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LINKS - NGOS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
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| Amazon Watch | Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. The organisation partners with indigenous and environmental organisations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. | Broken link |
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| Asia Forest Network | The Asia Forest Network is dedicated to supporting the role of communities in protection and sustainable use of Asia's forests. AFN is comprised of a coalition of planners, policy makers, government foresters, scientists, researchers, and NGOs. | Broken link |
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| Asia Illegal Logging NGO Network | This mailing group has been set up by EIA and Telapak for civil society in SE/East Asia to share information and ideas on illegal logging and associated trade and corruption, and on the various political processes where the problem is being tackled, including East Asia FLEG and EU FLEGT. | Broken link |
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| Bank Track | BankTrack is a network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the environment, including financing companies involved in illegal logging. | Broken link |
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| The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) |
RECOFTC's vision is to see local communities in the Asia-Pacific region actively involved in the equitable and ecologically sustainable management of forest landscapes. The organisation's mission is to enhance capacities at all levels to assist people of the Asia-Pacific region to develop community forestry and manage forest resources for optimum social, economic and environmental benefits. RECOFTC produces a monthly 'E-News' to which visitors to the site can subscribe, which includes the latest news, events, analysis, and more from the world of community forestry, |
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| Community Forestry International | Community Forestry International, Inc. (CFI) assists rural communities to stabilise and regenerate forests by helping policy makers, development agencies, NGOs, and professional foresters create the legal instruments, human resource capacities, and negotiation processes and methods to support resident resource managers. CFI believes that including local communities in the management of natural resources leads to increased livelihood security and poverty alleviation that, in turn, encourages greater sustainable development. CFI enables community forest management strategies to become an integral part of sustainable forest management world-wide. | Broken link |
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| CoolTribe | Cooltribe is an interactive website with the latest news on green, sustainability, social justice, health, animal rights and other ethical issues. Website users can comment, rate and vote on news articles and submit stories, and participate in discussions. | Broken link |
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| Don't Buy SFI (Alliance for Credible Forest Certification) | The Alliance is comprised of non-profit conservation organizations and others campaigning for credible certification. The website argues that FSC is the only viable certification scheme and that certification by the AF&PA's Sustainable Forestry Initiative allows a broad range of environmentally harmful practices. | Broken link |
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| Environmental Investigation Agency | EIA is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime. EIA has been active on illegal logging particularly in Indonesia for many years: a series of reports is available from the site. | Broken link |
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| Environmental Investigation Agency Lacey Act site | Contains background and resources on the US Lacey Act and its implementation with regard to timber. | Broken link |
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