancy
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14/09/2004	Resource Curse or Cure? Reforming Liberia's governance and logging industry A policy briefing submitted by Global Witness to the UN Security Council arguing the case for renewal ...	Global Witness
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01/05/2004	Business role in the Congo Politicians and donor agencies are focusing on the Congo Basin. Difficult questions are being raised ...	Timber Trades Journal (Rupert Oliver)
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01/09/2003	Lifting the Natural Resource Curse Paper exploring some of the the negative economic and political implications of valuable natural resources ...	Oxford University (Paul Collier)
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26/05/2003	Indonesia: Draft Legality Standard A draft standard resulting from stakeholder consultations that describes the requirements for legal timber ...	TNC, Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, SGS and URS Forestry
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01/05/2003	Law, Technology and the Environment in Natural Resource Management: Forestry and Illegal Logging This paper examines the current government actions and private sector initiatives to reduce illegal logging ...	Article 13 (Paul Toyne)
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30/10/2002	Forest Law Assessment in Selected African Countries This report has been produced as one of two major outputs of work commissioned by the World Bank/WWF ...	SGS for the WWF/World Bank Alliance
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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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01/08/2002	Moving towards good forest governance in Asia and the Pacific A draft position paper prepared as part of the Indonesian People's Forum during PREPCOM IV of WSSD ...	The Initiative on Promoting Good Forest Governance in Asia and the Pacific
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14/01/2002	Reforming government policies and the fight against forest crime: FAO Proceedings The informal expert meeting took place at FAO headquarters between 14 and 16 January 2002. This report ...	FAO
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01/01/1999	Policy that Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods The authors of this book believe that poor forestry policy has led to a pattern of common problems across ...	IIED (James Mayers & Stephen Bass)
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NEWS

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17/05/2013	NGOs say forest moratorium must come with sanctions for violators Activists are applauding the extension of a government moratorium on issuing forest exploitation permits, ...	The Jakarta Post
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15/05/2013	Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill, putting uncontacted groups and the environment at risk under the guise of development Plans to build a 270 km highway through the Peruvian Amazon are mired in legal violations and potential ...	Global Witness
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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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06/05/2013	Pakistan: G-B timber movement: Ministry chops up logging policy While conveying the reservations of environmentalists on the recently notified timber movement policy, ...	The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
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06/05/2013	Thailand: WHC seeks explanation for rise in phayung logging The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is demanding a response to reports of widespread illegal phayung logging ...	Bangkok Post
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06/05/2013	Tanzania: Rondo forest turned into natural reserve The government has been called on to turn the Rondo Forest Reserve into a natural reserve to further ...	IPP Media
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02/05/2013	Extending the Success Against Illegal Logging to Palm Oil and Other Drivers of Deforestation The week before last I had the opportunity to go to London to participate in a workshop at Chatham House, ...	Doug Boucher for The Equation
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30/04/2013	Amazon anti-logging force fails to save forest A military unit created to protect the Brazilian Amazon from illegal logging appears instead to be providing ...	Deutsche Welle
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24/04/2013	Gapki says ‘no’ to moratorium extension The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) has opposed the government’s plan to prolong a two-year ...	The Jakarta Post
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20/04/2013	Indonesia environmental activists question deforestation plan Indonesia’s growing environmental movement is lashing out at government plans for deforestation ...	Bikya News (Indonesia)
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20/04/2013	Bungling decision-making: Activists to campaign against timber policy Civil society organisations in the federal capital are protesting the new timber movement policy for ...	The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
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15/04/2013	Ethiopia enlists help of forest communities to reverse deforestation Despite taking years to establish the first projects, growth in forest cover and increasing incomes for ...	The Guardian
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09/04/2013	House to endorse controversial deforestation bill The House of Representatives is expected to endorse the bill on combating deforestation later this week ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/04/2013	Journey to saving Budongo forest The drive through Murchison Falls national park, using the southern gate at Kichumbanyobo, will definitely ...	The Observer (Uganda)
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03/04/2013	Ghana: FC drafts policy to rein in illegal wood in domestic market The Forestry Commission (FC) of Ghana and Tropenbos International Ghana are jointly working together ...	IHB
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02/04/2013	Africa: How to Balance Forests and Food? A few weeks ago the Skoll World Forum hosted an online ...	AlertNet
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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	Illegal Logging Bill to Be Passed Next Month in Indonesia The House of Representatives plans to pass a bill to combat illegal logging as soon as next month, a ...	Jakarta Globe
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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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04/03/2013	Indonesia: Communities under REDD+ Indonesia possesses some of world’s richest forests in terms of biodiversity, carbon values and ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/02/2013	New analysis shows the EU leading efforts to improve forest governance Ten years since the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan was launched, and one ...	FERN
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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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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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25/01/2013	Exclusive: Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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17/01/2013	Bureaucratic reform plays a part in reducing deforestation in Indonesia Reforming Indonesia's bloated and underperforming bureaucracy will play an important part in reducing ...	Mongabay.com
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14/01/2013	Bolivia: deforestation decree protested In a ceremony at Los Tajibos hotel and convention center in Santa Cruz, Bolivia's President Evo ...	World War 4 Report
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05/12/2012	Chinese timber hunger drives illegal logging in Russia's Far East Petrovsk-Zabaikalsk, Zabaikalsky Region — About nine o'clock in the evening on Feb. 12 seven ...	The Moscow Times, Russia
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28/11/2012	REDD: Reducing decentralization On Oct. 22, the House of Representatives endorsed formation of the province of North Kalimantan and regencies ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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22/11/2012	Will REDD+ undermine democracy or transform it? Bogor, Indonesia - A climate mitigation scheme aiming to protect the world’s forests must work ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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10/11/2012	Managing Africa’s forests for economic growth and climate resilience Washington - Forest areas cover 23 percent of Africa’s surface area, an estimated 675 million hectares ...	The World Bank
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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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06/11/2012	Timber export ban needs forestry reform The Burmese government’s plan to completely ban the export of timber in 2014 in a bid to stop the ...	The Irrawaddy, Burma
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05/11/2012	Teams to probe illegal mining, logging Joint fact-finding committees on illegal logging and mining have been established in a bid to build up ...	Business World Online, Philippines
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30/10/2012	Illegal sandalwood trade growing in WA An illegal trade of Australian sandalwood is flourishing in Western Australia. ...	ABC News, Australia
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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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18/10/2012	Brazil's Rousseff enacts forest law in blow to farm lobby Brasilia - Brazil enacted a controversial law on Thursday meant to protect forests and force farmers ...	Reuters
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03/10/2012	A decade of ground-breaking EU action on deforestation Unless the EU and its member states renew their enthusiasm for enforcing the Forest Law Enforcement Governance ...	EurActiv
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30/09/2012	DENR fails to implement EO23 Manila, Philippines — The government has failed to implement critical provisions of Executive Order ...	Manila Bulletin, 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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19/09/2012	An inside look at Latin America’s illegal logging – part two This post was co-authored with Eduardo Arenas Hernández Jr. and Ana Domínguez, who work ...	World Resources Institute (WRI) Insights
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19/09/2012	Foresters to draft national action plan for forestry Subic Bay, Freeport - The country’s top professional foresters converged at the Subic Bay Exhibition ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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19/09/2012	Brazil Congress moves to weaken Rousseff’s deforestation plan Brazil’s Congress is poised to weaken President Dilma Rousseff’s plan to limit deforestation ...	Bloomberg
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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	New forest policy: In Diamer, fear of deforestation Gilgit - People in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) have voiced concern over “unbridled chopping” of ...	The Express Tribune, Pakistan
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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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07/09/2012	Illegal felling claims will harm conservation efforts An allegation has been made that large scale and rampant illegal felling of timber has been ongoing in ...	Malaysiakini
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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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03/09/2012	Cattle ranching and law enforcement key areas of action to slow Bolivia’s deforestation rate Bogor, Indonesia - Policy makers seeking to slow the pace of deforestation in lowland Bolivia need to ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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02/09/2012	Illegal loggers linked to contractors Baguio City - Illegal loggers have been supplying contractors of government road projects in the Cordillera ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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28/08/2012	DENR-1, police sign ecosystem agreement Vigna City, Ilocos Sur - The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) and Department of the Environment and Natural ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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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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20/08/2012	Namibia: Governor advocates timber quota Rundu — There is an urgent need for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) to come ...	allAfrica.com
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16/08/2012	Nekaro behind Mutorwa on logging suspension Rundu - Kavango Regional Governor Maurus Nekaro supports the decision by the Ministry of Agriculture, ...	New Era, Namibia
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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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08/08/2012	Illegal logging increases, causes resentment Rundu - Chief of the Mbunza Traditional Authority, Alfons Kaundu, accused officials of the forestry directorate ...	New Era, Namibia
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05/08/2012	Foresters want illegal logging stopped Manila, Philippines — A group of professional foresters seeks speedy relief from the “systemic” ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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03/08/2012	Forest agency will enhance effectiveness in supervision - expert With the establishment of a Tanzania Forest Services agency, recommendations of the 2007 Traffic report ...	Daily News, Tanzania
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31/07/2012	Timber plunder upsets envoys Dar es Salaam - Finland and Norway have expressed concern over Tanzania’s failure to implement ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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27/07/2012	Paje blamed for illegal logging Environmentalists on Thursday urged President Benigno Aquino III make Environment and Natural Resources ...	Manila Standard Today, Philippines
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26/07/2012	DENR exec in Davao suspends all logging operations for 3 months Davao City - The top-ranking executive of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ...	Business Mirror, Philippines
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23/07/2012	New forestry policy aims to curb fires, illegal cutting In 2010, when devastating wildfires broke out in western Russia and saw Moscow covered in a sea of suffocating ...	The Moscow News, Russia
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13/07/2012	DENR revitalizes agencies to fight illegal logging Butuan City - To strengthen the anti-illegal logging campaign in the region, the Department of Environment ...	PIA (Philippine Information Agency)
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13/07/2012	Uganda: Govt maintains timber ban Government has maintained the ban on harvesting timber and announced a raft of stringent measures, among ...	allAfrica.com
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05/07/2012	EO 23 stops legitimate logging, favors instead illegal logging President Aquino warned illegal loggers and their cohorts in government against defying Executive Order ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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25/06/2012	Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest Small farmers are less likely than large landowners to maintain required forest cover on their property ...	Mongabay.com
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23/06/2012	Report seeks law to halt deforestation Karachi - The draft Sindh Forest Act 2011 must be passed into law to halt deforestation and bring about ...	Dawn.com, Pakistan
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19/06/2012	Rio+20 seen as last chance for rainforest When Greenpeace accused Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest beef exporter, of sourcing cattle ...	Financial Times, UK
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12/06/2012	Saving the rainforest — and making money off of it One of the greatest weapons against climate change sits on vast tracts of undeveloped Brazilian land. ...	The Washington Post, US
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12/06/2012	Amid Brazil Forest Code controversy, will Presidential vetoes benefit forests? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Two weeks ago Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed critical elements of ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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11/06/2012	Brazil President Rousseff 'proud' of forest protection Brazil enjoys the "privilege" of having the world's biggest rainforest and can be proud ...	BBC News
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05/06/2012	Brazil declares new nature reserves, forest fears persist Brasilia, Brazil - During a ceremony to celebrate World Environment Day, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ...	Environmental News Service
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01/06/2012	Brazil’s Forest Code: more about Dilma’s ‘partial veto’ – and why it’s bad news for forests Following months of debate in Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff last Friday announced only a ‘partial ...	WWF
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31/05/2012	Kenya: Politicians to blame for deforestation Forestry and Wildlife minister Noah Wekesa has blamed politician's for keeping quiet as people destroy ...	allAfrica.com
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30/05/2012	Brazilian Forest Code may return after Rio Brazil’s amended forest code was partially vetoed last week in Brasilia, but that doesn’t ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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28/05/2012	Environmentalists cautious on Brazil Forest Code veto Environmental groups have given a cautious welcome to the decision by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ...	Environmental Finance
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26/05/2012	Brazil's leader vetoes portions of new forest law Sao Paulo - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional ...	The Associated Press
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23/05/2012	Dilma Rousseff must veto Brazil's devastating new forest code The president must honour her pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest and block the pending land-use ...	The Guardian, UK
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23/05/2012	Ghana: turning the back on forest revenue losses The negligence of state institutions, including Parliament, to review Ghana's Timber Rights Fees ...	allAfrica.com
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21/05/2012	Indonesia peatland back on protected list in test case Indonesia's government said on Monday it would protect a strip of peatland in Aceh province at the ...	Reuters
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17/05/2012	Brazil's new forest code faces international opposition Environmentalists around the world have their eyes on Brazil. A controversial new version of the Forest ...	PRI (Public Radio International)
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16/05/2012	Brazil’s leader faces defining decision on bill relaxing protection of forests Rio de Janeiro — President Dilma Rousseff is facing one of the defining moments of her presidency ...	The New York Times
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11/05/2012	Petition calls on Brazilian president to veto 'catastrophic' forest code More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further ...	The Guardian, UK
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11/05/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? Part 6 By Janette Bulkan Costs, values and profits In the first five articles in this series ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/05/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? Part 5 By Janette Bulkan In this fifth article in this series, I will discuss the commitments made ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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09/05/2012	Countdown starts for presidential veto on Brazil Forest Code Brasilia, Brazil - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has until May 25 to decide whether to veto a draft ...	WWF
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09/05/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? Part 4 By Janette Bulkan In this fourth article in this series, I will discuss the due diligence ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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08/05/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? Part 3 By Janette Bulkan The second article in this series, published by Stabroek News’ In ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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26/04/2012	Mexico sets global benchmark on tackling deforestation By Barry Gardiner and Ignacio Pichardo Below the global radar, a major victory was secured in ...	Daily Times, Pakistan
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26/04/2012	Brazilian forestry legislation advances Sao Paulo - Brazil's powerful farm lobby won a long-sought victory after the Congress late Wednesday ...	The Wall Street Journal
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26/04/2012	Brazil's President Rousseff should veto disastrous Forest Code EDF joined the chorus of Brazilian and global environmental groups in calling for Brazil's President ...	Environmental Defense Fund, US
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25/04/2012	Brazil congress delays vote on divisive forest law Sao Paulo — Deputies in Brazil's lower house of Congress decided late Tuesday to delay a vote ...	CBS News
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24/04/2012	Bishops call for moratorium on illegal mining, logging The Ecumenical Bishops conducted a prayer service in celebration of Global Earth Day on Saturday at Gaston ...	Sun Star Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
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24/04/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? Part 2 By Janette Bulkan Last week’s article provided the background on the two forest concessions ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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16/04/2012	The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG Bogor, Indonesia - The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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16/04/2012	Through a glass, darkly – what’s wrong with an Indian coffee retailer exporting logs of prime furniture and flooring timber from Guyana instead of local processing for added value? By Janette Bulkan St. Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians ‘For now we see through ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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13/04/2012	Forest law poses threats Bill poised for approval by lawmakers amid debate. A proposed law to administrate Brazil’s vast ...	LatinAmerican Press
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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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08/04/2012	Conservationists call for suspension of logging permits Panama’s Environmental Authority (ANAM) has been asked to suspend logging permits to prevent the ...	Newsroom Panama
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05/04/2012	Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state Long seen as a pariah for its high rate of deforestation, the world is starting to look to the Brazilian ...	Mongabay.com
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27/03/2012	Researchers warn delays thwart efforts to save Indonesia's environment A $47 million Australian government project to restore Indonesian forests and peatland to protect large ...	Stock and Land, Australia
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26/03/2012	Government policies responsible for half of the reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Rio de Janeiro - Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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24/03/2012	Uganda CFM fails to curb illegal logging The ability of Uganda’s Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) to check loss of forest cover is ...	The East African
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22/03/2012	Greenpeace calls for zero deforestation globally by 2020 Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during ...	Mongabay.com
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15/03/2012	Reforming Brazil’s forest law: defeat or discernment? Lima, Peru - Just three months before world leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 20th anniversary ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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13/03/2012	Brazil slowing forest destruction cuts greenhouse gas burden As world political and business leaders ready for the Rio+20 U.N. sustainability conference in June, ...	Bloomberg Businessweek
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08/03/2012	Brazil's Rousseff urged to veto new forestry code Brasilia - Environmentalists and small farmers marched outside the National Congress Wednesday to urge ...	AFP
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05/03/2012	Controversial vote to ease limits on Amazon rainforest deforestation Brazil stands at a crossroads in its efforts to preserve the Amazon rainforest, as the government considers ...	WTVR, Virginia, US
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22/02/2012	Uganda: Law on timber trade in offing Traders in illegal timber and charcoal will stand trial in court should a new law in offing by the Ministry ...	allAfrica.com
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17/02/2012	New study highlights opportunities and challenges for Indonesia forest moratorium Today WRI releases a working ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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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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11/02/2012	'96 pct of forest harvesting in Tanzania illegal' At least 96 per cent of forest harvesting in Tanzania is conducted illegally leading to deforestation ...	IPP Media
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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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04/02/2012	Aceh governor goes from hero to zero When the former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf became governor of Indonesia's Aceh province, he proclaimed ...	The New Zealand Herald
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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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24/01/2012	In Brazil, fears of a slide back for Amazon protection Sao Paulo, Brazil — Brazil has made great strides in recent years in slowing Amazon deforestation ...	The New York Times
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22/01/2012	Mindanao Business Council hits Aquino on environment Davao City - Leaders of the Mindanao business sector have criticized the Aquino administration for taking ...	Business World Online, Philippines
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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	‘The rule of law? – not in the forest sector of Guyana’ By Janette Bulkan In November 2009, the Government of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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15/01/2012	DENR-13 exceeds 2011 targets for national greening and anti-illegal logging programs While 2011 saw parts of Mindanao devastated by tropical storm Sendong—and brought to the fore the ...	PIA (Philippine Information Agency)
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13/01/2012	Ghana: Forestry sector policy review underway Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is currently reviewing one of the sector's ...	allAfrica.com
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13/01/2012	FRA welcomes news on successful Brazilian deforestation policies Seattle, WA - Forestry Research Associates (FRA), a research and analysis consultancy, has welcomed news ...	SBWire, The Small Business Newswire, US
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04/01/2012	Harsh penalties vs illegal loggers As one of the culprits during natural calamities, illegal loggers will face life imprisonment if a bill ...	The Journal Online, Philippines
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22/12/2011	Lawmaker pushes new mine, forest laws Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat urged Congress to immediately pass the forest conservation and alternative ...	Sun Star Baguio, Philippines
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21/12/2011	Congress urged to pass reforestation laws A lawmaker on Wednesday urged Congress to immediately pass laws on environmental management on Wednesday, ...	Sun Star Manila, Philippines
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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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05/12/2011	Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level Brasilia - Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest ...	AFP
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01/12/2011	Law ‘should settle’ definition of forest areas Before moving forward with a bill on illegal logging, the government and the House of Representatives ...	The Jakarta Post
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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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25/11/2011	Brazil's sustainability credentials threatened by changes in forest legislation A revised version of Brazil's Forest Code, a piece of legislation that regulates the use of forest ...	Just Means
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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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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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13/11/2011	Putting a stop to deforestation Creditably for it, the Sindh government has taken an important initiative to stop deforestation. ...	Business Recorder, Pakistan
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04/11/2011	Draft law proposes steps to halt deforestation Karachi - A revised version of the decades-old forest act suggests critical changes in key government ...	Dawn.com, Pakistan
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31/10/2011	Risks remain despite Indonesian forest moratorium: study A two-year ban on new licenses to clear peatlands and primary forests in Indonesia risks being undermined ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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10/10/2011	DR Congo: UN advises prudent use of abundant resources to spur development The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the capacity to become the driving force of Africa’s ...	UN News Centre
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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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26/09/2011	Climate Conversations - REDD+ in Mozambique: A new opportunity for land grabbers? Land is cheap and is perceived to be abundant in Africa. A scramble for Africa’s land, following ...	Reuters AlertNet
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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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08/09/2011	EIA responds to criticism of crossroads report London - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a London-based international NGO, strongly refutes ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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07/09/2011	Brazil’s Forest Law debate heats up Brazil’s politicians, NGOs and public have been voicing more criticisms about the proposed relaxing ...	WWF
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09/08/2011	Science has been nearly silent in Brazil’s Forest Code debate A recent push to revise Brazil’s forest code has emerged as one of the more contentious political ...	Mongabay.com
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08/07/2011	Johann Hari: Would you trust a management consultant with the world's rainforests? Our protests stopped David Cameron handing UK forests over to corporations. Now the rainforests are being ...	The Independent, UK
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28/06/2011	Challenges for better forest governance Carbon-dense peatland. Carbon emission reduction. Low-carbon economy. These are key terms in Indonesia’s ...	The Jakarta Post
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28/06/2011	Smarter food production key to curbing forest loss - study Developing countries aiming to curb greenhouse gas emissions need to create strategies that address the ...	Reuters AlertNet
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27/06/2011	Peru revamps environment law in line with trade obligations Peruvian Congress on 16 June approved the establishment of a revamped forestry and wildlife law, in line ...	ICTSD
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21/06/2011	New Congo law demands environmental impact studies Companies working in Democratic Republic of Congo will soon be forced to submit environmental impact ...	Reuters
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07/06/2011	ITTO criticized over failure to reach its goals Berne, Switzerland - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has been criticized for not ...	Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland
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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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23/05/2011	UN presents new checklist to manage forest stocks Everyone knows that trees are good for the environment and that well-run forests might become lucrative ...	UN News Centre
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20/05/2011	Indonesia forest moratorium softens blow for planters Indonesia revealed a long list of exemptions on Friday to a two-year moratorium on new permits to clear ...	Reuters
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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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06/05/2011	Brazil forest law under fire again Brazil’s most important environmental protection legislation - the Forest Law - is on the chopping ...	WWF
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05/05/2011	Brazil's forest code debate may determine fate of the Amazon rainforest Brazil's forest code may be about to get an overhaul. The federal code, which presently requires ...	Mongabay.com
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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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27/04/2011	WWF warns of massive forest loss Jakarta - More than 568 million acres of forest worldwide will disappear by 2050 if no action is taken, ...	UPI.com
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19/02/2011	Bill on logging moratorium filed Manila, Philippines - Congress is pushing for a bill imposing a 12-year moratorium on commercial logging ...	The Inquirer, Phlippines
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17/02/2011	Nigerian state sets REDD pace for entire continent The tiny state of Cross River, Nigeria, has managed to preserve large swathes of endangered rainforest ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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15/02/2011	Peru: appeal for Congress to pass Forestry and Wildlife Law The Peruvian Exporters’ Association (Adex), the National Society of Industries (SIN) and the National ...	IHB Network
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09/02/2011	House, Forestry Ministry bicker over illegal logging The House of Representatives has called for the establishment of an independent commission to tackle ...	The Jakarta Globe
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04/02/2011	Rwanda pledges nationwide forest landscape restoration New York - The African country of Rwanda, torn by civil war in the 1990s, has vowed to achieve country-wide ...	Environment News Service
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24/01/2011	New study suggests global pacts like REDD ignore primary causes of destruction of forests New York - A new study issued ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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10/01/2011	Illegal logging plagues nation's woodlands, says forestry official The deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Directorate of Forestry, ...	Viet Nam News
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24/12/2010	The rate of felling is falling fast in the Amazon rainforest – but can it last? Now here’s some really good news. Deforestation in the Amazon – poster child for the world’s ...	The Telegraph, UK
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07/12/2010	Brazilian state lays foundation for nature-based economy The Brazilian state of Acre recently passed sweeping legislation that promotes sustainable development ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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15/10/2010	Sabah expects less than RM100 million annual revenue from timber production Kota Kinabalu - The Sabah state government expects annual revenue from timber production to be less than ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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24/09/2010	Deforestation prevented, in part, by democracy: study Democratic countries suffer less from deforestation. That seems logical enough. But forests also do well ...	Physorg.com
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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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14/06/2010	Forestry changes planned for Siem Reap Forestry officials plan to carve out three new administrative zones in the northwest in a bid to ramp ...	The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia
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10/06/2010	UN-REDD hosts event on monitoring, reporting and verification for REDD+ activities The UN-REDD Programme, Chatham House and other forest governance experts met in London, UK, from 24-25 ...	MEA Bulletin
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09/06/2010	China approves guidelines to enhance forest protection Beijing - The State Council, China's cabinet, approved guidelines Wednesday that protect, restore ...	Xinhua Net
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01/06/2010	New protected areas in Brazil contribute to major drop in Amazon deforestation rate Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are proving highly effective in reducing forest loss in Earth's ...	Mongabay.com
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20/05/2010	Mozambique: logging in country at sustainable levels Maputo — Mozambican Agriculture Minister Soares Nhaca has denied claims that the country's ...	allAfrica
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29/04/2010	Land planning with a chainsaw St. Petersburg - At first glance, a forestry-management measure passed by St. Petersburg lawmakers in ...	Transitions Online
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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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21/04/2010	Could covering the environment get you killed? Filipino journalist Joey Estriber was a happily married father of five children. He presented a radio ...	G-Online, Australia
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20/04/2010	Will REDD+ reduce rights of forest-dwellers? Over the last quarter-century, developing countries have begun to shift the management of their forests ...	Environmental Research Web
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17/04/2010	Amazon deforestation down 51 percent from this time last year: so, what's working? Amazon deforestation dropped 51 percent from August 2009 to February 2010 when compared to the same period ...	TreeHugger
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12/04/2010	Illegality in forestry sector significant -study finds There is a “significant” level of illegality in Guyana’s forestry sector though it ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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17/03/2010	“We are against exporting unprocessed timber” - Deputy Finance Minister Deputy Finance and Economic Development Minister, Momodu Kargbo has said in Parliament that Government ...	Awoko Newspaper, Sierra Leone
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09/03/2010	Forests, climate change and the challenge of REDD To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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05/03/2010	Frontier NAB to reinitiate action against timber mafia Peshawar - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in NWFP has reinitiated action against the timber ...	The News, Pakistan
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09/02/2010	Dismayed tribal leader to relinquish green award Patih Laman, an 89 year-old tribal leader, on Saturday tried to relinquish his Kalpataru, Indonesia’s ...	The Jakarta Post
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09/02/2010	Peruvian government announces rainforest funding The Peruvian government has announced it is to put "significant" money into helping protect ...	Cool Earth
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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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01/02/2010	Peru backs massive Amazon protected area Lima, Peru - The Peruvian National Protected Areas Service has decided to allocate funds to help protect ...	WWF
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25/01/2010	Forestry sector needs transparency to reduce risks of REDD A new project aims to increase transparency in the forestry sector, an area long plagued by corruption ...	Mongabay.com
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21/01/2010	PM says gov’t does not mishandle logging export Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua has rejected as unfair and misguided recent criticism of the Government ...	Solomon Star, Solomon Islands
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19/01/2010	Government decision on illegal logging irresponsible: TSI Transparency Solomon Islands, TSI, has labeled the Government irresponsible for its decision to simply ...	Solomon Times Online, Solomon Islands
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18/01/2010	Independent experts team to probe Misamis Oriental timber firm Cagayan de Oro City - A logging firm allegedly committing technical illegal logging within their concession ...	PIA Information Service, Philippines
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15/01/2010	Those that break our laws must pay the price A BIG applause to Customs & Excise officials. Their excellent work has resulted in the prevention ...	Solomon Star, Solomon Islands
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13/01/2010	Indonesia forest plan at odds with carbon target The Indonesian government’s pledge to cut greenhouse emissions growth via forestry efforts can’t ...	Carbon Positive
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12/01/2010	Govt revokes 7 concessions, warns 36 other holders Having revoked seven forest concessions amounting to more than 500,000 hectares last year, the Forestry ...	The Jakarta Post
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11/01/2010	Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon Liberia's remaining rainforest cover ...	The Ecologist
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07/01/2010	Illegal loggers challenged Tran The Lien, deputy director of the Forestry Protection Department speaks with Thoi bao Kinh te Viet ...	Viet Nam News
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06/01/2010	Indonesia says forest plan can meet emission target Jakarta - An ambitious Indonesian plan to plant millions of hectares of forest should allow the country ...	Reuters
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30/12/2009	Govt urged to quickly solve forest issues ...	The Jakarta Post
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13/12/2009	Laws protect trees better than awareness campaigns The government should enforce its laws and help forest wardens fight illegal loggers instead of wasting ...	Thanh Nien News, Vietnam
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen glimmer (update) It may come as a surprise but Indonesia - once one of the world’s great environmental vandals - ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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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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18/11/2009	Brazil pledges ambitious emissions reductions New targets and deforestation numbers put Brazil in the spotlight. ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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11/11/2009	Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/11/2009	‘Current system makes it hard for illegal logging to take place’ Illegal export of logs is not possible with the current checks and balances in place, the National Forest ...	The National, Papua New Guinea
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05/11/2009	New law imposes log ban in Negros district Manila, Philippines - President Arroyo has signed into law Republic Act 9741, which strictly imposes ...	Philstar.com, Philippines
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02/11/2009	Zulkifli Hasan vows to live up to his political contract Having been in the position for two weeks, new Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan seems to be trying to ...	The Jakarta Post
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29/10/2009	INTERVIEW - Indonesia environment min wants funds for enforcement Jakarta - Indonesia's new environment minister said on Thursday he needs more funds for law enforcement ...	Reuters
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28/10/2009	Environmentalist calls for review of ‘unfriendly’ laws Several major regulations issued over the past five years have made the country’s natural resources ...	The Jakarta Globe
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17/10/2009	Ketsana exposes crimes we’d rather ignore Typhoon Ketsana has not left Vietnam. Aside from the devastating physical aftermath, the disaster ...	Thanh Nien News, Vietnam
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09/10/2009	Logging activities to be stopped The Selangor state government will no longer issue permits for logging on government land starting Jan ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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08/10/2009	Curtailing tropical deforestation vital to U.S. interests Curtailing tropical deforestation is vital to U.S. national interests as a cost-effective means to slow ...	Mongabay.com
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30/09/2009	Congo Basin Heads of State and Conservation groups celebrate 10 years of success in saving world's second largest rainforest Ongoing threats include bushmeat hunting, illegal logging and climate change. Washington, D.C. - Leaders ...	PR Web
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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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23/09/2009	Liberia's forests do not need to be chopped down - Open Letter to the Liberian Legislature The Liberian Legislature has this week been asked to ratify four forest management contracts (FMCs). ...	The Liberian Times
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18/09/2009	Duma approves bill aimed at preventing illegal timber exports Moscow - The State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday approved a bill which enables ...	ITAR-TASS
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17/09/2009	Despite joint Military Police Taskforce Seven forests, wild life reserves in W/R under serious threat Seven forest and wildlife reserves, which serve as tourist attraction centers in the region, continue ...	Modern Ghana
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08/09/2009	Progress on Amazonian deforestation and land reform President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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02/09/2009	Brazil claims Amazon deforestation is down, but satellites say otherwise Brazil’s Environment minister claims increased policing have brought a sharp drop in Amazon deforestation ...	MercoPress
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28/08/2009	Liberia: Credibility of Liberia's forestry reform programme at point of collapse, warns Global Witness The credibility of Liberia’s forestry reform programme, one of the most comprehensive ever undertaken ...	allAfrica.com
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28/08/2009	Colombia commits to stop illegal timber trade The Colombian Government together with 24 public and private sector organizations, civil society representatives ...	WWF Global Trade & Forest Network (GFTN)
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22/08/2009	Govt to allow some export of protected forest wood The government is considering to allow the export of S4S (surface -machined to a smooth finish on all ...	The Jakarta Post
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18/08/2009	Forests and businesses: uneasy bedfellows Windhoek - Too few businesses use appropriate industry-led approaches to tackle the threat of wholesale ...	New Era, Namibia
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15/08/2009	Mismanagement of Liberia's forests: a driver of deforestation We will look at the final report of Global Witness for the past month and see how FDA did her job with ...	Daily Observer, Liberia
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12/08/2009	Inconsistent policies accelerate forest destruction: NGOs Environmental groups said Wednesday inconsistency in government policies had played an important role ...	The Jakarta Post
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11/08/2009	Liberia: Global Witness restates warnings over logging of forests Campaign group Global Witness today restated its concerns that two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant ...	allAfrica.com
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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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01/08/2009	India to assess climate gain; pump millions in forests New Delhi - India will spend some $200 million to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon ...	Reuters India
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30/07/2009	New timber rules paralyze industry Kineshma, Ivanovo Region - In better years, Olga Vladimova's midsize timber company employed 120 ...	The Moscow Times, Russia
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30/07/2009	RI may lose natural forest by 2015, says enviro expert Indonesia may lose its status as the world's third-largest forest nation by 2015 as the country's ...	The Jakarta Post
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28/07/2009	DR Congo needs clear logging policies: Greenpeace Kinshasa - Greenpeace has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to clarify reforms bringing ...	AFP
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23/07/2009	The need to check deforestation in West Africa Achieving long-term development in West Africa requires much more than just exploiting the region's ...	Business Day, Nigeria
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14/07/2009	Big REDD Right now, theres more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental ...	Washington Monthly
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12/07/2009	Common ground deep in the woods If you are out wandering through the heavily forested terrain of the Eastern Thungyai Naresaun Wildlife ...	Bangkok Post
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10/07/2009	Kenya: adopt African views on forestry In the run-up to this year's global climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the international community ...	allAfrica.com
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27/06/2009	Brazil approves controversial land tenure law Brasilia - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by ...	Associated Press
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26/06/2009	Uphill battle to save the orang utan President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the World Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007: ...	The Malaysian Insider
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23/06/2009	The Amazon rainforest: worth the fight? Brazil is home to one-third of the world's rainforest and half of the Amazon. Between its vast rainforests ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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16/06/2009	Ministry blames budget for poor forest oversight After being criticized for doing little to protect the countrys forests from illegal logging and mining, ...	The Jakarta Globe
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15/06/2009	'Forest footprint' will show investors which companies care about the rainforests The manufacture of everyday products is fuelling the destruction of the rainforests because raw materials ...	The Telegraph, UK
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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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08/06/2009	The Amazon is dying Brazil's president, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, writing in the Guardian in March, offered us these ...	Guardian, UK
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02/06/2009	Brazil on target in slowing Amazon deforestation Brasilia - Brazil is on track to meet its target to reduce Amazon deforestation this year and will cut ...	Reuters
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02/06/2009	Merchants of the night are Mau's fresh threat A heavily loaded lorry revs in a dark path carrying its load uphill. Its headlights are off and only ...	The Standard, Kenya
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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	Forest experts to discuss illegal logging and REDD Forestry experts from 50 countries are slated to hold conference to discuss long standing illegal logging ...	The Jakarta Post
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26/05/2009	Lost wilderness Yet another tract of forest will be sacrificed for dams and timber. ...	The Star, Malaysia
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26/05/2009	Surigao del Sur Gov seeks moratorium on cutting and transport of logs in Bislig Butuan City - Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Caraga Region recently ...	PIA Information Services, Philippines
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25/05/2009	Slow forest tenure reform threatens Africa's action against climate change A new report released today at a major global forestry conference in Cameroon has found that deforestation ...	Africa Science News Service (Kenya)
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13/05/2009	Tanzania's forests under threat Tanzania is facing a serious threat from deforestation amid reports that the country is losing an average ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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13/05/2009	Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest The Japanese government will loan Peru $120 million to protect 55 million hectares (212,000 square miles) ...	Mongabay.com
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06/05/2009	FC appeals to timber industry players to support initiatives The Forestry Commission (FC), has appealed to Ghanaian timber producers and exporters to join hands and ...	GhanaWeb
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23/04/2009	Not due to logging: CM Kota Kinabalu - Logging should not be blamed for the flooding in Tenom as the activity has been gradually ...	Daily Express, Malaysia
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20/04/2009	Liberia: Pit sawing illegal, but economical - FDA boss states Monrovia - The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mr. John Wood has lauded ...	allAfrica.com
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20/04/2009	Deforestation on the rise in Sindh Karachi - The forest resources especially that of Sindh are depleting due to the natural, social and ...	The Nation, Pakistan
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20/04/2009	Indonesia says REDD unworkable Indonesias forestry minister says the emerging carbon market system to encourage forest preservation ...	Carbon Positive
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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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23/03/2009	Territorial disputes and conservation Belize - Political drivers such as those related to territorial disputes between tropical countries can ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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15/03/2009	New forest bill to harmonize field inspections Brazil - The governor of the state of Mato Grosso is considering a draft bill for an environmental law ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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21/11/2008	Holding governments to account: Global Witness launches new transparency report card project (Global Witness Press Release) Global Witness this month begins an ambitious project to improve forest ...	Global Witness (UK)
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31/10/2008	New bylaw to monitor log products Indonesia - The City Council passed a tougher version of the city bylaw on forest product distribution ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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02/10/2008	Russia might impose ban on timber exports Speaker in Russias State Duma, Boris Gryzlov, this week said parliament was ready to elaborate and adopt ...	Barents Observer (Russia)
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04/08/2008	Liberia: Government Puts Forest Reforms in Jeopardy - Says NGO Coalition The Government of Liberia is threatening its own reform process and putting the rule of law in the forest ...	AllAfrica.com
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31/07/2008	Congo Launches Review of Logging Contracts Kinshasa, DRC - Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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18/07/2008	Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging The Brazilian state of Para today announced a ban on the sales of illegally logged timber from the Amazon ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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17/06/2008	Liberia EITI Surges Ahead Liberia has been one of the most cursed of all resource-rich countries. Despite an abundance of iron ...	Extractive Industries Tranaparency Initiative (EITI)
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15/05/2008	Peru: Illegal logging penalties may mirror drug smuggling penalties As part of regulations prescribed for the implementation of the FTA with the US, Peru is considering ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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14/05/2008	Kenya: Logging ban boosts trade Commercial tree growing has become a multi-billion shilling sector business in Western Kenya region - ...	allAfrica.com
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26/04/2008	Illegal logging must end for Australia-PNG Forest Carbon Partnership to be successful Greenpeace today cautiously welcomed the first steps taken towards a Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest ...	Trading Markets (USA)
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15/04/2008	IBAMA tightens control on illegal logging in the Amazon Brazil - According to Remade, The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (IBAMA) ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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08/04/2008	Preventing illicit forest resources trafficking Indonesia - Last month the government hosted an international meeting of experts on the important subject ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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13/03/2008	Timber Export Points Reduced by 80% Russia - The Federal Customs Service yesterday reduced the number of customs checkpoints that will process ...	Kommersant (Russia)
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06/03/2008	Protected by bars Liberia - A groundbreaking computerised forest-protection system is up and running. If all goes according ...	Economist (UK)
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22/02/2008	Minister orders withdrawal of license Ghana - The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, Mrs Esther Obeng Dapaah has instructed the Forestry ...	Joy Online (Ghana)
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08/02/2008	The Forestry Commission seems to be making a long overdue attempt to restore its operational mandate Guyana - Letter to the editor - After five years of minimal effective activity the GFC appears to be ...	Stabroek News (Guyana)
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08/02/2008	Natural Resources Ministry to Blunt Axes Russias Natural Resources Ministry has elaborated amendments to the Forestry Code aimed at opposing illegal ...	Kommersant (Russia)
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03/02/2008	Flaws in the Forestry Bill Thailand - At least two provisions in the approved law are seen to deprive many communities of the right ...	Bangkok Post (Thailand)
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17/12/2007	Illegal Logging in Primorsky province could not be stopped without emergency measures Russia - Deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly suggest introducing special regime in seven districts, ...	WWF (Russia)
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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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01/11/2007	Liberia: Swiss Firm Manages Chain-of-Custody in Forest With a chain-of-custody in managing Liberian forest, it is expected that "there would be no illegal ...	AllAfrica.com
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19/10/2007	Illuminating Resource Revenue Transparency - A New Guide from the IMF The revised IMF Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency is a comprehensive handbook on good transparency ...	International Monetary Fund (USA)
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17/09/2007	Guyana: The forestry commission and the geology and mines commission should sign up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Letter from the Stabroek News in Guyana. ...	Stabroek News (Guyana)
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15/09/2007	More needs to be done on forest policies, says study Even though Kenya has made significant progress in formulating forest laws and policies for effective ...	The Standard (Kenya)
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23/08/2007	Cameroon: Illegal Logging - Gov't, E.U. to Create Independent Committee ...	AllAfrica.com
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17/07/2007	Experts: Graft laws best suited for dealing with problem of illegal logging Indonesia - Legal experts are recommending the government use the anti-corruption law, not forestry laws, ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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04/05/2007	New course at CATIE on policy and governance in regulation of natural resources Costa Rica - A new course called Policy and Governance in Territorial Regulation (Forest, Water and Soils) ...	CATIE (Costa Rica)
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22/03/2007	Dirty work in the woods Tanzania is losing US$ 58 million annually due to non-collection of forest product royalties, the result ...	The Express (Tanzania)
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26/02/2007	DFID announce grants supporting forest governance and trade London, UK - DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme is a five-year, £24 million programme ...	Chatham House (UK)
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19/12/2006	Liberia: Doors Cautiously Open to Foreign Investment Despite the lack of even such basic infrastructure as an electrical grid or a functional transportation ...	Resource Investor (USA)
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05/12/2006	Freedom of speech threatened (Editorial) Papua New Guinea - The right to free speech clearly enshrined in the National Constitution ...	Papua New Guinea Post Courier (PNG)
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13/11/2006	Country getting a pittance from Asian forestry companies Guyana - Asian transnational companies are taking advantage of loopholes in the current forestry laws ...	Stabroek News (Guyana)
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23/10/2006	World Bank advises better forest governance Washngton D.C., USA - Preserving the world's rapidly shrinking tropical forests and improving the ...	World Bank (USA)
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16/10/2006	Forest policies need review Last week the PNG Government and the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) hosted a two-day ...	PNG Post-Courier (Australia)
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07/09/2006	When You Have Been Bitten by a Snake... "Liberia does not have a long tradition of respect for human rights and civil society" is the ...	Huffington Post (USA)
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21/06/2006	Government of Indonesia Cuts Down on Military Reform Policy The Indonesian government is scaling back plans to force the military to break up its commercial base, ...	Global Insight
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31/01/2006	Peruvian mahogany stands under attack Lima, Peru - Facing uncontrolled logging of mahogany and other tree species, Peruvian lawmakers in 2000 ...	EcoAmericas.com
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01/12/2005	Governments Making Progress in Curbing Illegal Logging New research conducted by FAO and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) suggests that ...	AllAfrica.com
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08/11/2005	Governments must act to combat illegal logging Geneva ' Governments must play the frontline role in creating enabling governance conditions for ...	WBCSD
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28/10/2005	No new logging in green heart of Africa: Congolese President vows to clean up logging industry Greenpeace welcomed a decree by President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to reform ...	Yuba Net (USA)
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30/09/2005	ALP floats single Pacific market Australia - A Labor proposal for a "Pacific Community" - including a common market and a possible ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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13/07/2005	A Timber Assoc. Excepts to U.S. Embassy's Decision The Liberia Timber Association (LTA) says its attention has been drawn to a United States Embassy's ...	AllAfrica.com
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10/07/2005	Honduras wins aid pact tied to human rights, anti-corruption efforts Last month Honduras became to second country to receive aid under the controversial Millennium ...	Mongabay.com
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29/06/2005	Natural Resource Governance ' A Test of Political Will for the Cambodian Government and the International Donor Community The near total absence of promised reforms of natural resource management forms the backdrop to an impromptu ...	Global Witness
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22/06/2005	Senators increase punishment for illegal logging Russia - The Federation Council on Wednesday endorsed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences ...	ITAR-TASS (Russia)
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21/06/2005	ITTO reinforces commitment to forest law enforcement and combating illegal logging Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - Assisting countries to develop and enforce forest laws remains one of ...	ITTO (Japan)
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15/06/2005	Indonesia to set up working group on illegal logging Jakarta: The Indonesian police chief (Kapolri), Gen Da'i Bachtiar, has revealed that the government ...	Monsters and Critics (UK)
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06/05/2005	M'sia, Indonesia Agree To Curb Illegal Timber Smuggling Malaysia and Indonesia will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), in a move which is expected ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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27/04/2005	Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia: Instruction Number 3 2005 Concerning Eradication of Illegal Logging in Forest Areas and the Circulation throughout Indonesian Territory An English translation of an instruction from the Minister of Home Affairs to all Governors, Bupatis ...	Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs
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12/04/2005	Indonesia bans army business ties Indonesia - Indonesia's military has announced that it will close down its lucrative business ventures ...	BBC (UK)
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21/02/2005	Brazil Plans Vast Amazon Reserve to Stem Logging BRASIL - Brazil's president on Thursday decreed the creation of one of the world's largest ...	Planet Ark
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21/01/2005	CIFOR and Forest Trends receive DFID Grant to examine forest industry trends and scenarios, consequences, and policy responses in the Asia-Pacific Region The Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) and Forest Trends have received a DFID grant to ...	DFID (UK)
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18/11/2004	Groundbreaking Global Study Concludes That When It Comes To The Environment, Crime Does Pay 99% of environmental crimes in some of the worlds most biologically rich countries go unpunished. ...	Conservation International
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15/11/2004	DRC takes a serious look at preserving its forests Kinshasa, DRC - A ban on logging concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo's rainforest must ...	Reuters
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09/09/2004	Govt delays endorsing logging edict Indonesia - The government of Indonesia has delayed the issuance of a government regulation in lieu of ...	The Jakarta Post
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


07/02/2013	Improving forest governance: a comparison of FLEGT VPAs and their impact	An Bollen, Fern
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25/09/2012	Strengthening forest governance based on evidence, knowledge and inclusiveness	Nalin Kishor, Tuukka Castrén, Ewald Rametsteiner (FAO)
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09/02/2012	Strengthening forest governance monitoring practice	Herman Savenije, Tropenbos International & Arend Jan van Bodegom, Wageningen University, Netherlands
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21/06/2011	Forest governance, markets and climate programme	Penny Davies, DFID, UK
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21/06/2011	Addressing forest governance risks in Indonesia	Michel Gary, Transparency International
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19/05/2011	The relationship between the REDD+ guidance and the forest governance framework	Eva Muller, FAO
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19/05/2011	Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance (May 2011 draft)	Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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19/05/2011	Business + Forests + Forest Governance + REDD+: Global company perspectives	James Griffiths, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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19/05/2011	Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance	Doris Capistrano, PROFOR
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18/11/2010	The FAO-World Bank initiative on indicators for good forest governance	Eva Muller, FAO
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18/11/2010	Forest governance monitoring system in Tanzania	Dr. Felician Kilahama, Director, Forestry and Beekeeping Division, Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism, Tanzania
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18/11/2010	Initiatives on forest governance monitoring: a field perspective from Kenya	Antti Erkkilä, University of Eastern Finland
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18/11/2010	Overview of governance, monitoring and REDD+ in multilateral fora	Roz Reeve, Chatham House
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25/06/2010	Monitoring governance for REDD+: Results of Chatham House / UN-REDD workshop 24-25 May 2010	Jade Saunders, EFI / Chatham House
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25/06/2010	Observation Indépendante de la mise en application de la loi forestière et de la gouvernance en République du Congo: Aperçu des résultats	Serge Moukouri, REM
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24/05/2010	Lessons from EITI for REDD	Gavin Hayman, EITI & Global Witness
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24/05/2010	Proposed framework parameters for monitoring governance: the 'what'	Peter Holmgren, FAO
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24/05/2010	Proposed guidance for effective governance monitoring	Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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24/05/2010	Background, concepts and definitions	Jade Saunders & Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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24/05/2010	Taking stock of governance in Readiness Proposals submitted to theFCPF & UN-REDD Programme	Crystal Davis, WRI
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24/05/2010	REDD+ relevant 'governance' initiatives and tools	Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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22/01/2010	REDD Initiatives and Governance	Florence Daviet, World Resources Institute
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22/01/2010	Monitoring Governance in REDD	Ros Reeve, Global Witness & Peter Holmgren, FAO
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22/01/2010	How Can FLEGT be Used to Achieve REDD Objectives?	Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest
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22/01/2010	REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards Initiative	Phil Franks, CARE International
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21/01/2010	A Concept in Management Transparency	Carlos Fabiano Cardoso, IBAMA
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21/01/2010	Transparency Report Card	David Young, Global Witness
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23/10/2009	Governance, risk and REDD	Rosalind Reeve, Global Witness
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23/06/2009	Measuring governance improvements	Florence Daviet, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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23/06/2009	DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme - progress update	John Hudson, Department for International Development (DFID) UK
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23/06/2009	Improving governance in forestry through forest governance integrity approaches	Agustinus Taufik, Transparency International
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23/06/2009	Forest law enforcement and governance in Lao PDR	Bill Maynard, Department of Forest Inspection, Laos
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09/06/2008	Progress towards definition of legality standards in VPA countries	Chen Hin Keong, TRAFFIC
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09/06/2008	The Community Rights Law and forest governance	David Brown, ODI
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18/01/2008	REDD: lessons from a forest governance perspective	Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest, Johannes Ebeling, EcoSecurities, Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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18/01/2008	REDD and forest governance exploring demand side options	Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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17/01/2008	Forest Law Application Initiative - ALFA	Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (Carlos Aragon)
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17/01/2008	The growth and control of international environmental crime	Duncan Brack, Chatham House
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01/11/2007	Illegal logging and governance in Tanzania and links with China	TRAFFIC East Africa & China Programme (Simon Milledge/Liu Xueyan)
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09/07/2007	WWF - Brazil and forest governance in the Amazon	WWF Brasil (Mauro Armelin)
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09/07/2007	Forestry governance and economic development in Tanzania	TRAFFIC (Simon Milledge)
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25/01/2007	Forests, conflict and the return of governance in Liberia	US Forest Service (Jerilyn Levi)
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24/01/2007	Transitions in forest tenure and governance: drivers, projected patterns and implications	Rights and Resources (Andy White)
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20/09/2006	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: Strengthening production and policy	DFID (John Hudson)
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21/07/2006	Forest Governance Learning Group research update	FGLG (James Meyer)
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21/07/2006	The World Bank Inspection Panel in Cambodia and the Forest Concession Management and Control pilot project	Global Witness (Eleanor Nichol)
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03/04/2006	Commerce, transparency and civil society: lessons from the EITI for the forest sector	Global Witness (David Young)
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24/03/2006	Current status of laws in Indonesia	IWGFF (Willem Pattinasarany)
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20/01/2006	Promoting cooperation among customs and forestry authorities in East Asia to combat trade in illegal wood products	TRAFFIC International (Chen Hin Keong)
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19/01/2006	Current FRP projects supporting improved forest governance	DFID Forestry Research Programme (John Palmer)
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EVENTS

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Monday 3rd June 2013	Improving Forest Governance programme 2013 This will be the fourth time the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT) at Wolverhampton ...
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Wednesday 9th January 2013	ThinkForest seminar: European forest governance - issues at stake and the way forward Forest governance beyond the national has become increasingly European over the years: a complex web ...
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Monday 5th November 2012	Thirteenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change The RRI Dialogues on Forests, Governance & Climate Change are designed to foster critical reflection ...
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Monday 29th October 2012	Twelfth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change The RRI Dialogues on Forests, Governance & Climate Change are designed to foster critical reflection ...
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Wednesday 24th October 2012	Governance for Forest, Nature and People: Managing multi-stakeholder learning in sector wide approaches and national forest programmes This course is organised by the Centre for International Forestry Research and Wageningen University. ...
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Tuesday 9th October 2012	Conference: Guardians of the forests? 10 years of EU innovation and action in worldwide forest governance Illegal logging costs developing countries US$15 billion in lost revenues each year (World Bank), and ...
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Monday 18th June 2012	Complex institutional frameworks for sustainability: resolving conflicts & promoting coherence in forest governance This Rio+20 side event is organised by RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests, Yale University, ...
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Thursday 31st May 2012	Governance and REDD+: challenges & success stories from Brazil, Cameroon, and Indonesia Experts from leading civil society organizations in Brazil, Cameroon, and Indonesia will share their ...
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Wednesday 9th May 2012	Assessing Governance in a Context of Change The objective of this IUFRO Forest Policy and Economics Division conference is for scientists and other ...
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Friday 23rd March 2012	Beyond Carbon: Ensuring Justice and Equity in REDD+ Across Levels of Governance Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has rapidly become a key pillar ...
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Tuesday 31st January 2012	The Importance of Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystems in Economic Growth and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean The Organization of American States (OAS), as a co-sponsor of the World Congress on Justice, Governance ...
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Tuesday 4th October 2011	Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy Every day, around the globe, forests contribute substantially to people’s well-being. For some, ...
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Monday 11th July 2011	Forest Tenure, Governance and Enterprise: Experiences and Opportunities for Asia in a Changing Context Organized by: Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Hosted ...
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Thursday 19th May 2011	Expert Meeting on the Governance of Forests and REDD+ The UN-REDD Programme, Chatham House, FAO and the World Bank organised the Expert Meeting on Governance ...
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Tuesday 5th October 2010	Emerging Economic Mechanisms: Implications for Forest-Related Policies and Sector Governance This international conference will be part of World Forest Week. The conference-forum is co-organised ...
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Tuesday 31st August 2010	Workshop: Forest Governance, Decentralisation and REDD in Latin America Several factors underscore the relevance of discussing the relationships among sustainable forest management, ...
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Wednesday 4th August 2010	Forest Governance Challenges Beyond Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific Perspective The Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) Dialogue 2010 will examine the links between REDD+ and governance. ...
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Friday 22nd January 2010	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 3 The third in the series of Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change was held ...
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Thursday 22nd October 2009	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 2 The second Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change was held in Washington ...
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Wednesday 8th July 2009	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 1 The first in a series of meetings aiming to promote learning and frank discussion on the key issues facing ...
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Tuesday 15th July 2008	FAO/ITTO Regional Workshop on Improving Forest Law Compliance and Governance in Tropical West Africa Over the past two years, FAO and ITTO have assisted countries in the Amazon region, Central Africa, Central ...
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Thursday 17th January 2008	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 11 The eleventh in a series of update meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the meeting ...
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Monday 10th September 2007	Discussion Meeting: Carbon Markets and Forest Governance The aim of the meeting is to bring together a small, informed group to explore critical governance issues ...
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Monday 27th August 2007	Scientific framework of environmental and forest governance - The role of discourses and expertise This conference will focus on two important ways of how information influences governance processes. ...
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Monday 9th July 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 10 The tenth in a series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the update was held ...
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Wednesday 24th January 2007	Forest governance and trade: exploring options Looking forward to the year 2020, the meeting aimed to consider the likely evolution of global economics, ...
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Tuesday 24th October 2006	First International Conference of Members of Parliament on the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems Attended by more than 400 parliamentarians and issue experts from inter-governmental and non-governmental ...
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Monday 6th December 2004	Commission For Africa ' Forest Programme Brainstorm A brainstorming session on illegal logging held in part to feed into the Commission for Africa Report, ...
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LINKS

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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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SDI Liberia	The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI Liberia) is an NGO with a focus on natural resources management and governance issues and its works are primarily directed at transforming the decision-making processes relative to natural resources management and promotng equity in the sharing of benefits derived from resource exploitation.	Broken link
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UK Department for International Development (DFID)	The lead UK government department for international forestry issues. DFID's Forest Governance and Trade Programme is a five-year, £24 million programme that aims to tackle the problems of illegal logging in developing countries and the associated international trade in illegally logged timber. Its main area of activity is supporting reforms in countries that enter voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) with the European Union under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (EU FLEGT) Action Plan. Click here for a story on a DfID funded project to protect the forest in Aceh, Indonesia.	Broken link
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World Resources Institute (WRI)	WRI is an environmental think-tank, based in Washington DC, 'that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives': the link takes you to WRI's work on governance. WRI hosts Global Forest Watch. Click here for WRI's map of Central African forest fragmentation by roads. The area shown comprises just under 2 million km of tropical forest in the Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Roads open up areas of undisturbed, mature forests to pioneer settlement, logging, and clearance for sometimes unsuitable forms of agriculture.	Broken link
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