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new!
30/08/2010
EU FLEGT News, August/September 2010
Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and institutions to combat illegal ...
EFI (European Forest Institute)

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16/08/2010
TTAP News August 2010
This edition of the TTAP Newsletter includes items on the new EU Timber Regulation and the first VLO ...
Timber Trade Action Plan

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03/03/2010 EFI's EU FLEGT News February/March 2010
EFI have published the first issue of EFI’s EU FLEGT News. The newlsetter includes information ...
EFI (European Forest Institute)

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01/03/2008 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 3
This issue relates events and developments worldwide that are inputting into the illegal logging debate, ...
Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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01/12/2008 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 8
Welcome to the eighth and last edition of the TTAP newsletter of this year. This issue highlights the ...
Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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01/05/2008 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 5
Welcome to the fifth edition of the TTAP newsletter! This edition tells the storyof the successful Timber ...
Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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01/12/2007 Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 2
Following last month's introduction to TTAP and its activities, this newsletter focuses on their ...
Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)

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NEWS

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15/06/2006 America's free trade pacts driving illegal timber trade: destruction of Asian and Latin American forests
(Press Release) Washington, USA - US free trade agreements are accelerating the destruction of tropical ...
EIA

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30/01/2007 Opinion: Stabroek News Guyana
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Stabroek News (Guyana)

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

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08/06/2007 Malaysia, Indonesia launch PR campaign to defend palm oil
Malaysia and Indonesia have launched a major publicity campaign to counter accusations that their palm ...
Bridges Trade BioRes

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14/12/2006 Africa: Environmental Impact - More of the Same?
(Excerpt) Today, China is Gabon's largest timber trading partner. In 2003 Gabon supplied 40 per ...
AllAfrica.com

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29/01/2008 Wal-Mart Buying Illegal Russian Wood to Make Products for US Market Report Alleges
USA - The environmental watchdog group the Environmental Investigation Agency released a report earlier ...
Sustainable is Good (USA)

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04/05/2009 News: Unsustainable palm oil production threatening the Indonesian orangutan population
Unregulated palm oil production is causing widespread deforestation in Southeast Asia, dislocating natives ...
FoodBizDaily

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20/03/2007 RI forest management gets some good news
When it comes to Indonesia's forests, the news is usually bad. But according to an international ...
Jakarta Post

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23/10/2007 Timber kickbacks scandal: Stand-off in Sarawak ports
Japanese ships are being made to wait at loading points off three ports in Sarawak reportedly as a retaliatory ...
Malaysiakini (Malaysia)

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15/02/2008 International Experts Convene to Discuss Illegal Logging
An international forum has concluded that while some major initiatives are being developed to address ...
ForestNewsWire (Canada)

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

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26/07/2006 Burmese teak imports anger conservationists
Thailand - The decision to allow the import of teak logs from Burma through Chiang Rai has brought cries ...
The Bangkok Post (Thailand)

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16/10/2007 Riau illegal logging: Torn between environment, business
Indonesia - The administration and the House of Representatives remain at loggerheads over illegal logging ...
The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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30/05/2008 Timber Trade Federation meet Chinese Producers To Promote Market for Legal and Sustainable Timber Products
Getting credible evidence on the origin of timber and timber products was a key message to Chinese plywood ...
UK Timber Trade Federation (UK)

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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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09/05/2010 Uganda Business News: 1,000 illegal timber seized in Mukono
Over 1,000 pieces of timber have been impounded today in an operation to curb illegal pit-sawing. ...
Uganda Pulse

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28/11/2009 Uganda Business News: NFA impounds illegal timber
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UgPulse, Uganda

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19/02/2007 Russia's sustainable forestry revolution
Russia has the world's largest remaining tracts of old growth forests. But continuous logging ' ...
WWF International (Switzerland)

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01/01/2008 China: Short Supply of Timber Threatens Economic Security and It is Imperative to Establish Timber Security System
China now has become a giant in the world's forest industry: The output of wood-based panels of ...
China Wood Monthly

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05/05/2008 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/05/illegal-loggers-push-antigraft-police-chief-shuffle-walhi.html
The sudden reshuffle of Riau Police Chief Sutjiptadi, known for his anti-illegal logging stance, raises ...
Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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15/02/2010 Clarification on Gabon log ban
At a recent meeting with Gabon’s Minister for Forests, executives of the country’s timber ...
ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Market Report

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24/03/2008 U.S. furniture demand drives illegal logging in Laos
Illegal wood for Vietnamese factories devastates forests in the Mekong region of Laos. Western desire ...
Mongabay.com (USA)

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06/12/2006 Canada forest industry calls catalog's caribou ban "simplistic"
Ottawa, Canada - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), today commented on the decision by ...
CNW (Canada)

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05/02/2005 Rainforest treaty for Central Africa is fundamentally flawed, say environmental and human rights groups
A new international treaty aimed at protecting the rainforests of the Congo Basin will actually promote ...
Rainforest Foundation UK

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25/12/2006 The GFC and the Guyana Revenue Authority need to tackle the prima facie case of falsification of export records for logs
Guyana - Opinion - "The GFC and the Guyana Revenue Authority need to tackle this prima facie case ...
Stabroek News (Guyana)

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10/02/2009 Indonesian Ecolabel Institute Must Stop Issuing Sustainable Forest Management Certificates to Unsustainable Industrial Timber Estates
(Press Release) Jakarta, Indonesia - The Indonesian Ecolabel Institute must stop issuing sustainable ...
Telapak and Forest Watch Indonesia (Indonesia)

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11/08/2009 10 countries with the highest deforestation rates in the world
Hopefully it comes as no great surprise to you that deforestation is a major problem in many areas of ...
Tree Hugger

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08/01/2008 The Bali road map some practical implications for Guyana
Letter - In your news article, 'Market-based reward mechanism for standing forests Guyana will ...
The Guyana Chronicle (Guyana)

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

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23/07/2009 The need to check deforestation in West Africa
Achieving long-term development in West Africa requires much more than just exploiting the region's ...
Business Day, Nigeria

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22/09/2007 Community logging may address deforestation
Indonesia is the third biggest contributor to global warming after the United States and China, adding ...
The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

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31/01/2006 Peruvian mahogany stands under attack
Lima, Peru - Facing uncontrolled logging of mahogany and other tree species, Peruvian lawmakers in 2000 ...
EcoAmericas.com

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25/06/2008 Logging and over-fishing threatening West Africa
Illegal fishing and logging of timber in West Africa is devastating local economies and depriving people ...
European Parliament (Belgium)

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13/12/2007 US, China sign MoU on combating illegal wood trade
Beijing, China - China and the US today agreed to work together in combating illegal logging and the ...
Zee News (India)

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22/12/2007 China spurring illegal timber trade in Tanzania
Washington, USA - Scientists have said that due to China's increasing demands for timber, illegal ...
Thaindian.com (Thailand)

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19/09/2006 Illegal or legal logging?
The debate about industrial logging and its benefits for Papua New Guinea continues with a lot of talk ...
PNG Post-Courier (Papua New Guinea)

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APPROACHES

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APPROACHES INDICATORS OF PROGRESS
The past weeks have brought rare good news for the world's forests. On July 15th a ... The Economist, UK. < BACK TO TOP ... ...

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APPROACHES FINLAND
(Stora Enso Oyj Press Release) Stora Enso actively works to combat illegal logging wherever the Group ... Comtex News Network. < BACK TO TOP ... ...

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APPROACHES INDIA
News Blaze, India. < BACK TO TOP ... South Asian News Agency. < BACK TO TOP .... DOCUMENTS (8); NEWS (57). SEARCH THIS SECTION. Enter your search term: ... ...

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APPROACHES GUYANA
Letter - In your news article, 'Market-based reward mechanism for standing .... Guyana - Letter to the editor of Stabroek News regarding application of ... ...

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APPROACHES LIBERIA VPA NEGOTIATIONS
For other news stories, documents and further information about Liberia, ... Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and ... ...

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APPROACHES CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VPA NEGOTIATIONS
For other news stories, documents and further information about CAR, ... Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and ... ...

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APPROACHES REPUBLIC OF CONGO VPA
Ghana Business News. < BACK TO TOP. - - - -. 09/05/2009, EU to conclude deal to stop illegal timber extraction from Republic of Congo ... ...

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APPROACHES NIGER
Africa Science News Service (Kenya). < BACK TO TOP ... DOCUMENTS (6); NEWS (4); EVENTS (1). SEARCH THIS SECTION. Enter your search term: ... ...

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APPROACHES SRI LANKA
UN News Centre. < BACK TO TOP. - - - -. 05/05/2009, Sri Lanka minority ' threatened' ... NEWS (10); PRESENTATIONS (1). SEARCH THIS SECTION ... ...

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APPROACHES INDONESIA VPA NEGOTIATIONS
Antara News reported that the EC-Indonesia Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Support . ... ...

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APPROACHES NORWAY
Stabroek News, Guyana. < BACK TO TOP ... Antara News, Indonesia. < BACK TO TOP ... Thanh Nien News, Vietnam. < BACK TO TOP ... ...

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APPROACHES CAMEROON VPA
For other news stories, documents and further information about Cameroon, ... Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and ... ...

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APPROACHES HAITI
Environment News Service. < BACK TO TOP ... Prism Webcast News. < BACK TO TOP ... NEWS (9). SEARCH THIS SECTION. Enter your search term: ... ...

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APPROACHES BRUNEI
20/03/2007, RI forest management gets some good news. When it comes to Indonesia's forests, the news is usually bad. But according to an international . ... ...

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