CONFLICT

Forests and timber have been implicated in several bloody national and regional conflicts.

Forests and timber have had two distinct roles in conflict cycles. Competition for access to forest resources can create conflict between different groups; and timber can be sold into international commodity markets to raise money to pay for wars. Conflicts that have involved timber in one of these ways range from small-scale, low-intensity violence at the community-level to full scale civil wars. Community-level conflict may not appear so serious but is dangerous for those that live in the area, compromises development and can be exacerbated or exploited by rebel groups for political ends.

Recent examples of high-intensity conflicts in which timber played a significant role include Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burma and Liberia.

Conflict timber often coincides with illegal timber: because the illegal exploitation of forests by elites can lead to conflict with those that live in the forest or rely on non-commercial access to forest resources; and because both governments and rebel groups have logged illegally, or been complicit with illegal logging, in order to fund military campaigns.

In Cambodia, for example, Khmer Rouge forces were sustained primarily by the revenue from logging areas under their control for several years in the mid-1990s. When, under donor pressure, the Thai and Cambodian governments cooperated to close their joint border to log exports at the end of 1996, the insurgents were forced to open peace negotiations.

Recent examples show that transparent, legal and equitable management of forest resources in timber-producing countries can support the development of 'good governance' in the natural resource sector more generally; and encourage the growth of civil society, a key element of conflict-prevention and democracy.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
26/03/2013	Collaborative conflict management for enhanced national forest programmes (NFPS): Training manual FAO Releases Training Manual on Managing Forest Policy Conflict The National Forest Programme ...	Antonia Engel (FAO)
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29/11/2012	Appetite for Destruction: China's Trade in Illegal Timber The Environmental Investigation Agency has been conducting field investigations into flows of illicit ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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01/09/2011	Breaking Walls, Building Bridges: Managing Conflict in the Tropical Timber Industry Clashing interests and values over the use of forestland, the rapid rise in consumption of timber products ...	The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) (Celina Yong et al.)
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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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29/07/2010	Forest Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Leaving People Out On the 26 January 2010, villagers from the province of Bandundu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...	Greenpeace
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27/01/2010	Lessons UNlearned: How the UN and Member States Must do More to end Resource-Fuelled Conflict Drawing on Global Witness’ experience in Angola, Cambodia, DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan, ...	Global Witness
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21/01/2010	The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, ...	RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)
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01/12/2009	The Madagascar rosewood massacre The authors present information obtained from sources in the SAVA region of Madagascar of an unprecedented, ...	Journal: Madagascar Conservation & Development (Derek Shuurman & Porter Lowry)
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26/11/2009	Investigation into the Illegal Felling, Transport and Export of Precious Wood in Sava Region, Madagascar The authors of this report reveal that a dramatic increase in the felling and cutting of rosewood has ...	Global Witness & Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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06/11/2009	Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: An Inventory and Analysis of International Law This report inventories and analyses the range of international laws that protect the environment during ...	UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme
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01/09/2009	Failing Governance - Avoiding Responsibilities: European Biofuel Policies and Oil Palm Plantation Expansion in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan (Indonesia) This case study demonstrates how the emerging bio-energy market is contributing to an excessive expansion ...	Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) & WALHI KalBar (Friends of the Earth Indonesia, West Kalimantan)
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08/07/2009	Company-Led Approaches to Conflict Resolution in the Forest Sector This discussion paper explores the potential for addressing conflict in the forest sector through the ...	The Forests Dialogue (Emma Wilson)
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19/11/2008	Trading for Peace Project Newsletter While militarised and corrupt elites do exploit the trade in natural resources, including timber, sanctions ...	UK Department for International Development
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15/10/2007	Council of the European Union conclusions on Burma/Myanmar Trade sanctions set out by the EU in response to human rights abuses by the Myanmar government in 2007. ...	Council of the European Union
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07/09/2007	Taylor-made—The Pivotal Role of Liberia’s Forests and Flag of Convenience in Regional Conflict This report documents the increasingly important role played by the Liberian timber industry and shipping ...	Global Witness
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31/07/2006	ITS Global Reports for Rimbunan Hijau Two reports, 'Whatever it takes: Greenpeace's anti-forestry campaign in PNG' and 'Masalai ...	ITS Global
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01/06/2006	Helping Liberia Escape Conflict Timber: The Role of the International Community China & Europe In 2003, the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on the international trade of round logs ...	Forest Trends
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01/05/2006	Conflict over natural resources at the community level in Nepal This assessment provides an overview of community-level natural resource conflict in Nepal in the context ...	ARD Inc for USAID
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01/10/2005	A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests This report makes the case for ending the illegal logging in Burma's northern forests. Although ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2005	Timber, Taylor, Soldier, Spy How Liberia's uncontrolled exploitation of timber and diamonds, Charles Taylor's manipulation ...	Global Witness
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01/03/2005	Letter on Liberia and the DRC: Global Witness to the UN Security Council Open Letter to the UN Security Council, regarding conflict resources and peacekeeping in Liberia and ...	Global Witness
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01/01/2005	Forests and Conflict: A Toolkit for Intervention This toolkit offers: 1) a discussion of the relationship between forests and conflict; 2) lessons learned ...	USAID
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01/12/2004	Take Action To Defend The World’s Forests "Take Action To Defend The World’s Forests" documents the links between worldwide forest ...	Sierra Club
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01/12/2004	Dangerous Liaisons The continued relationship between Liberia's natural resource industries, arms trafficking and regional ...	Global Witness
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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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01/06/2004	Same Old Story A background study on control of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how thiis ...	Global Witness
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01/05/2004	Global Witness Liberian Conflict Timber Reports 2001-2004 The first four reports from Global Witness on the Liberian timber industry and its effect on regional ...	Global Witness
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01/01/2004	Conflict Timber: Dimensions of the Problem in Asia and Africa As a response to the growing recognition of the connection between forests, logging and conflict, this ...	ARD Inc. for USAID (Jamie Thomson and Ramzy Kanaan)
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01/12/2003	Illegal Logging, Conflict and the Business Sector in Indonesia This paper addresses some of the existing gaps in information on violent conflict, the business sector ...	InWEnt-Capacity Building International (Esther Schroeder-Wildberg and Alexander Carius)
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01/11/2003	State Of Conflict 'An investigation into the landgrabbers, loggers and lawless frontiers in Para State, Amazon� ...	Greenpeace
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01/10/2003	A Conflict of Interests Report on the illegal trade in timber between Kachin state in Burma and neighbouring China. ...	Global Witness
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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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01/04/2003	Liberian Timber Trade Fuels Regional Insecurity Unveils how Liberian logging is destroying forests and funding war. Two versions are available to download ...	Greenpeace
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17/11/2002	Role of the African Timber Trade in the Creation of Conflict and Poverty - A Call for Action This document considers the negative effects of the tropical timber trade in the DRC and Mano River Region ...	Greenpeace (Filip Verbelen)
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01/03/2002	The Logs of War: The Timber Trade and Armed Conflict This report explores the relationship between the trade in tropical timber and armed conflict and asks ...	Global Witness
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01/02/2002	Branching Out This report focuses on Zimbabwe's logging ambitions in the DRC – potentially the world's ...	Global Witness
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
15/05/2013	In Latin America’s Second Largest Rainforest, an Indigenous Tribe Fights for Its Land Deep inside the verdant expanse of Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve—the western ...	TIME
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14/05/2013	In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal ...	TIME
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11/04/2013	Threats Abound as Peru Cops Seize Timber Ashéninka indigenous leaders are calling on authorities to guarantee their safety after receiving ...	National Geographic
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05/04/2013	Two convicted of Amazon activists' murders The court stirred up anger by acquitting the farm-owner who was accused of paying for the killings ...	The Guardian
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27/03/2013	Resolving land conflicts is key to stopping deforestation Many habitats around the globe are under pressure and conservation budgets are tight, so it is important ...	Environmental Research Web
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05/10/2012	Billions of dollars lost each year to illegal logging The joint [UNEP/Interpol] report, called Green ...	Voice of America
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02/10/2012	Alert: End intimidation & forest destruction in Muara Tae London - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for supporters world-wide to demand ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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12/09/2012	How deforestation could further destabilize Liberia Adjoining Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire, the Republic of Liberia flares-out into the mangrove-lined ...	PolicyMic
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10/09/2012	What are the ecological costs of China’s future food imports? China’s growing agribusinesses and demand for soybeans and meat is bringing intensive farming and ...	China Dialogue
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21/08/2012	Prosecutors look at illegal logging, mining as financial source of rebel groups Peru’s anti-terrorism prosecutor, Julio Galindo, says that his office is investigating the sources ...	Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times
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21/08/2012	Police kill 2 illegal loggers in Zamboanga Zamboanga City – Police killed two alleged illegal loggers in a fire fight in Zamboanga City in ...	The Mindanao Examiner, Philippines
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20/08/2012	Insight-DNA tests tell trees from the wood; curb illegal logging * Global illegal timber trade worth up to $30 bln -Interpol * DNA tests reveal species, origin of ...	Reuters
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07/08/2012	Indigenous community fight loggers with AK-47s For years, illegal loggers in rural Mexico have cut down trees without much government resistance. Recently, ...	revmodo.com
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11/07/2012	Mobsters blamed for murder of Indians in western Mexico An attorney advising a beleaguered indigenous community in the western Mexican state of Michoacan said ...	Fox News
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01/06/2012	Cambodia killing of anti-logging crusader stirs up suspicions It wasn't surprising that someone might want to put a stop to Chut Wutty. The Cambodian crusader ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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18/05/2012	Prey Lang forestry activists lobby Washington for help Environmental activists from Prey Lang forest have brought their concerns to Washington seeking international ...	Voice of America
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15/05/2012	Hun Sen is not blind to what goes on around him An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Cambodia - We may ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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14/05/2012	Indonesia: Forests remain a source of conflict Bangkok - The world’s largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island ...	IRIN News
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12/05/2012	Chut Wutty's memory spurs anti-logging campaign The death of an environmental activist, shot dead by police, has galvanised his campaign against deforestation ...	BBC News
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21/04/2012	Mexican Indians free hostages Morelia, Mexico – Fourteen police and two government officials taken prisoner by a group of Indians ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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20/04/2012	Mexican indigenous community holds 14 police after killings Morelia, Mexico — Inhabitants of an indigenous community in western Mexico detained 14 police officers ...	AFP
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17/04/2012	Drug traffickers take note of Peru's illegal timber trade Timber traffickers in Peru have built a huge logistical network for bribing officials and moving illegally ...	InSight Crime, US / Colombia
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09/04/2012	The gradual loss of forests Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, loses millions of dollars annually ...	Honduras Weekly
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02/04/2012	In Brazil, environment protection has become a guerrilla war The history of violent land conflicts in Brazil is a long one specially in the state of Pará, ...	BrazzilMag
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19/02/2012	Land wars: Indonesia unrest shows risks of resource-led growth On a scorching day in January, the only thing hotter than the afternoon sun is the fiery shouts emanating ...	Time Magazine
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17/01/2012	Pakistan's forests fall victim to the Taliban The forests of northwestern Pakistan have become the latest victim of the Taliban's increasingly ...	The Guardian, UK
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09/01/2012	Tribal villages, mining firms fight for land in Indonesia Mataram - Members of two tribal communities in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, say they are being driven ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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16/12/2011	Indonesia to probe beheadings of farmers Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia's president has ordered an investigation into the videotaped beheadings ...	CBS News
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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	How wars and poverty have saved DR Congo's forests It is an uncomfortable fact that decades of conflict and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...	BBC News
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29/11/2011	Sierra Leone denies film's corruption claims The Sierra Leone government held crisis meetings last week after undercover film-makers claimed to have ...	The Independent, UK
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08/06/2011	Illegal loggers profit from conflict in Senegal's Casamance Lorries loaded with stolen lumber stand parked in a clearing, ready to haul their cargo across the border ...	Business Live, South Africa
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23/05/2011	By barcoding trees, Liberia looks to save its rainforests A decade after a brutal civil war, the West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European ...	Yale Environment 360
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10/05/2011	Efforts to tackle $10b illegal logging trade, Liberia, EU sign VPA after Ghana The Liberian government has signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure that all timber ...	Ghana Business News
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09/05/2011	Liberia and EU sign bilateral trade agreement to stop illegal logging Today, Liberia and the European Union (EU) will sign a legally binding comprehensive agreement to control ...	FERN
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09/05/2011	Monks fight to get Cambodian forests on the carbon market For years, the guardians of Sorng Rukavorn forest have drifted through the muted greens and grays of ...	Time
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21/04/2011	Environmentalist murdered in southern Mexico Chilpancingo, Mexico – A Mexican environmentalist who fought illegal logging by drug traffickers ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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13/04/2011	Malagasy hardwood for western guitars Malagasy leader Andry Rajoelina recently accused environmental agencies Global Witness and EIA of issuing ...	Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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09/02/2011	On Kouwenhoven, Global Witness welcomes Dutch court’s decision on new witnesses A Dutch appeal court decided this week to hear prosecution witnesses that were not permitted to be called ...	The Liberian Journal
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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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28/01/2011	PNG troops burn down border West Papua refugee camps as refugees flee to the jungle Scenes of terror and destruction have erupted around the Papua New Guinea’s frontier town of Vanimo, ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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17/01/2011	Caraga turning into 'green' killing field - Paje Manila, Philippines - The death of another forest guard in the timber-rich province of Surigao del Sur ...	ABS-CBNnews.com
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16/01/2011	For the timber smugglers the summer of unrest, a boon In Kashmir behind the smoke-screen of the continuing unrest beginning in summer last and continuing for ...	Sify News
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06/01/2011	Liberia needs to do more to cut resources that could fuel conflicts, UN panel warns Liberia, a country once torn asunder by civil war, has made some progress in seeking to cut off the illegal ...	UN News Centre
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29/11/2010	Congo's army is pillaging country's natural resources, United Nations says Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has “criminal networks” that are pillaging resources ...	Bloomberg
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10/11/2010	Local efforts block attempt to ship illegal rosewood from Madagascar Authorities in Madagascar successfully blocked an attempt to ship illegally logged rosewood from the ...	Wild Madagascar, on Mongabay.com
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26/10/2010	Million-dollar beds fuel Madagascar timber crisis Soaring demand in China and political unrest in Madagascar are fuelling illegal logging for hardwoods ...	Mongabay.com
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13/10/2010	Pakistan flood crisis blamed partly on deforestation Years of illegal logging by the 'timber mafia' and the Taliban cleared forests, allowing raging ...	Los Angeles Times
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27/09/2010	World's largest tiger reserve clearcut for plantations Yangon, Myanmar - In August, Myanmar officials formally announced that the entire remote Hukawng Valley ...	Environment News Service
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26/09/2010	Jungle looters enjoy freedom as unrest continues: timber worth millions seized in last 3 months Srinagar - Taking undue advantage of the ongoing unrest, timber smugglers and their accomplices have ...	Rising Kashmir, India
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14/09/2010	DRC: Kabila wants to end the military business in minerals The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has decided to suspend mining operations ...	African Bulletin
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10/06/2010	Madagascar resumes shipments of illegally logged timber despite moratorium Albert Camille Vital, Madagascar's Prime Minister under the regime that seized power during a coup ...	Mongabay.com
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24/05/2010	Shaky rule in Madagascar threatens trees Maroantsetra, Madagascar — Exploiting a political crisis, Malagasy timber barons are robbing this ...	The New York Times
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29/04/2010	Blood on our hands: Ireland's role in illegal logging Buying illicit timber funds violent regimes and causes global warming – and Ireland is the EU’s ...	Irish Times
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21/04/2010	Global Witness welcomes court decision to retry Guus Kouwenhoven on Liberian timber The Dutch Supreme Court has overturned a 2008 ruling by the Court of Appeal which cleared businessman ...	The Liberian Journal
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12/03/2010	Illegal logging "funding Madagascar coup govt" Since the 2008 coup, forest conservation efforts in Madagascar have been reversed and illegal logging ...	afrol News
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08/02/2010	Asia's biggest logging company accused of bribery, violence in Papua New Guinea A local organization in Papua New Guinea, known as Asples Madang, is fighting against one of the region's ...	Mongabay.com
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03/02/2010	Madagascar: What will you do when the trees are gone? Antananarivo - Madagascar's transitional government is allowing the export of illegally harvested ...	IRIN Africa
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28/01/2010	U.N. peacekeepers failing to stem illegal trades that fuel conflicts - report United Nations - U.N. peacekeeping efforts are largely failing to recognize or counteract the root effect ...	The New York Times
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27/01/2010	Coup leaders sell out Madagascar's forests, people Madagascar is renowned for its biological richness. Located off the eastern coast of southern Africa ...	Mongabay.com
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25/01/2010	Madagascar government’s logging policy threatens the island’s natural heritage Madagascar’s government decision to allow the export of endangered rosewood may have disastrous ...	WWF
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22/01/2010	Increased conflict in tropical forests projected despite Copenhagen Accord Washington - A new report has warned that ...	OneIndia
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22/01/2010	Copenhagen 'fails forest people' A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich ...	BBC News
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21/01/2010	Sarawak court orders oil palm company to return native land Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia - Sarawak's natives have won two important court cases over native land ...	Environment News Service
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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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11/01/2010	Madagascar sanctions logging of national parks Madagascar has legalized the export of rosewood logs, possibly ushering in renewed logging of the country's ...	WildMadagascar.org (part of Mongabay.com)
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07/01/2010	Facing cash crunch, will Madagascar's politicians sanction rainforest plunder? Facing a severe cash crunch in the aftermath of a March military coup which triggered donor governments ...	WildMadagascar.org (part of Mongabay.com)
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04/01/2010	Madagascar’s political chaos threatens conservation gains Since the government's collapse after a coup last March, Madagascar's rainforests have been ...	Environment 360
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23/12/2009	Madagascar: Worrying lapse in forest management Antananarivo - The illegal logging of precious wood rose sharply during the political crisis that gripped ...	IPS News
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15/12/2009	French logging company sued for role in Liberian civil war Nantes, France – At least three human rights organizations have lodged a legal complaint before ...	Daily Observer, Liberia
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10/12/2009	Philippine gunmen seize dozens of civilians Iligan City, Philippines – Philippine gunmen abducted Thursday dozens of civilians in the southern ...	The Mindanao Examiner, Philippines
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02/12/2009	Illegal Malagasy timber trade worth up to $460,000 a day A new report by Global Witness ...	Global Witness
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30/11/2009	Indonesian president ‘risks humiliation’ in Copenhagen Pekanbaru - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was in danger of humiliating both himself and his country ...	The Jakarta Globe
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21/11/2009	Would you eat this lemur? Marojejy National Park, Madagascar - Bit by bit, the natural resources of Madagascar — a biodiversity ...	Global Post
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18/11/2009	NGOs file legal action over Liberian timber deal International timber company DLH accused of funding Liberian war. Activists launch legal complaint ...	OneWorld.net
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17/11/2009	Madagascar's lemurs in danger from political turmoil and 'timber mafia' • Extinction fear as agencies halt aid to Madagascar • Loggers and poachers reverse conservation ...	Guardian, UK
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11/11/2009	Up for grabs: deforestation and exploitation in Papua's plantations boom Jakarta - The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately ...	Global Research, Canada
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09/11/2009	On environmental brink, Haiti scrambles for a lifeline Port-au-Prince, Haiti - A hard rain can be deadly here. A family of four was reported killed late last ...	The New York Times
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06/11/2009	WCS applauds House Resolution H.839 condemning illegal extraction of natural resources in Madagascar New York - The Wildlife Conservation Society applauds Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) for introducing ...	YubaNet, California
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06/11/2009	UN calls for strengthening of environmental laws in armed conflict Environmental protection laws in times of conflict should be clarified, strengthened and enforced o better ...	UN News Centre
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04/11/2009	House resolution condemns plunder of natural resources in Madagascar A House of Representatives resolution introduced by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) condemns the illegal plundering ...	Mongabay.com
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16/10/2009	Natural resources under siege: illegal trade soars in Madagascar as island nation struggles politically Marojejy National Park, Madagascar - A political crisis in this African island nation has triggered a ...	The Washington Post, US
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12/10/2009	Madagascar's forests under threat from illegal timber trade The government of Madagascar has been accused by conservation groups of allowing the illegal trade in ...	Telegraph, UK
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10/10/2009	Loophole looms for illegal loggers of rare Madagascar woods An exceptional authorisation from the Malagasy transitional government for the export of raw and semi-processed ...	Science Centric
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09/10/2009	Political unrest portends ecological ruin in Madagascar The ongoing political fallout in Madagascar has led to a rise in both illegal and sanctioned logging, ...	Worldwatch Institute
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07/10/2009	Loophole looms for illegal loggers ravaging Madagascar Antananarivo, Madagascar – An exceptional authorisation from the Malagasy transitional government ...	WWF
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05/10/2009	EU biofuel consumption leads to deforestation, social conflict: report Despite efforts to make the industry sustainable, increased consumption of biofuels in the EU is leading ...	ICTSD
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23/09/2009	Madagascar NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources Asity Madagascar (BirdLife in Madagascar) has joined a group of Malagasy civil society organisations, ...	BirdLife International
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23/09/2009	Madagascar: Political instability speeds destruction of a unique environment Political instability in Madagascar is having a serious effect on the already fragile and highly endangered ...	allAfrica.com
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20/08/2009	Destruction worsens in Madagascar Armed bands are decimating rainforest reserves in northeastern Madagascar, killing lemurs and intimidating ...	Mongabay.com
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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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05/08/2009	Lift Africa's resource curse, says watchdog group During her trip to Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit a number of countries rich in ...	Voice of America
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08/07/2009	Forestry industry urged to tackle conflict Conflict between companies that profit from forests and local people who depend on them could be tackled ...	IIED, featured on One World Net
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08/07/2009	Report urges forestry industry to tackle conflict with local people Conflict between companies that profit from forests and local people who depend on them could be tackled ...	IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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12/06/2009	Conservation success in Madagascar proves illusory in crisis Despite the popularity he enjoyed abroad, domestic support for ousted president Marc Ravalomanana eroded ...	Mongabay.com
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11/06/2009	Law that spurred Peru unrest suspended for 90 days Lima - Peru's Congress voted Wednesday to suspend for 90 days a law that spurred two months of protests ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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08/06/2009	International community calls for action against gangs' illegal logging in Madagascar Six nations and three conservation organizations have issued a statement calling for action against illegal ...	Mongabay.com
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08/06/2009	Chosin Battalion derails illegal wood smuggling routes in Konar Konar Province, Afghanistan - Konar province, a lush area near the Pakistan border, has in the past been ...	dvids hub, Afghanistan
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04/06/2009	Forest carbon market already shows cracks LONDON/NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and ...	Reuters (Gerard Wynn and Sunanda Creagh)
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29/05/2009	Papua New Guinea vow to burn all Asian shops ...	The Australian
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28/05/2009	Attacks by PNG not caused by forest industry Petaling Jaya - The attacks against the Chinese in Papua New Guinea are due to an influx of illegal workers ...	The Star, Malaysia
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27/05/2009	Property rights and the fight against climate change The recent news that deforestation is faster in Africa than anywhere else is hardly surprising. Weak ...	Telegraph, UK
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20/05/2009	ComVal acts vs illegal logging Camp Panacan, Davao City - The provincial government of Compostela Valley (ComVal) under Gov. Arturo ...	Manila Bulletin
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30/04/2009	Gems, timber and Jiziya: Pakistan's Taliban harness resources to fund Jihad The Taliban resurgence in Pakistan's lawless provinces and its unhindered march towards the heartland ...	The Jamestown Foundation
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27/04/2009	Destruction of habitat In his oddly prescient 1991 novella, Ghost of Chance, the late American writer William S. Burroughs described ...	GlobeandMail.com, Canada
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24/04/2009	Pygmy lives neglected in forests of the troubled Congo The provinces of Northern and Southern Kivu are amongst those most affected by deforestation and soil ...	peopleandplanet.net
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18/04/2009	The gangs of Madagascar Antananarivo, Madagascar - Gangs of armed criminals, exploiting a political crisis, are assaulting the ...	GlobeandMail.com, Canada
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16/04/2009	Rainforest pillage continues in Madagascar Gangs of illegal rosewood loggers continue to pillage the wildlife-rich forests of northeastern Madagascar, ...	Mongabay.com
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01/04/2009	Hopeful conservation news emerges out of Madagascar political crisis Madagascar - A bit of hopeful conservation news has finally emerged out of the political crisis in Madagascar, ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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30/03/2009	Madagascar Forest Defenders Send S.O.S. Eleven groups doing conservation work or biological research in Madagascar have issued a joint statement ...	New York Times (United States)
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25/03/2009	Armed men pillage Madagascars forests Madagascar - Last week conservationists expressed concerns that Madagascars unique flora and fauna could ...	Nature.com (UK)
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24/03/2009	Liberia: "Blood Timber" for sale! - Stop the practice says Greenpeace Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her government should stop the flow of azobe timber from a country ...	Liberian Times (Liberia)
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06/12/2008	Logging feeds communist insurgency more than gold mining Tagum City, The Philippines ' A government policy lifting the total log ban in Caraga and Davao ...	Minda News (Philippines)
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06/06/2008	Afghanistans natural environment a victim of war ...	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
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21/04/2008	Liberia: Logging industry ready to restart Monrovia, Liberia - With mechanisms now in place to resume logging operations and three companies awarded ...	IRINnews.org (USA)
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22/02/2008	Cameroonian villagers held following official protest at timber exploitation Cameroon - The small village of Babong around the Ejagham Forest Reserve in the Eyumojock Subdivision, ...	Babong Traditional Council (Cameroon)
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13/02/2008	Kenya: Loggers Capitalise on Violence in North Rift to Venture Into Forests Kenya - Forests in parts of North Rift region have not escaped the effects of political unrest occasioned ...	AllAfrica.com
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18/01/2008	Illegal loggers invade forest and cut down trees More than 2,000 exotic and indigenous trees worth more than Sh1.2 million have been destroyed by illegal ...	Daily Nation (Kenya)
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13/01/2008	Forest mafia kills cop - Swift retaliation to raids Nagaon, India - Forest smugglers who lost 1,000 cubic feet of ill-gotten timber during police raids in ...	The Telegraph (India)
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19/11/2007	EU foreign ministers impose fresh sanctions on Myanmar Brussels - European Union foreign ministers on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on Myanmar's military ...
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03/11/2007	Burmese Gems, Timber Find Other Markets as US Increases Sanctions While the US enforces additional economic sanctions against Burma on gems and timber trade, highly prized ...	The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
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31/10/2007	One killed as BDR opens fire on illegal loggers Bangladesh - An illegal logger was shot to death and 20 others, including BDR soldiers, were wounded ...	The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
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26/10/2007	Burmese teak sales continue despite boycott The EU boycott against Burmese timber will fail to stop Burmese teak garden furniture being stocked in ...	Cabinet Maker (UK)
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24/10/2007	Colombia: Is the FSC Seal Applied to Blood-Stained Timber? Between 2001 and 2005, plywood panels manufactured by Pizano S.A., one of the largest timber companies ...	World Rainforest Movement Bulletin (Uruguay)
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18/10/2007	''The Role of Myanmar's Export Markets in Regime Survival'' U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari has begun a tour of Myanmar's neighbors to gain their support in putting ...	Power and Interest News Report (USA)
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14/10/2007	Environmental Problems Loom in Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand Truckloads of illegal timber cross the Myanmar border to sawmills in China, while ...	The Associated Press
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27/09/2007	Ugandan Army Accused of Looting Teak Wood from Southern Sudan Uganda's Minister of State for Defense says she is shocked by accusations that soldiers in the Ugandan ...	Voice of America (USA)
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24/09/2007	Uganda: Army Looted Sudan Timber, Says Report Uganda - A new report by the Small Arms Survey accuses UPDF soldiers of illegally logging trees from ...	AllAfrica.com
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30/07/2007	Somalia: fighting over illegal logging kills one in northwest Reports from Dahar in Sanag province, northwest Somalia, indicate that one person was killed and two ...	AllAfrica.com
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01/07/2007	Hardwoods under threat as illegal logging escalates One of Mozambique's important natural resources, its hardwood forests, is being seriously denuded ...	The Free Library
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23/06/2007	UN to investigate Taylor's 'hidden wealth' The United Nations Security Council has agreed to set up a three-member panel of experts to probe into ...	afrol News (Norway)
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22/05/2007	Act against illegal logging The deaths of nine activists; a parish priest who requires military protection from loggers; the environmental ...	El Diario/La Prensa (USA)
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25/04/2007	Honduras: Illegal Logging and Unpunished Assassinations Honduras - Tierramrica reports that grassroots organizations in the department of Olancho, Honduras, ...	Upside Down World (USA)
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19/03/2007	A rainforest in danger In 2004, more than 100 environment, development, and human rights groups in the Democratic Republic of ...	Guardian Unlimited (UK)
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21/02/2007	KIO Seeking Timber Export Rights from China The Kachin Independence Organization, Burma's northern-based ethnic ceasefire group, is seeking ...	The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
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30/01/2007	UN experts seek tougher rules on Congo resources United Nations - U.N. experts urged the Security Council on Tuesday to step up international efforts ...	Reuters (UK)
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22/01/2007	Junta Crackdown on Illegal Logging in Arakan State The Burmese military government has cracked down on illegal logging in Taunggok Township of Arakan State ...	Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
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18/01/2007	Pay back time for uncle Bob Harare, Zimbabwe - The Zanu (PF) government is finalizing a complex deal with the newly sworn-in Democratic ...	The Zimbabwean (Zimbabwe)
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19/12/2006	Uruguay: Though not yet in operation, Metsa Botnia's pulp mill already smells rotten (Press Release, Guayubira Group Uruguay) It is almost certain that the Finnish public know little or ...	World Rainforest Movement Bulletin (Uruguay)
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13/10/2006	STF Arrests Three Illegal Timber Transporters in Pothuvil Ampara, Sri Lanka - The Special Task Force arrested three illegal timber transporters in Karandaoya, ...	Sri Lanka National Security (Sri Lanka)
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12/10/2006	New dawn for Liberia's 'blood forests' "You've heard of blood diamonds? Well, some have called the forests of Liberia the 'blood ...	BBC (UK)
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02/10/2006	The scramble for Africa What is the future for resource-rich post-conflict African nations? ...	The Statesman (Ghana)
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23/09/2006	Pottuvil Massacre, clearly an LTTE act - Muslim community leaders in the East (Press Release) Sri Lanka - Several community organizations in the Eastern province have expressed their ...	Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)
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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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22/08/2006	Gambia: Salifou Sadio's Men Impose Embargo On Timber Trade Gambia - The Salifou Sadio faction of the southern Senegalese separatist MFDC movement has imposed an ...	AllAfrica.com
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10/08/2006	The great British forest slander Papua New Guinea's leading Green group, Celcor, this week launched an extraordinary attack on the ...	The National (Papua New Guinea)
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06/08/2006	Tsunami reconstruction drives illegal logging in Indonesia Tsunami reconstruction efforts are continuing to boost illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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05/08/2006	Peace deal, tsunami boost illegal logging Lam Kabeue, Indonesia - The rebels of Aceh are trading their guns for chainsaws and cashing in on a logging ...	London Free Press (Canada)
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17/07/2006	Logging resumes in Liberia As former US president Bill Clinton arrives in Liberia to meet with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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30/06/2006	Forest official slain by illegal logger Toluca, Mexico - A forest-protection official was shot and killed Thursday while he and his colleagues ...	The Houston Chronicle (USA)
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22/06/2006	Chechnya habitat 'ravaged by war' Environmental agencies have warned that the Russian republic of Chechnya, devastated by war over the ...	BBC (UK)
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20/06/2006	U.N. council lifts ban on Liberian timber exports The U.N. Security Council voted on Tuesday to lift its embargo on Liberian timber exports which had been ...	Reuters (UK)
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14/06/2006	LIBERIA: Security Council draws back on arms embargo MONROVIA, Liberia - The UN Security Council has voted to let weapons flow legally into Liberia for the ...	Reuters (UK)
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13/06/2006	Liberia: UN Divided Over Sanctions Latest reports from the United Nations say there are divisions within the UN Security Council over the ...	AllAfrica.com
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11/06/2006	Arms dealer busts embargoes with impunity On Wednesday, a Dutch national court sentenced Guus Kouwenhoven, 64, to eight years in prison for breaking ...	Forbes (USA)
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07/06/2006	Greenpeace Welcomes Conviction of Notorious 'Conflict Timber' Trader: Kouwenhoven sentenced to 8 years in prison The Hague, Netherlands - Greenpeace today welcomed the conviction of the notorious Dutch timber baron ...	Common Dreams Newswire (USA)
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06/06/2006	U.S. Introducing Draft To Lift Arms Embargo on Liberia U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said June 6 he was introducing a draft resolution in the U.N. Security Council ...	DefenseNews.com (USA)
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05/06/2006	Liberia: Global Witness On Liberia's Back The UK-based organization of international reaches, Global Witness (GW), has implored the UN Security ...	AllAfrica.com
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30/05/2006	China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma (Myanmar) China has clamped down on illegal logging in northern Burma by closing its border to the timber trade ...	Global Witness (UK)
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27/05/2006	In Burma, the ancient teak forests are being ripped apart. In Chelsea, the banned wood is sold at the UK's top flower show Exhibitors at Britain's biggest garden show, the Chelsea Flower Show, are selling hardwood from ...	Independent (UK)
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19/05/2006	Crimes against humanity: Anatomy of an arms dealer ...	The Independent (UK)
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25/04/2006	Chinese authorities call timber workers out of Burma Chinese authorities have called on all Chinese workers to leave Burma in an attempt to contain illegal ...	Mizzima News (Thailand)
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24/04/2006	Silas Martyr Silas Siakor put his life on the line to save Liberia's forests. ...	Grist Magazine (USA)
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24/04/2006	Dutch trial seeks ex-Liberia head Lawyers for a Dutch timber trader accused of arms trafficking are calling for Liberia's former leader ...	BBC (UK)
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20/04/2006	Conflict timber and forest mining The responsible practices of our industry are being obscured, big time, by the massive scale of illegal ...	PaperAge (USA)
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20/04/2006	Bush Administration Launches New Global Conservation Initiatives The following statement on the US President's initiative against illegal logging was issued by the ...	States News Service (USA)
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08/04/2006	Big Red hiding wood Urged on by Western demand for its products, China feels free to ravage Burmese forests for its own greedy ...	The Standard (Hong Kong)
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31/03/2006	LIBERIA: Before UN Sanctions Are Lifted, a Timber Industry Clean-Up MONROVIA - Liberia's newly-elected but cash-strapped government has begun to find ways that the ...	OneWorld.net (UK)
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23/03/2006	China cites illegal Burma logging Beijing - China on Thursday admitted that some of its companies and individual citizens are involved ...	Bangkok Post (Thailand)
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12/03/2006	China trade helps keep Myanmar regime afloat RUILI, China - China has tossed an economic lifeline to the military regime of Myanmar, and the lifeline ...	Charleston Gazette (USA)
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08/03/2006	China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports The Chinese government has finally pledged to act to address the rampant trade in illegal timber from ...	Global Witness (UK)
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23/02/2006	Forest Concession Awareness to be Launched Liberia - The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) is expected to convene a national public awareness ...	AllAfrica.com
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07/02/2006	No more teak forest in Shan State Myanmar - Logging in Shan State has been carried out by many ceasefire and business groups, it has been ...	Shan Herald Agency for News (Thailand)
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21/12/2005	United Nations renews timber, diamond sanctions in Liberia UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council renewed diamond and timber sanctions on Liberia for another six ...	New Kerala.com (India)
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08/12/2005	The Plundering of Burma's Forests The clear cutting of tropical rainforest in lower Burma has occurred for many centuries, but it is only ...	UNPO (The Netherlands)
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21/11/2005	Congo expels timber dealers ...	AllAfrica.com
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11/11/2005	Army, rebels behind logging in Davao: official DAVAO CITY, The Philippines -- Illegal logging activities in Davao Oriental are said to be difficult ...	Sun Star (Philippines)
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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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15/06/2005	Timber, Taylor, Soldier, Spy: How Liberia's uncontrolled resource exploitation, Charles Taylor's manipulation and the re-recruitment of excombatants are threatening regional peace Global Witness Press Release: Recommendations to the UN Security Council, the UN Mission in Liberia, ...	ReliefNet
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10/05/2005	BBC: EUFOR clamps down on illegal logging Sarajevo - In an effort to halt illegal trade, European Union peacekeepers (EUFOR) in Bosnia have begun ...	FENA News (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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21/03/2005	Dutch Arrest Suspected Arms Trader for War Crimes Committed in Liberia Prosecutors said Monday they have charged a Dutch man with war crimes for breaking the international ...	Agence France Presse
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18/01/2005	Nolcom tags NPA of being behind Aurora illegal logging CAMP AQUINO, Luzon, The Philippines — The Armed Force' Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) has ...	Tarlac News (The Philippines)
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01/01/2005	Afghanistans drug-friendly environment Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai has stepped up international fundraising efforts in recent weeks, ...	Project Syndicate
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23/12/2004	Cote d'Ivoire: Civil war allows rampant illegal logging Bouafle, Cote d'Ivoire - Two years of civil war have broken down law and order across Cote d'Ivoire, ...	Reuters (UK)
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08/12/2004	Liberia: UN Security Council threatens to amend sanctions on Liberian timber and diamonds A briefing document released today by Global Witness highlights the many links still remaining between ...	Global Witness (UK)
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24/11/2004	Swiss Attorney General investigates charges against timber giant Danzer Group Greenpeace today presented a second report on the Swiss-German Danzer Group exposing additional evidence ...	Greenpeace
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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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26/10/2004	Illegal logging adding fuel to fire in conflict-torn west of Ivory Coast Though fewer logging trucks rumble down the roads in western Ivory Coast than used to, the timber industry ...	Agence France Presse
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11/04/2004	Liberia: Environmentalists report illegal logging Monrovia - A Liberian environmental group has reported illegal timber exports from in the rebel-controlled ...	IRIN Africa
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02/02/2004	Tropical Wood Exploited In Ivory Coast The division of Ivory Coast following the civil war in 2002 has provided an opportunity for criminals ...	VOANews.com
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03/06/2003	Greenpeace intercepts a shipment of conflict timber in Italy Greenpeace activists uncovered a shipment of what they call Liberian conflict timber in the Italian port ...	Greenpeace
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06/05/2003	UN Security Council extends sanctions against Liberia to include ban on timber exports Citing Liberia's active support of rebel groups which are having a destabilizing effect on West ...
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26/08/2001	Mugabe's loggers to ravage rainforest The army of Zimbabwe's despotic ruler will help to fell trees in 85m acres of Congo. But the people ...	The Observer (UK)
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
17/01/2008	Timber Trade in the Upper Great Lakes Region	Sam Lawson, Earthsight
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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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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Monday 27th February 2012	Mitigation and Adaptation: Managing Forest Conflicts in the context of Climate Change for the ASEAN region Climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts can increase the risk for conflict over forests and ...
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Tuesday 24th August 2010	Forest Conflict in Asia: Burning Issues and Potential Solutions RECOFTC (The Center for People and Forests) will host a side event on forest conflict in Asia on Tuesday, ...
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Tuesday 30th January 2007	Seeking Peace and Saving Asia's Forests: Forest Conflict in Asia Like conflict diamonds, forest resources have been used in many countries in Asia and Africa to finance ...
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Wednesday 8th February 2006	Security, Development and Forest Conflict The forum brought representatives from the defence, diplomatic, and development communities together ...
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Thursday 1st December 2005	Building Partnerships to Reduce Forest Conflict in Asia USAID, The Forests Dialogue and ARD Inc. convened international leaders from government, the private ...
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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

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
Environment, Conflict and Cooperation	Using the subjects of water, climate, land, forests and minerals, the exhibition shows the way in which environmental degradation and resource scarcity lead to conflicts and new security threats, but also how environmental cooperation and sustainable development can contribute to peace and stability.	Broken link
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European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)	Established in 1991, the European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) is a forum for communication between European organisations, researchers, EU institutions and others concerned with sub-tropical forest research. The link takes you to the ETFRN topics page, including timber trade, international forest policy, conflict and forest peoples. ETFRN produces a quarterly newsletter, which you can find here.	Broken link
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Global Policy Forum	Global Policy Forum is an NGO whose "mission is to monitor policy making at the United Nations, promote accountability of global decisions, educate and mobilize for global citizen participation, and advocate on vital issues of international peace and justice". The link is to GPF's page on conflict timber.	Broken link
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Global Witness	Since establishing the first field-based independent monitoring of forest law enforcement in 1999, Global Witness has acquired considerable experience in providing credible information on the natural resource sector to the public, governments and donors, as well as in IFM project management in Cambodia and Cameroon to date.	Broken link
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Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities	In order to reduce forest conflicts and implement sound forest management, USAID awarded the Managing Conflict in Asian Forest Communities task order to ARD in September 2003. The website details ARD's work in this area.	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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