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DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
01/01/2006	Planned Research: Regional Trade Patterns – West and Central Africa The aim of the study is to identify any potential trade distortions that might arise as a result of the ...	DFID
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01/02/2002	Controlling the International Trade in Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products Examines the means by which importing/consuming governments can establish and operate systems for denying ...	Chatham House/RIIA (Duncan Brack, Kevin Gray and Gavin Hayman)
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01/04/2010	Forestry, Risk and Climate Policy This book examines over a decade of forestry and climate policy advice. It starts by focusing the global ...	Dutschke, Michael (Biocarbon Consult)
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16/06/2003	Forests Monitor AFLEG Briefing Position statement on the AFLEG process from the Forests Monitor NGO. ...	Forests Monitor
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01/08/2007	Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 Bill tabled in the US Senate by Senator Wyden (supported by others) to extend the coverage of the Lacey ...	Senator Wyden
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22/05/2006	Analysis of Myths and Realities of Deforestation in Northwest Pakistan: Implications for Forestry Extension Pakistan has a very high deforestation rate. The remaining forests are very diverse in nature and of ...	Ali, Tanvir; Shahbaz, Babar & Suleri, Abid
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31/12/2009	Effects of Forest Certification on Biodiversity Forest certification is widely seen as an important component of strategies for conserving the world’s ...	Tropenbos International (Marijke van Kuijk, Francis E. Putz & Roderick Zagt)
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24/11/2004	Greenpeace Forest Crime File: Danzer Group The second report from Greenpeace on the Swiss-German Danzer Group which Greenpeace claims exposes additional ...	Greenpeace
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APPROACHES

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APPROACHES	HONG KONG HONG KONG. Ports in HK are apparently used as a gateway to China, where imports of timber from across east Asia have expanded rapidly in the last five years ... ...
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APPROACHES	ITTO ITTO. The International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, ... ...
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APPROACHES	CORRUPTION DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 05/06/2010, Deforestation and Pollution, High-risk Subjects Attacks on journalists and bloggers who try to cover any kind of ... ...
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APPROACHES	SURINAME SURINAME. Suriname has the highest percentage of tropical forest cover of any country in the world. Almost 95% of Suriname is forested, 96% of which is ... ...
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APPROACHES	CHAIN OF CUSTODY / TRACKING TECHNOLOGY DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 14/09/2009, Stable carbon isotopes of tree rings as a tool to pinpoint the geographic origin of timber ... ...
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APPROACHES	INDONESIA The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Sep 1, 2009 ... CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. CAR was one of the first countries to undertake forest inventories and to call for regulations and management ... ...
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APPROACHES	GAMBIA GAMBIA. Gambia is one of the world's poorest countries and has a rapidly growing population, which puts considerable pressure on resources, including the ... ...
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APPROACHES	AFRICA AFRICA. The Central African region contains over eighty percent of the total rain forests on the African continent. The forests are located in a region of ... ...
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APPROACHES	EU FLEGT OVERVIEW EU FLEGT OVERVIEW. The European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan represents the most comprehensive, and ambitious, ... ...
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APPROACHES	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VPA NEGOTIATIONS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VPA NEGOTIATIONS. VPA negotiations are ongoing between the EU and the Central African Republic (CAR). For other news stories, ... ...
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APPROACHES	PORTUGAL DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 01/04/2004, European Commission FLEGT Briefing sheets (Portugese 2004 version) A series of EC briefing sheets translated into ... ...
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APPROACHES	EU FLEGT: ILLEGAL TIMBER BAN & DUE DILIGENCE EU FLEGT: ILLEGAL TIMBER BAN & DUE DILIGENCE. In July 2010, the European Parliament approved legislation which prohibits the sale of timber logged illegally ... ...
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APPROACHES	NEW ZEALAND The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	EU FLEGT: VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS EU FLEGT: VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS. Voluntary Partnership Agreements ( VPA) are the means of putting the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and ... ...
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APPROACHES	SWITZERLAND The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	CAMBODIA Jun 14, 2010 ... CAMBODIA. After Cambodia became embroiled in the Vietnam conflict in the late 1960s, many forest areas were severely degraded through ... ...
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APPROACHES	CZECH REPUBLIC The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	SINGAPORE SINGAPORE. The prosperous city-state of Singapore has been identified by campaigners as the major hub for smuggled timber, particularly ramin and merbau ... ...
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APPROACHES	NORWAY The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA. The vast majority of forests on the Korean peninsula were cleared between 1910 and 1945 to supply the Japanese demand for timber and local fuel ... ...
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APPROACHES	ARGENTINA The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	MEXICO MEXICO. Mexico is one of the worlds five most biodiverse countries. However, Mexico's rapidly growing economy and high population growth rate have taken ... ...
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APPROACHES	VIETNAM VIETNAM. Large areas of Vietnams forests have been destroyed or degraded as a result of shifting cultivation, conversion to cash crop plantations or the ... ...
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APPROACHES	JAPAN The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	MALAYSIA MALAYSIA. Almost 60 percent of Malaysia's land area is covered with indigenous forest and a further 20 percent is made up of plantations. ... ...
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APPROACHES	LIBERIA VPA NEGOTIATIONS DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 22/04/2010, EFI EU FLEGT News, April/May 2010. Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and ... ...
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APPROACHES	CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDD CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDD. According to the Stern review, deforestation accounts for approximately 20 per cent of world annual greenhouse gas emissions and is ... ...
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APPROACHES	ROMANIA DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 21/05/2010, Balkans sound alarm over disappearing forests. Bucharest — Illegal logging and unregulated real estate projects ... ...
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APPROACHES	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. The countries of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) comprise an ... ...
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APPROACHES	MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE. Mozambique's deforestation rate is low at 0.25%; 3.7% of the countrys forests were lost between 1990 and 2005. Forest covers nearly a quarter of ... ...
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APPROACHES	AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN. Afghanistan's forests are one of the many victims of years on conflict in the country. The rate of deforestation is increasing and over 33% of ... ...
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APPROACHES	CONSUMER COUNTRY POLICY INITIATIVES DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 20/01/2010, Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer- Country Measures Summary and analysis of the range of measures taken by ... ...
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APPROACHES	ALBANIA DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 01/07/2008, Illegal wood for the European market: An analysis of the EU import and export of illegal wood and related products ... ...
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APPROACHES	PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Governments are increasingly using public procurement policies to build markets for legal and sustainable timber products. ... ...
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APPROACHES	SERBIA DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 21/05/2010, Balkans sound alarm over disappearing forests. Bucharest — Illegal logging and unregulated real estate projects ... ...
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APPROACHES	INDUSTRY AND FINANCE INDUSTRY AND FINANCE · Aid and public finance · Banks and finance · International trade · Land conversion and agribusiness · Retail ... ...
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APPROACHES	ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE. Zimbabwe has suffered from serious environmental degradation in recent years. Government resettlement programmes have resulted in soil erosion, ... ...
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APPROACHES	SIERRA LEONE SIERRA LEONE. Sierra Leone has over 2.7 million ha of forest, representing 38.5% of the land area. Since 1990, 9.5% of the country's forests has been lost ... ...
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APPROACHES	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVNIA The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	MALAWI MALAWI. Deforestation is a major problem in Malawi. Between 1990 and 2005 the country lost almost 13% of its total forest cover, and 35% of its primary ... ...
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APPROACHES	CROATIA The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on ... ...
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APPROACHES	INDEPENDENT FOREST MONITORING AND REMOTE SENSING INDEPENDENT FOREST MONITORING AND REMOTE SENSING. IFM involves an international, independent third party, which, with the agreement of state authorities, ... ...
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APPROACHES	LAND CONVERSION AND AGRIBUSINESS LAND CONVERSION AND AGRIBUSINESS. In several countries, particularly in the tropics, forest land is increasingly being converted for agriculture; ... ...
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APPROACHES	TOGO TOGO. Togo has very little rainforest left and what remains is degraded and fragmented. Forest cover accounts for only 7% of the land area, ... ...
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APPROACHES	LATVIA LATVIA. The Latvian timber sector is fundamental to the recent growth of its economy. According to economists the industry represent nearly one-third of ... ...
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APPROACHES	AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA. According to government data, 22% of Australia is forested. This percentage is fairly stable; there has been a minimal reduction in natural ... ...
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APPROACHES	EUROPE EUROPE. As a result of sustainable forest management, Europe's forests are on the increase. When mature trees are felled, at least the equivalent surfaces ... ...
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APPROACHES	NAMIBIA NAMIBIA. Approximately 9% of Namibia's land area is forested and a further 10% is woodland. Since 1990 Namibia has lost over 12% of its forest cover and the ... ...
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APPROACHES	REPUBLIC OF CONGO REPUBLIC OF CONGO. The Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) has a long history of forest management initiatives and reforestation programmes. ... ...
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APPROACHES	SLOVENIA DATE, TITLE, AUTHOR. - - - -. 18/12/2009, European countries endorse UN-backed pact on tropical timber. Eleven European countries have ratified a United ... ...
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