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Hiding destruction behind false advertisements: APP continues to ignore calls for conservation beyond "legal compliance", and even fails on the latter
20/10/2006

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Global Witness Reports on Illegal Logging in Cambodia
01/06/2001

Global Witness has done a huge amount of work on illegal logging in Cambodia over the last decade, and occupied the role of Independent Observer for s ...

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A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests
01/10/2005

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Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
Imazon is a non-profit research institution, whose mission is to promote sustainable development in the Amazon through studies, support for public policy formulation, broad dissemination of information and capacity building. Imazon carries out three activities: applied research on problems with natural resource use, professional capacity and broad dissemination of studies. The site is in Portuguese and English.

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Green Balkans
Green Balkans is a leading organisation in the field of conservation of rare species and habitats in Bulgaria. It was established in 1988 and is Bulgarias oldest nature conservation NGO. Green Balkans works for biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, sustainable natural resource management, improvement of nature conservation policy and legislation, and environmental education.

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Certified Wood Update
NEPCon (Nature, Ecology and People Consult) is a non-profit consultancy company working with sustainable natural resource management worldwide. Their Certified Wood Update newsletter covers issues related to forest and wood industry certification, with a particular focus on Europe and Russia (available in English, Polish and Russian). This link takes you to their subscription page.

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Global Environmental Institute
The Global Environmental Institute (GEI) is the first professional Chinese non-governmental organization dedicated to environmental improvement through multi-disciplinary, market-based approaches. GEI have been involved in the ENA FLEG process.

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Estonian Green Movement-FoE
Estonian Green Movement-FoE was one of the first environmental NGOs in Estonia. The forestry working group is one of the earliest and and most active programmes within Estonian Green Movement-FoE and is currently working on illegal forest trade - 40% of the timber exports from Estonia are illegal.

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Inter-African Forest Industry Association
Founded in 1996, IFIA gathers together some 300 enterprises employing more than 100,000 individuals belonging to the various commercial and industrial associations throughout Western and Central Africa.

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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.

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Taiga Rescue Network
TRN is an international network of NGOs and indigenous peoples working for the protection of the world's boreal forests which cover the far northern regions of North America, Russia and Europe. They have produced various publications on illegal logging.

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24/07/2008

Deforestation reason behind global warming: Gilani

Author: Associated Press of Pakistan

Islamabad - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that deforestation is the basic reason f ...

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09/11/2008

Failure to implement protection laws decimating forests in Eastern Africa

Author: Africa Science News Service (Kenya)

Even as the effects of climate change continue to bite, deforestation and land degradation continue ...

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20/10/2008

Aurora govt, PNP renew war vs illegal logging

Author: Journal Online, Philippines

Baler, Aurora - Enraged by the reported rampant illegal logging at the Aurora Memorial National Park ...

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21/10/2008

Forestry service calls on State to lift logging ban

Author: Business Daily, Kenya

The Kenya Forestry Service has joined the campaign for lifting of the partial logging ban slapped by ...

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19/09/2008

Crackdown on furniture in Rkiri

Author: Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

Cambodia - As part of the fight against rampant illegal logging, police are targeting unlicensed fur ...

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02/09/2008

Police, military suspended for role in illegal logging

Author: Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

Seven officials disciplined for involvement in illegal logging operation, but monitors fear scheme i ...

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21/04/2008

We CAN do something about logging problems

Author: Solomon Star (Solomon Islands)

Have people become too used to the problems illegal logging brings in the Solomon Islands? ...

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18/04/2008

A3P stands alone in fight against illegal logging

Author: ForestNewsWire (Canada)

(A3P Press Release) Australia - A3P, the peak industry body for the plantation products and paper in ...

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21/02/2008

Timber traders count their losses as prices increase

Author: Business Daily Africa (Kenya)

Kenya - These days, Kelly Kioko, a furniture trader in Gikomba Market, idles in this dusty and noisy ...

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15/02/2008

International Experts Convene to Discuss Illegal Logging

Author: ForestNewsWire (Canada)

An international forum has concluded that while some major initiatives are being developed to addres ...

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28/09/2007

Mozambique clamps down on illegal exports

Author: Independent Online (South Africa)

A senior officer at Mozambique's Nacala port has been suspended for his alleged involvement in ...

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17/07/2007

Illegal trade in valuable lumber continues between Myanmar and China

Author: AsiaNews.it (Italy)

Every day 80 trucks cross the border unchecked to supply wood to Chinese factories. Environmentalist ...

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23/06/2007

India: DFO fears threat of ecological imbalance

Author: Siasat Daily (India)

Karimnagar, India - Neem trees (Azadirachta indica), the "Grama Vaidyudu' (village doctor) ...

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07/06/2007

Cedar trees fail to win protection

Author: Independent Online (South Africa)

A bid to curb logging of South and Central American cedar trees, the source of some of the world ...

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22/03/2007

Are Hong Kong bankers clearing a path for forest destruction?

Author: Asia Sentinel (Hong Kong)

Environmental protesters are charging that HSBC and Credit Suisse have violated their own forest sec ...

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11/03/2007

Congo pledges to save forests

Author: Africa News (Netherlands)

DRC - At an International Conference on Sustainable Management of Forests held in Brussels on Februa ...

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03/01/2007

Exploited forest dwellers now legal

Author: IOL (South Africa)

India - Daya Rakha, 36, was born in the jungles of the Gir wildlife sanctuary in western India and k ...

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21/12/2006

Timber schemes pass assessment

Author: Green Consumer Guide (UK)

UK - The Government has approved five sustainable logging schemes, following an assessment of their ...

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16/12/2006

DENR: Illegal logging 'under control" in Davao Oriental

Author: Minda News (Philippines)

Davai City, Philippines – A regional Environment official here has claimed government has contr ...

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20/10/2006

New WWF Monitoring Brief Details How Company Threatens Natural Forests and Wildlife In Sumatra

Author: WWF (Indonesia)

(WWF Press Release) Jakarta, Indonesia - A new WWF monitoring report released today reveals that Asi ...

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19/09/2006

International logging scheme begins

Author: Green Consumer Guide (UK)

A new forum designed to combat illegal logging around the world has been launched. The G8 Illegal Lo ...

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19/09/2006

Illegal or legal logging?

Author: PNG Post-Courier (Papua New Guinea)

The debate about industrial logging and its benefits for Papua New Guinea continues with a lot of ta ...

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31/08/2006

20 Manipuris get 10-year jail terms in Myanmar

Author: KanglaOnline (India)

New Delhi, India - A court in western Myanmar has sentenced 20 Indian nationals, arrested in May for ...

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21/07/2006

U.S. Illegal Timber Imports Threaten Progress of U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Pact; Second Round of Negotiations Conclude Today

Author: US Newswire (USA)

Washington, USA - As the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) raises concerns over its likely im ...

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12/06/2006

Army men vow to protect Agta folk from loggers

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

Lucena City, The Philippines - The Southern Luzon Command (Solcom) has vowed to protect the Agta tri ...

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30/05/2006

China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma (Myanmar)

Author: Global Witness (UK)

China has clamped down on illegal logging in northern Burma by closing its border to the timber trad ...

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30/05/2006

Abetz lashes eco `treason'

Author: The Mercury (Tazmania)

Australia - The Federal Government has accused the Green movement of environmental treason for " ...

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24/05/2006

Canadian Forest Preservation Effort in South Pacific Could Fight Crime, Climate Change

Author: Embassy (Canada)

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister asks Ottawa for tougher rules to stop the loss of forest in his ...

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15/05/2006

DENR Quezon head axed over logging

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCENA CITY -- The controversial chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Que ...

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04/05/2006

Group says Sierra Madre rape goes on

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philppines - Illegal logging continues to threaten half of the country's remaining forest c ...

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26/04/2006

14 draw prison terms for illegal logging

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines —Fourteen people in Tarlac and Bulacan have been convicted of ...

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19/04/2006

Police to investigate victims of human traffiking East Kalimantan

Author: Antara (Indonesia)

Indonesia-Malaysia MoU includes cooperation in the elimination of human traffiking, smuggling, illeg ...

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13/04/2006

Demand for Palm Oil Triggers Massive Expansion in Borneo

Author: Harold Doan and Associates Ltd (USA)

Friends of the Earth Press Release - A new report released today reveals how the Indonesian governme ...

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01/04/2006

Chinese Companies Profit From Illegally Destroying Burma's Forests

Author: Voice of America (USA)

International environmental organizations say China's appetite for wood is fuelling illegal log ...

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14/03/2006

Slovak forests tormented by timber thieves

Author: Romano Vod'i (Czech Republic)

This year´s long winter has brought probably the largest number of timber thieves to the fores ...

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05/03/2006

Illegal logging bill may include special trials of forestry crimes

Author: Antara (Indonesia)

Jakarta, Indonesia - Forestry Affairs Minister MS Kaban said a special trial of forestry crime could ...

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18/02/2006

Heavy rains, illegal logging blamed for landslides

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

WEATHER was the easy target for blame in Friday's devastating landslide in the eastern Philippi ...

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17/02/2006

Sierra Madre illegal logging goes on, says group

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCENA CITY-A church group in northern Quezon denounced continued illegal logging in Sierra Madre an ...

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15/02/2006

Indonesia Urges European Union To Stop Accepting Illegal Logs

Author: Antara (Indonesia)

Jakarta - Indonesian Forestry Minister MS Kaban has urged the European Union to seriously ban its me ...

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29/01/2006

`Illegal` timber truckloads may be taken by govt

Author: Kangala Online (India)

IMPHAL, India: A total of 21 trucks loaded with teakwood from Myanmar will be confiscated by the sta ...

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24/01/2006

PRESS RELEASE - CHINA BORDER LOGJAM – THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL TIMBER EXPORTS IN NORTHERN BURMA?

Author: Global Witness (UK)

The destructive logging and vast timber trade on the China-Burma border have come to a near halt ove ...

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22/01/2006

Imphal, India: Timber seized

Author: Kangala Online (India)

Imphal, India - Eight tons of illegal timber carried in a truck bearing registration no. MN 01A-1942 ...

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25/12/2005

Cameroon forest faces illegal-logging threat

Author: Independent Online (South Africa)

Kribi, Cameroon - Traffic creeps along the coastal road to Douala, backed up behind a truck with fiv ...

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08/12/2005

House, Govt Preparing Illegal Logging Bill

Author: Antara (Indonesia)

Jakarta, Indonesia - The government is currently preparing a draft law on illegal logging involving ...

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30/11/2005

ARMM first to enact law on forest management

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - The autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has passed the country’s fir ...

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16/11/2005

Sustainable timber site launched

Author: Green Consumer Guide

A website has been launched to offer guidance on procuring sustainably sourced timber, aimed at gove ...

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24/10/2005

Log ban now in force in 15 regions

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer (The Philippines)

A logging ban is now in force in all, except one, of the country's regions after the Department ...

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06/10/2005

Bishop asks Arroyo to look into logging case

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines —Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra has asked President Macapagal-Arroyo ...

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17/09/2005

Execs warn of new Quezon disaster

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LAGUNA, Philippines —Incessant torrential rains in the past few days and the unabated logging, ...

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16/09/2005

P8M in illegal logs found in Sierra Madre

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCENA CITY - Army soldiers tracking down a band of communist New People's Army rebels on Frida ...

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13/09/2005

WWF: Illegal logging goes on in protected areas

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

Philippines - ILLEGAL logging even in protected areas has continued despite a six-month-old log ban ...

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01/09/2005

Illegal logging reappears in Quezon

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - Almost a year after the tragic flash floods that killed hundreds of people and dis ...

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26/08/2005

Corruption threatens Cameroon's forests

Author: Ici Cemac (Cameroon)

Just more than a decade ago, Cameroon drafted a law that was intended to regulate commercial use of ...

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12/08/2005

North Quezon folk welcome log transport ban lifting

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCENA CITY - The Philippines -Local and church officials in northern Quezon welcomed the Department ...

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16/05/2005

Military official tags group of 20 behind illegal logging

Author: The Philippine Daily Enquirer

KIDAPAWAN CITY, The Philippines -An organized group of 20 people, composed of local leaders and top ...

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07/03/2005

Log ban lifted in 3 areas

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - Logging operations in the country will resume in three regions this week. ...

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18/02/2005

Illegal logging continues in Vizcaya

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines -- Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday co ...

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11/02/2005

Illegal logging continues in typhoon-ravaged Aurora

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines -- Illegal logging activities are continuing in Casigura ...

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10/02/2005

Illegal loggers mock crackdown

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

MATI, Davao Oriental, The Philippines - Illegal loggers continue to operate here in Davao, despite t ...

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04/02/2005

DENR execs deny reporting illegal logging in Albay

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines - The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) h ...

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01/02/2005

Aurora, Nueva Ecija governors deny illegal logging raps

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - Aurora Governor Bellaflor Angara-Castillo described the statement of Senator Miria ...

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01/02/2005

GOING SOFT, PLAYING SAFE (Part 2): This developer burns money and cuts trees

Author: The Philippine Daily Enquirer

Of all the companies cutting trees in Quezon and Aurora provinces, Green Circle Properties and Resou ...

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31/01/2005

GOING SOFT, PLAYING SAFE (Part 1): Major players elude campaign vs illegal logging in Aurora

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - At a wedding late last year, the bride and the groom became the privileged godchil ...

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31/01/2005

Santiago identifies RP's 'big-time illegal loggers'

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

CALLING for death to illegal loggers, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago yesterday named suspected illega ...

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24/01/2005

Reds target big loggers but continue 'tax' take

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCENA CITY - The Philippines - A group that admits to collecting "revolutionary taxes" fr ...

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10/01/2005

There's The Rub: Words

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

EDITORIAL "While there was heavy rainfall," a statement signed by Bishop Rolando Tirona, h ...

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08/01/2005

3 sergeants nabbed while transporting illegal logs

Author: The Philippine Daily Enquirer

BUTUAN CITY , Agusan del Norte, Philippines -- Police in Agusan del Sur arrested three soldiers and ...

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02/01/2005

5,000 board feet of logs from Mauban confiscated

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

LUCBAN, Quezon, Philippines -- Lucban Mayor Bonbon Villaseñor and Lucban policemen intercepte ...

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31/12/2004

Arroyo says gov't to focus on environmental crimes

Author: The Philippine Daily Enquirer

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines -- The government may be going all-out in its support of a revital ...

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30/12/2004

P1M worth of illegal logs confiscated in Quezon

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

POLICE confiscated 5,000 board feet of illegal logs worth around one million pesos at a checkpoint i ...

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26/12/2004

Arroyo vows pursuit of log poachers

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

GENERAL TINIO, Manila Metropolitan Area, Philippines -- On Christmas Eve, President Macapagal-Arroyo ...

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20/12/2004

Tribe prefers farm tools over relief goods

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

Philippines - Mayor Hernando Avellanada of General Nakar town said 40 percent of his constituents re ...

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19/12/2004

Reyes recommends CENRO to run after illegal loggers

Author: The Freeman (The Philippines)

City governments may enact an ordinance that would empower the City Environment and Natural Resource ...

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13/12/2004

Globe Telecom charged with illegal logging

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines -- Environment officials here have charged an executive ...

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09/12/2004

Basilan governor linked to illegal logging in ARMM

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

A MUSLIM congressman implicated Basilan Governor Wahab Akbar on Thursday in alleged illegal logging ...

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09/12/2004

DENR regional exec suspended for links to illegal logging

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - ENVIRONMENT Secretary Michael Defensor on Thursday sacked the highest environment ...

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08/12/2004

No one will be spared, vows anti-illegal logging czar

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

The Philippines - No one will be spared in the fight against illegal logging, ex-military spy chief- ...

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05/12/2004

Forest czar Corpus: All-out war even against the powerful

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

A WAR with no quarter was the pledge made by retired Brigadier General Victor Corpus yesterday when ...

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04/12/2004

3 DENR execs axed over illegal logging

Author: INQ7.net (The Philippines)

THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced yet another crackdown on th ...

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14/11/2004

Graft blamed for reforestation failure

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Zambales, Philippines -- Some government officials who connived with logging com ...

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04/11/2004

Firm resumes logging as DENR lifts year-old suspension

Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines -- A logging company's operations in Aurora provinc ...

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12/05/2004

Tigers 2. Loggers 0

Author: iol

Tigers have mauled at least six suspected illegal loggers and killed two of them in the jungles of I ...

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02/05/2004

Siberian forests falling to illegal logging

Author: Independent Online (IOL)

Russia - Illegal logging and controversial business plans have ecologists raising the alarm in Siber ...

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