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Due Diligence Regulation: European Parliament amendments
02/03/2009
Amendments to the draft due diligence regulation agreed by the European Parliament's Environment Committee, scheduled for debate in plenary on 23 ...
Author: European Parliament (Environment Committee)
Forest Certification in South Africa
11/06/2004
this paper was presented at a symposium on forest certification in developing and 'transitioning' societies. The paper examines how the fore ...
Author: Ham, Cori (Ukwazisa Consulting, South Africa)
REM: First field mission report for Congo Brazzaville
28/04/2008
The first field mission report produced by REM, the independent forest monitor in Congo Brazzaville, on behalf of the Ministry of Forest Economy (in F ...
Author: Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)/ Congolese Ministry of Forest Economy (MEF)
Illegal logging and international trade in mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) from the Peruvian Amazon
01/05/2007
A report by the Peruvian organisation AIDESEP (The National Association of Amazon Indians in Peru) reveals extensive illegal logging and subsequent cl ...
Illegally Logged Wood Act (Illinois)
22/02/2007
Bill, and subsequent amendment, tabled in the Illinois state legislature to ban the sale of illegally logged timber products within the state. ...
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 ...
Author: Global Witness
A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests
01/10/2005
This report makes the case for ending the illegal logging in Burma's northern forests. Although the management of Burma's forests is primari ...
Author: Global Witness
Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 3rd Summary Report of the Independent Observer July 2003 – February 2005
17/06/2005
Independent forestry monitoring (IFM): a growth industry
01/12/2004
The environmental group Global Witness (GW) has developed a unique approach to the problem of illegal logging, known as Independent Observation or Ind ...
Author: Global Witness (David Young)
DRC Reports: Recommendations for the Independent Observer of the review of old forest licenses
01/10/2004
Draft FSC standard for forest management enterprises for non-FSC certified controlled wood
30/08/2004
This standard specifies the basic requirements applicable at the FMU level to demonstrate to a company or third party certification body that wood sup ...
Author: Forest Stewardship Council
NGO response letter to FLEGT measures announced in July 2004
28/07/2004
This letter was written by seven NGOs to the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi after the EC announced a set of measures to tackle ille ...
Author: EIA, Global Witness, FERN, Birdlife International, WWF, Greenpeace, FoE Europe
SIGIF Report
01/07/2004
The first ever analysis of Cameroon's concession database comparing authorised and actual volumes logged. Produced by Cameroon's Independent ...
Author: Global Witness
Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 2nd Summary Report of the Independent Observer December 2001 – June 2003
01/10/2003
Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 1st Summary Report of the Independent Observer May – November 2001
01/11/2002
AfriTRON: African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network
The African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network (AfriTRON), is an international network of researchers engaged in on-the-ground long-term monitoring of tropical forests.
The network pools expertise and data to help answer larger-scale and longer-term questions relating to the ecology and biogeochemistry of African tropical forests. In particular AfriTRON aims to address questions of contemporary importance such as the possible impacts of regional and global environmental changes on tropical forests, and the impacts of changes in the forests themselves on the regional and global environment. This is done through partnerships between scientists across the world, students and local villages who host our field-trips.
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Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
The MCPFE is a political initiative working towards the protection and sustainable management of forests in Europe. It involves 44 European countries, the EC, and cooperates with countries outside of Europe and international organizations that participate as observers.
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Independent Forest Monitoring Cameroon
Independent site devoted to forest monitoring in Cameroon. Hosted by REM and funded by the European Commission (in French with some reports in English).
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Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)
REM monitors the extraction of natural resources, law enforcement and governance through a constructive approach involving governments, the international donor community, the private sector and civil society. REM is the official Independent Monitor of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Cameroon. Link here to their Independent Monitoring in Cameroon website (in French).
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27/06/2009
Tourism deserts Baringo as lakes dry up
Author: Daily Nation, Kenya
They cut down every tree in sight, burnt charcoal with abandon and made a living by selling firewood ...
27/06/2009
Brazil approves controversial land tenure law
Author: Associated Press
Brasilia - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings b ...
23/06/2009
The Amazon rainforest: worth the fight?
Author: Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
Brazil is home to one-third of the world's rainforest and half of the Amazon. Between its vast ...
19/06/2009
Chainsaw operators invade two districts in Upper West Region
Author: Ghana News Agency
Large numbers of illegal chainsaw operators have invaded some parts of Nadowli and Wa East districts ...
12/06/2009
Study: deforestation in Amazon not helping anyone
Author: Red Orbit
According to a new study, researchers say that deforesting large swathes of the Amazon to clear land ...
13/06/2009
Timber smugglers find alternative means of livelihood in Siliguri
Author: DailyIndia.com
Siliguri - A village of timber smugglers, Kholachand, in Siliguri in West Bengal, has turned to more ...
08/06/2009
Chosin Battalion derails illegal wood smuggling routes in Konar
Author: dvids hub, Afghanistan
Konar Province, Afghanistan - Konar province, a lush area near the Pakistan border, has in the past ...
16/05/2009
Twenty-five percent of European timber imports certified but gaps in demand remain
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
New research indicates that around 25% of solid timber products imported into the EU-25 is likely to ...
01/06/2009
Auditor slams plantation overseer
Author: Weekly Times Now, Australia
An auditor's report has slammed Forest Stewardship Certification, the company that issues envir ...
29/05/2009
Group says uncontacted Amazon tribes still at risk of extinction
Author: Latin American Herald Tribune
One year after Survival International published photographs of uncontacted Indians in a remote area ...
11/05/2009
The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging
Author: Mongabay.com
The Republic of Congo and the EU have announced a new system to ensure that by 2011 no illegal timbe ...
10/05/2009
Electric fences to stop invasion of Kenya nature parks
Author: Guardian, UK
Armed guards doubled to protect wildlife reserves from farmers desperate for food and water as clima ...
12/05/2009
Azerbaijan Environment Ministry prepares proposals for toughening fines for illegal timber extraction
Author: Azerbaijan Business Center
Baku - The Ministry of Environment of Azerbaijan intends to toughen fines for violation of environme ...
09/05/2009
EU to conclude deal to stop illegal timber extraction from Republic of Congo
Author: European Forest Institute
First bilateral pact with Congo Basin nation uses power of European Market to curb rise of illegal t ...
30/04/2009
Gems, timber and Jiziya: Pakistan's Taliban harness resources to fund Jihad
Author: The Jamestown Foundation
The Taliban resurgence in Pakistan's lawless provinces and its unhindered march towards the hea ...
24/04/2009
Pygmy lives neglected in forests of the troubled Congo
Author: peopleandplanet.net
The provinces of Northern and Southern Kivu are amongst those most affected by deforestation and soi ...
20/04/2009
Liberia: Pit sawing illegal, but economical - FDA boss states
Author: allAfrica.com
Monrovia - The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mr. John Wood has laude ...
22/04/2009
Proposed meeting to discuss 'alarming' rate of deforestation draws interest as forum on forests concludes general debate
Author: ReliefWeb
United Nations Forum on Forests
Eighth Session
6th Meeting (AM)
Many speakers in the United Nat ...
22/04/2009
Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions
Author: Mongabay.com
Efforts to create an international climate framework - including a carbon financing mechanism for fo ...
22/04/2009
Manual to educate on deforestation
Author: Daily Monitor, Uganda
Like many developing countries, Ugandas demand for timber and other forest products is increasing fa ...
07/04/2009
DENR confiscates 'hot' forest products
Author: Philippine Star
Manila, Philippines - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has confiscated at least P ...
10/04/2009
Global palm oil demand fueling deforestation
Author: WorldWatch Institute
The benefits of the oil palm are difficult for Indonesia to ignore. ...
13/04/2009
Deforestation is killing Darien
Author: Panama Star
The forests are being destroyed, because the inhabitants do not know that by cutting the forest they ...
11/01/2009
WWF has disconnected from Barama - does not believe company can regain forest stewardship certificate
Author: Stabroek News
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is no longer working with Barama Company Limited (BCL) on re-gaining c ...
31/03/2009
Forests liberally sacrificed for timber, farmland
Author: Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)
Vietnam - Deep inside the Hao Nghia forest, the sounds of nature are absent. No bird chirps, no inse ...
29/03/2009
Deodar sighs in Bhaderwah
Author: Merinews (India)
Kashmir, India - Green gold is dwindling in this reserve forest area and concrete structures are com ...
24/03/2009
Liberia: "Blood Timber" for sale! - Stop the practice says Greenpeace
Author: Liberian Times (Liberia)
Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her government should stop the flow of azobe timber from a ...
18/03/2009
Namibia: Ten Dollars for a 200-Year-Old Tree
Author: IPS (Italy)
Namibia - Despite the investment of millions of donor dollars, the permit system in Namibias Communi ...
10/03/2009
Georgia: New Phase of Forest Reform
Author: Daily Georgian Times (Georgia)
Georgia - The Government announces auctions of forest licenses, which has again met with sharp criti ...
15/03/2009
New forest bill to harmonize field inspections
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
Brazil - The governor of the state of Mato Grosso is considering a draft bill for an environmental l ...
15/03/2009
European Parliament pass verdict on illegal logging legislation
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
Moves to introduce new legislation into the EU that would require forest products operators to take ...
22/08/2008
The name of the game is (illegal) logging: ENCE cleared dozens of hectares of native bush
Author: UITA, Uruguay
In Uruguay, the Ministry of Agriculture suspended the proceeding filed by the Spanish company ENCE w ...
12/01/2007
Ecuador bars oil extraction, logging from indigenous zone
Author: Environmental News Service
Quito - To protect indigenous groups who voluntarily isolate themselves from the modern world, the E ...
15/02/2009
Poor Brazilians rejoice as loggers return to pillage the rainforest
Author: Guardian (UK)
Brazil - Twelve months ago, troops and police drove illegal loggers out of the Amazon in an effort t ...
07/02/2009
2009 to be 'law enforcement year' - DENR
Author: GMA news.tv (Philippines)
Manila, Philippines - Year 2009 will be a "law enforcement year" to protect the country� ...
28/12/2008
Eye in sky to deter illegal loggers
Author: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Six hours. That is all the time it takes to detect illegal logging in Peninsular Malaysia, thanks to ...
23/12/2008
Logging Called Threat to Krasnodar Reserve
Author: Moscow Times (Russia)
Krasnodar regional authorities are turning a blind eye to a massive, illegal logging project in a na ...
21/11/2008
Holding governments to account: Global Witness launches new transparency report card project
Author: Global Witness (UK)
(Global Witness Press Release) Global Witness this month begins an ambitious project to improve fore ...
08/12/2008
Mongabay grants annual award to Health In Harmony: Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
Health In Harmony was today awarded mongabay.com's annual "Innovation in Conservation" ...
03/12/2008
In illegal lumber cases: Damage to judiciary feared due to inconsistent rulings
Author: Catanduanes Tribune (Philippines)
The Philippines - A presiding judge in the Regional Trial Court here has expressed fear that the sha ...
02/12/2008
Inspectors confirm PNG logger Rimbunan Hijau's ops are legal
Author: Trading Markets (USA)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Heavily criticised logging giant Rimbunan Hijau (RH) has been award ...
02/12/2008
NGOs in PNG Sceptical Of New Timber Legality Scheme
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
A timber legality scheme announced today by Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and the Papua New Guinea Forest Indu ...
01/12/2008
Conflict of Interest
Author: Solomon Star (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands - Viewpoint - I write in response to a letter dated 14th November 2008 by Hon. Silas ...
28/01/2008
Forest copper mine triggers controversy in Armenia
Author: Mongabay.com
In Northern Armenia, a company has been given the go-ahead to establish a copper mine in Teghut Fore ...
05/06/2008
Armenia joins international community in commemorating United Nations World Environment Day, with a focus on illegal logging and desertification
Author: ArmeniaDiaspora.com
Yerevan - The United Nations Development Programme and a wide range of partners in Armenia jointly m ...
06/06/2008
Afghanistans natural environment a victim of war
Author: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Illegal logging, smuggling of birds and pollution are some of the environmental problems facing the ...
17/09/2002
Pakistan: Focus on deforestation
Author: IRIN Asia
Halima Bibi, 60, walks for kilometres through northern Pakistan's Himalayan foothills each day, ...
18/03/2005
Costa Rica: wildlife in danger
Author: Global Exchange
San Jose - The peninsula of Osa, a strip of land in the southeast of Costa Rica and home to some of ...
01/06/2008
Costa Rica: the first carbon-neutral country
Author: Ahlan Wasahlan
Costa Rica has pledged to become Carbon-Neutral by reducing or offsetting its emissions of greenhous ...
15/11/2008
Uganda Government News: Uganda to deploy soldiers to protect forests
Author: Wavah Broadcasting Company (Uganda)
Uganda - The government has announced intensified efforts to promote forest conservation with the la ...
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 ...
08/10/2008
Indonesia, Papua NG, Vietnam ask UN for assistance to combat deforestation
Author: Green Assembly Asia Environment
Hanoi - Three of Asias most rapidly deforesting countries - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam ...
03/04/2007
An ongoing battle against deforestation
Author: IPs News Agency
Cotonou - Where does a four-fold increase in a country's population over half a century make it ...
01/07/2007
Hardwoods under threat as illegal logging escalates
Author: The Free Library
One of Mozambique's important natural resources, its hardwood forests, is being seriously denud ...
17/06/2008
Liberia EITI Surges Ahead
Author: Extractive Industries Tranaparency Initiative (EITI)
Liberia has been one of the most cursed of all resource-rich countries. Despite an abundance of iron ...
24/07/2008
14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests
Author: Mongabay.com
Fourteen countries have been selected by the World Bank to receive funds for conserving their tropic ...
20/10/2008
APP log road challenges pact to save Sumatra
Author: WWF International (Switzerland)
Pekanbaru, Indonesia ' Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing ...
18/10/2008
Greenpeace Discovers Illegal Logging in Nabire
Author: Tempo Interaktif (Indonesia)
Jakarta, Indonesia - Greenpeace announced it had found evidence of illegal logging activities in Kai ...
20/10/2008
Brussels avoids crackdown on illegal timber
Author: EUobserver.com (Belgium)
After a series of delays, the European Commission unveiled on Friday (17 October) a legislative prop ...
08/10/2008
Travel regulation on timber transport set to be approved in Cagayan
Author: GMA news (Philippines)
Tuguegarao City, Philippines ' Transporters of timber products here will not be allowed to pass ...
14/10/2008
U.S. Government Rolls Out Implementation for World's First Ban on Trade in Illegally Logged Wood
Author: MarketWatch (USA)
Washington DC, USA - U.S. government agencies today held the first public meeting to present the gov ...
14/10/2008
UK store withdraws tropical rainforest flooring
Author: EIA (UK)
UK - Retailer Next has withdrawn some of its hardwood flooring from sale following concerns it was m ...
02/10/2008
Russia might impose ban on timber exports
Author: Barents Observer (Russia)
Speaker in Russias State Duma, Boris Gryzlov, this week said parliament was ready to elaborate and a ...
31/08/2008
The readers' editor on... how a tribal people's charity was misrepresented
Author: The Observer (UK)
The pictures were stunning: brightly painted warriors aiming bows and arrows up at an aircraft as it ...
02/09/2008
Audit launched into Barama investment programme
Author: Kaieteur News (Guyana)
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday launched an audit into the investment programme of Ba ...
07/08/2008
Report says DRC should cancel most logging deals
Author: Mail & Guardian online (South Africa)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should cancel more than three quarters of its logging deals f ...
11/09/2008
Loggers still advance on Amazon Indians
Author: Reuters (UK)
Brasilia, Brazil - Isolated native Indians in the Amazon forest of Brazil and Peru remain threatened ...
29/08/2008
Alternative livelihood for chainsaw operators
Author: Modern Ghana (Ghana)
The European Union (EU), in collaboration with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, Tropenbos Internati ...
18/08/2008
An interview with Dr. Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Program: Markets could save rainforests
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced ...
08/08/2008
Africa: New Technology to Sever Timbers Link to Conflict?
Author: IPS (Italy)
New York, USA - While conflict diamonds or blood diamonds, as they are known, have gained attention ...
30/07/2008
Greenpeace continues to make groundless allegations against Danzer Group
Author: Danzer Group (Switzerland)
Baar, Switzerland - The recent allegations made by Greenpeace that Danzer Group evaded paying taxes ...
31/07/2008
Congo Basin sees progress on REDD preparations
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
As discussed at the UNFCCC workshop on methodologies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degr ...
31/07/2008
Congo Launches Review of Logging Contracts
Author: Planet Ark (Australia)
Kinshasa, DRC - Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of ...
24/07/2008
Russia canceled trade talks with Finland
Author: Barents Observer (Russia)
Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko has canceled a planned meeting with Finnish of ...
01/07/2008
Protecting Peru and Brazils Uncontacted Amazon Tribes
Author: Council On Hemispheric Affairs (USA)
What is it about the recent photographs of the uncontacted indigenous tribe of the Peruvian-Brazilia ...
23/06/2008
Now timber smugglers turn tourist guides!
Author: GreaterKashmir.com (India)
Srinagar, India - At last the state government has responded to acts of vandalazation of forests in ...
11/07/2008
Ghana: Lack of Funds Stifling the Work of Forestry Commission
Author: AllAfrica.com
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, Professor Nii Ashie Kotey has said tha ...
09/07/2008
Contemporary Brazilian Government Efforts to Address the Amazon Paradox
Author: Council On Hemispheric Affairs (USA)
Criticism of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silvas handling of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ...
27/06/2008
EU assists government to reduce forest depletion
Author: Modern Ghana (Ghana)
The European Union (EU) in collaboration with Government of Ghana have began registering illegal cha ...
18/06/2008
Ex-PM takes Walden Pond to the Congo
Author: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Paul Martin has a new constituency. This one is twice the size of France and home to 50 million peop ...
16/06/2008
Zambia loses money on timber following ban on exports
Author: Afrique en ligne (France)
Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia lost an estimated K80 billion in uncollected timber revenues following gover ...
13/06/2008
Forest resources in danger - report
Author: Modern Ghana (Ghana)
Ghana - Preliminary reports from the ongoing voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) negotiations on h ...
15/05/2008
Brazil gets CITES green light
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
IBAMA and Envolverde reported that the 17th meeting of the Plant Committee (PC) of the Convention on ...
06/05/2008
Illegal logging baron's move to palm oil receives top brass backing
Author: EIA (USA)
EIA is calling for an urgent inquiry into how a notorious illegal logging barons move into the boomi ...
15/05/2008
Farm Bill Passes with Illegal Logging Provision Intact
Author: Salem-News (USA)
Washington, D.C., USA - Protecting ecosystems across the globe and businesses here at home that are ...
12/05/2008
Amazon's future in delicate balance
Author: BBC (UK)
In January, the Brazilian government announced that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon jungle h ...
08/05/2008
Foresters see major losses from illegal GFC demands
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - The Forest Products Association (FPA) yesterday charged that illegal action being pursued b ...
22/04/2008
Peru fails to investigate murder of Amazon environmental leader
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
Peruvian authorities failed to respond to requests for protection from Julio Garcia Agapito, the env ...
07/04/2008
The FSC responds to its critics
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
Last month, Mongabay.com reported on recent and various criticisms of the FSC (the Forest Stewardshi ...
17/03/2008
Murder on the Resource Frontier
Author: New York Times (USA)
More blood has been spilled in the Amazon, this time in the Madre de Dios region of Peru, where a te ...
29/02/2008
Deforestation continues in extractive reserves of Northern Brazil
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to be a problem, according to recent news reports in ...
13/03/2008
Timber Export Points Reduced by 80%
Author: Kommersant (Russia)
Russia - The Federal Customs Service yesterday reduced the number of customs checkpoints that will p ...
22/02/2008
Minister orders withdrawal of license
Author: Joy Online (Ghana)
Ghana - The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, Mrs Esther Obeng Dapaah has instructed the Forest ...
05/02/2008
SGS and Helveta announce agreements for a nationwide forest and timber chain-of-custody monitoring system in the Republic of Liberia
Author: SGS/Helveta (Switzerland/UK)
Geneva, Switzerland - SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A. (SGS) announced today the signature ...
19/02/2008
Cameroon suspends 27 timber firms in clampdown
Author: Reuters
Yaounde, Cameroon - Cameroon has suspended 27 logging firms for failing to justify the origin of the ...
11/02/2008
Gloomy outlook seen for wood-based industries
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - A lack of wood supplies continued to plague the country's wood-based industries las ...
08/02/2008
The Forestry Commission seems to be making a long overdue attempt to restore its operational mandate
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - Letter to the editor - After five years of minimal effective activity the GFC appears to be ...
03/02/2008
Flaws in the Forestry Bill
Author: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Thailand - At least two provisions in the approved law are seen to deprive many communities of the r ...
23/01/2008
Analysis: Banning 'Bad' Biofuels, Becoming Better Consumers
Author: Worldwatch Institute (USA)
Casual observers might consider it a setback for proponents of ethanol and biodiesel now that Europe ...
24/01/2008
Speaker Urged To Not Certify Timber Law
Author: pacific (USA)
Environmental groups have appealed to Papua New Guinea Parliament Speaker Jeffrey Nape not to certif ...
28/01/2008
Timber smuggling network busted
Author: The Telegraph (India)
India - The confiscation of two teak-laden trucks in Hojai subdivision has revealed the existence of ...
13/01/2008
Barama yet to receive re-certification
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - One year on, Barama Com-pany Limited (BCL) is yet to receive its re-certification from the ...
08/01/2008
Is tropical deforestation really occurring?
Author: Mongabay.com (USA)
New assessment suggests global deforestation data from the U.N. is deeply flawed and without better ...
11/01/2008
Paper giant illegally clearing Indonesian forests: environmentalists
Author: AFP (Indonesia)
Jakarta, Indonesia - Rare elephants, tigers and orangutans are under threat from illegal land cleari ...
15/12/2007
Tribes fight loggers to save Malaysian rainforests, but some natives welcome timber money
Author: The Associated Press
Borneo Rainforest, Malaysia - Like a slithering red snake, the dirt road cuts through the jungles sh ...
30/12/2007
Ax Begins to Fall on Illegal Loggers
Author: Associated Press
USA - In recent years, there's been a steady movement to curb illegal logging. Some states, suc ...
22/12/2007
China spurring illegal timber trade in Tanzania
Author: Thaindian.com (Thailand)
Washington, USA - Scientists have said that due to China's increasing demands for timber, illeg ...
21/12/2007
China Spurring Illegal Timber Trade in Tanzania
Author: National Geographic (USA)
China's growing hunger for timber may wipe out much of Tanzania's commercially valuable fo ...
07/12/2007
World Bank admits Congo omissions
Author: Financial Times (UK)
The World Bank has acknowledged a series of "omissions" in reforms it supported to promote ...
07/11/2007
Info campaign launched vs illegal logging, selling of lands in Lake Sebu
Author: Philippine Information Agency (Philippines)
Koronadal City, The Philippines - A nine-member team of the Multi-Sectoral Task Force on Environment ...
03/11/2007
Burmese Gems, Timber Find Other Markets as US Increases Sanctions
Author: The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
While the US enforces additional economic sanctions against Burma on gems and timber trade, highly p ...
19/10/2007
Illuminating Resource Revenue Transparency - A New Guide from the IMF
Author: International Monetary Fund (USA)
The revised IMF Guide on Resource Revenue Transparency is a comprehensive handbook on good transpare ...
23/10/2007
Barama fined $106M for breaches in three concessions
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - Barama Company Limited has been slapped with $106M in fines for breaches in three concessio ...
16/10/2007
Riau illegal logging: Torn between environment, business
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - The administration and the House of Representatives remain at loggerheads over illegal l ...
14/10/2007
New money is last hope in battle to save rainforests: misplaced optimism over climate change initiatives?
Author: The Observer (UK)
Industrial clearance of rainforests accounts for 20 per cent of greenhouse gases. Every second of ea ...
10/10/2007
Environmental and consumer advocates complain about excessive paper consumption in Germany
Author: Heise Online (Germany)
Germany - German consumer organisations call for a reduction in paper consumption, laws on illegal l ...
30/09/2007
EU to assist Ghanaian communities in combating illegal logging
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Ghana)
First Counsellor Dirk Naezer, head of the EU delegation on Economic and Micro Trade in Ghana, recent ...
02/09/2007
Stiffer penalties against illegal logging activities
Author: Borneo Bulletin (Brunei Darussalam)
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman said amendment to the Forest Enactmen ...
29/08/2007
Forestry chief denies illegal logging
Author: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - The state Forestry Department has refuted allegations of illegal tree fell ...
30/08/2007
Stiffer penalties for illegal logging
Author: Daily Express (Malaysia)
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Amendments to the Forest Enactment 1968 to provide for stiffer penalties a ...
20/07/2007
Understanding Corporate Purchases of Wood Products
Author: World Resources Institute (USA)
Before purchasing forest-based products, corporate managers should ask a handful of basic questions ...
01/08/2007
Cooperation sought in illegal logging fight
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - Government officials, police and observers are calling for effective coordination among ...
01/08/2007
United States Congress: Wyden legislation endorsed by unusual coalition of industry, labor and environmental groups
Author: United States Congress (USA)
Washington, D.C. With the collective support of the timber and timber-products industry, organized ...
06/07/2007
US-Peru bilateral to address illegal logging, boost MEA implementation
Author: Bridges Trade BioRes
Civil society groups in the US are lauding a newly-revised version of the US-Peru free-trade agreeme ...
29/06/2007
Logging abuse
Author: Index on Censorship (UK)
Journalists and campaigners working to expose an environmental scandal in Cambodia are under threat ...
17/06/2007
Wonder of nature under threat from illegal logging
Author: The Observer (UK)
One of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles is under threat because environmental projects ...
10/06/2007
Moves to check illegal chainsaw operations
Author: Joy Online (Ghana)
Ghana - A ten member-district forest task force to check chainsaw operators in the Suhum-Kraboa-Coal ...
16/06/2007
China's rise: Hope or doom for Africa?
Author: Sunday Vision (Uganda)
'A win-win situation' is how the Chinese government describes its economic relations with ...
06/06/2007
Cambodian government steps up fight against illegal logging allegations
Author: International Herald Tribune (France)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The Cambodian government has stepped up a campaign to discredit allegations t ...
11/06/2007
UN: UN lauds Indonesia's crackdown on illegal timber to save orangutans
Author: MaximsNews.com (USA)
The United Nations has welcomed efforts by the Indonesian Government to crack down on illegal loggin ...
30/05/2007
Peru's mahogany exports threaten survival of indigenous tribes and violate international law
Author: AIDESEP (National Association of Amazon Indians, Peru) and Rainforest Foundation Norway
A new report documents widespread illegal and unsustainable logging of mahogany in Peru. The Peruvia ...
14/07/2006
Safeguarding Cameroon's Rainforest
Author: Living on Earth (USA)
(Radio Transcript) During the last 40 years the rainforest of Africa's Congo Basin has been dev ...
16/03/2005
US Aims to Jeopardise Legal Action on Illegal Logging
Author: Common Dreams (USA)
The United States was exposed yesterday as planning to jeopardise multi-lateral action to stop the t ...
30/05/2007
Barama forced to pull out of Akawini - villagers demand compensation, or will take legal action
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - Barama Company Limited yesterday announced that it would begin to demobilise its equipment ...
20/05/2007
UK: Tories want fines for buying illegal timber
Author: The Observer (UK)
From News in Brief - UK - Companies could be fined if they import products made from illegally logge ...
17/01/2007
Explanatory Notes regarding the procurement of wood products
Author: German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
(Press Release) Attachment to the joint instruction of 17.01.2007 that the German Federal Administra ...
12/05/2007
Summary of the 42nd session of the international tropical timber council
Author: IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin
The forty-second session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-42) took place from 7-12 ...
13/05/2007
FSC in Russia: 'sustainable forest management' or simply money and politics?
Author: FSC Watch
FSC-Watch was been sent the following article by Svetlana Alekseeva, Chief Editor of "Forest Ce ...
05/05/2007
WWF restates call to Barama for major commitment to responsible forestry
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - Following a visit to its north west concession and a mixed assessment of what it saw, the W ...
09/05/2007
New UK-Funded Report Says Consumers in US, Europe Hold Key To Transforming Chinese Attitude Toward Use of Illegal Timber
Author: Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
(Press Release) London, UK - Responding to concern that China's massive appetite for raw timber ...
07/05/2007
Jaling forestry deal suspended following breaches, non-compliance
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - The government yesterday announced that the Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) awarded to Jaling ...
30/04/2007
New Book - The Many Faces of Corruption: Tracking Vulnerabilities at the Sector Level
Author: World Bank (USA)
Edited by J. Edgardo Campos and Sanjay Pradhan and published by the World Bank. Corruption... How ca ...
07/05/2007
ITTO has failed to end tropical forest destruction says Greenpeace
Author: Mongabay.com
Papua New Guinea - Greenpeace activists today abseiled from the top of the Crowne Plaza hotel in dow ...
26/04/2007
Public consultation: Draft Criteria for Legal and Sustainable timber and Assessment of Certification Schemes
Author: Danish Ministry of the Environment (Denmark)
(News Release) As an important element in implementing Environment Minister Connie Hedegaards 9 Poin ...
30/04/2007
EU governments failing the forests
Author: WWF
Brussels, Belgium European governments are dragging their heels on a key EU initiative designed to ...
17/04/2007
ITC to investigate competitive conditions facing the U.S. wood flooring and hardwood plywood industries
Author: US International Trade Commission (USA)
(Press Release) The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) has launched an investig ...
04/05/2007
Ecological Internet's "End Ancient Forest Logging" Campaign Targets World Bank, WWF and Greenpeace for Their Role in Promoting Ancient Primary Rainforest Logging
Author: rainforestportal.org (USA)
(Press Release) Do WWF and Greenpeace members realize they are supporting industrial logging of the ...
30/04/2007
EU countries drag feet on illegal logging
Author: EUobserver.com (Belgium)
European governments are failing to live up to an EU initiative aimed at tackling illegal logging ac ...
04/10/2005
Forest and timber sector expresses concern for economic viability, illegal logging, and the public image of wood: Markets for forest products continue at record levels
Author: UNECE
Geneva - The UNECE Timber Committee analyzed the current forest products market situation in 2005 an ...
24/04/2007
Ghana: Forest C'ssion CEO Affirms Mess in Forestry Sector
Author: AllAfrica.com
Ghana - The newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission (FC), Prof. Nii Ashie ...
24/04/2007
Draft law on forest use in Moscow region drafted
Author: ITAR-TASS (Russia)
Moscow, Russia - Residents of the Moscow region will be allowed to once in 50 years to hew down tree ...
31/10/2006
Forest Authority holds regional seminar on FLEG
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
The PNG Forest Authority (PNGFA) recently held a South Pacific Regional Seminar on Forest Law Enforc ...
16/09/2006
Verification system for timber products being crafted
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - New Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday launched the process for a legal verif ...
21/04/2007
Invisible but all too real: the illegal roads speeding destruction of the rainforest
Author: Guardian (UK)
Despite a crackdown, illicit logging is on the rise in lawless areas of the Amazon ...
17/04/2007
China tackling illegal timber imports
Author: China Daily (China)
Beijing - The Chinese government on Tuesday said it has been observing strict procedures to manage a ...
24/03/2007
Police, forestry ministry pursuing 40 illegal logging financiers
Author: Antara (Indonesia)
Indonesia - As many as 40 illegal logging financiers are now on the wanted lists of the National Pol ...
20/03/2007
RI forest management gets some good news
Author: Jakarta Post
When it comes to Indonesia's forests, the news is usually bad. But according to an internationa ...
14/03/2007
The issue of an exploratory permit to Roger Khan's company Aurelius was approved by the Board of Directors of the Forestry Commission
Author: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Guyana - Letter to the editor of Stabroek News regarding application of existing forestry legislatio ...
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 ...
09/03/2007
Congo joins regional effort to save forests
Author: afrol News (Norway)
The newly-elected government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has presented wide-ranging efforts and plans to ...
06/03/2007
The Disastrous Local and Global Impacts of Tropical Biofuel Production
Author: Energy Tribune (USA)
USA - Last November, Patricia A. Woertz, the CEO and president of Archer Daniels Midland, outlined a ...
22/02/2007
Ghana: Saving the Country's Forest
Author: AllAfrica.com
Ghana - Government and the Forestry Commission must be congratulated on their announcement of a Nove ...
17/02/2007
Is it OK to buy wooden furniture?
Author: The Observer (UK)
Unless stamped by the Forestry Stewardship Council, or from eco sites, wooden goods can have ugly ro ...
11/02/2007
Illegal logging adds fuel to bushfires
Author: The Age (Australia)
Tens of thousands of trees in a national park and state forest were illegally logged and sold to tim ...
02/02/2007
Europe: Timber sourcing ' Are you sitting comfortably, and with a clear conscience?
Author: Ethical Corporation (UK)
Ethical Corporation has been out on the street to see what staff at UK furniture retailers know abou ...
29/01/2007
Nuevas technologías satelitales revelan que el bosque amazónico desaparece para siempre, peros dos veces más rápido de lo creído
Author: ALBA (Bolivia)
New satellite technologies reveal the rate of Amazonian deforestation is double what was previously ...
22/01/2007
Canberra cuts down timber standard
Author: The Age (Australia)
Australia - The failure of the Federal Government to respond swiftly and effectively to Australia� ...
22/01/2007
Forest Stewardship Council suspends Samling certification
Author: Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)
(Press Release) The Malaysian Samling Group's most important certificate for forest management ...
17/01/2007
Forest policy needs a national prism
Author: The Age (Australia)
Australia - (Opinion) Controversy over Tasmanian forests distracts from Australia's well develo ...
15/01/2007
Brazil gambles on Amazon logging
Author: Chicago Tribune (USA)
Plan aims to protect forest by auctioning lumber rights while increasing monitoring. ...
19/12/2006
Free trade should be fair trade in debate over Chinese plywood
Author: The Register-Guard (USA)
Opinion - The guest viewpoint in the Dec. 14 Register-Guard regarding Sen. Ron Wyden's initiati ...
18/12/2006
Timber assurance schemes pass Government test
Author: DEFRA (UK)
UK - Five schemes designed to combat illegal logging and protect forests worldwide have been given t ...
13/12/2006
Uganda's Museveni defends plans to destroy forests
Author: Reuters (UK)
Kampala, Uganda - President Yoweri Museveni has defended plans to destroy some of Uganda's last ...
12/12/2006
Kenya: Saving Forests By Cutting Down Trees
Author: AllAfrica.com
Kenya - High demand for timber may soon cause a lifting of the ban on harvesting, which has been in ...
01/12/2006
Red face for EU officials over pirate timber floor
Author: EUobserver.com (Belgium)
A painful confirmation by the European Commission that its headquarters contain 1,000 square metres ...
25/11/2006
Cambodian court jails eight for illegal logging
Author: Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand)
Pnomh Penh, Cambodia - A Cambodian court has sentenced eight people, including a former provincial g ...
24/11/2006
Cambodia Sentences Powerful Officials To Jail For Illegal Logging
Author: Playfuls.com (Romania)
A Cambodian court has handed out harsh prison sentences to former top provincial officials found gui ...
13/11/2006
Logging nations set tough agenda for action
Author: Reuters (USA)
London, UK - Timber exporting and importing nations set themselves a tight agenda for action on Mond ...
08/11/2006
Ghana: Security Probe ¢33bn Rip-Off
Author: AllAfrica.com
An audit commissioned by the Forestry Commission has revealed that the state has lost an estimated & ...
02/11/2006
World Bank still pursuing questionable forestry agenda
Author: The National (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea - About three years ago, executives flew into Port Moresby from various provincial ...
23/10/2006
World Bank Advises Better Forest Governance
Author: World Bank (USA)
Washngton D.C., USA - Preserving the world's rapidly shrinking tropical forests and improving t ...
12/10/2006
New dawn for Liberia's 'blood forests'
Author: BBC (UK)
"You've heard of blood diamonds? Well, some have called the forests of Liberia the 'b ...
11/10/2006
How People suffer when journalists get it wrong
Author: Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
A comment on the quality of recent NGO reporting on Laos Village Forestry. By Scott Poynton on behal ...
30/09/2006
A dire threat to rainforests
Author: Newsday (USA)
Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia - Deep in the pristine rainforests of Borneo are places that have never heard ...
30/09/2006
Illegal loggers put pressure on genuine article
Author: Weekend Australian (Australia)
The rivers run brown in tropical Borneo from the sediment caused by the ferocious logging of the rai ...
29/09/2006
Illegal rainforest timber used in parliament refurbishment
Author: Greenpeace (UK)
London, UK - Illegally logged timber from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is being used during r ...
20/09/2006
Laos: FSC certified timber is illegal
Author: World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay)
Laos - When a forestry operation is certified under the Forest Stewardship Council system, it should ...
19/09/2006
Greenpeace investigation exposes Finland's illegal timber trade with Russia
Author: Greenpeace (UK)
(Press Release) London, UK - A Greenpeace International report released today reveals how illegally ...
08/09/2006
The Kalimantan/Malaysia Borderlands: Contested Periphery or Heartland?
Author: Asian Analysis (Australia)
The Kalimantan/Malaysia border extends roughly 1,800 km between West and East Kalimantan, Sarawak an ...
06/09/2006
Liberia: UNMIL, FDA Visit Logging Areas
Author: The Enquirer (Liberia)
In line with Executive Order 1, issued on 2 February 2006 by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the De ...
25/08/2006
Tradewinds: Fish hooks in mandatory certification
Author: New Zealand Forest Industries (New Zealand)
New Zealand - Those who advocate mandatory eco-certification of wood imports as a means to address i ...
22/08/2006
Great Ape Trust Awards $22,000 in Conservation Grants
Author: E-Wire (USA)
Des Moines, Iowa - Great Ape Trust of Iowa announced today the Des Moines-based scientific research ...
17/08/2006
Chinese plan for timber investment in Papua opposed
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Papua, Indonesia - Environmental and business groups joined hands here Tuesday in opposing a Chinese ...
31/07/2006
Environmentalists call for boycott of Merbau wood products from Europe's largest flooring brands
Author: EIA (UK)
EIA Press Release - Europe's largest flooring companies are continuing to trade in merbau wood ...
29/07/2006
World Bank praises Cambodia's punishment for illegal logging
Author: People's Daily Online (China)
The World Bank on Friday praised the Cambodian government for its prosecutions of 11 people in illeg ...
14/07/2006
TTF brands PNG and Solomon timber as 'high risk'
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
UK - The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has told its members that sourcing wood products made from ti ...
05/07/2006
Warning Issued Over Illegal Timber
Author: Green Building Press (UK)
UK - The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has told its members that sourcing wood products made of timb ...
30/06/2006
Chainsaw operators invade W/R forest reserves...Cut down trees in droves but pay no taxes to gov
Author: Ghanian Chronicle (Ghana)
Ghana - Information stumbled upon by The Chronicle indicates that chainsaw operation, which has been ...
24/06/2006
The rape of PNG forests
Author: The Australian (Australia)
Sexual coercion, corruption and assault are the coin of PNG's illegal logging industry, writes ...
21/06/2006
Claims free trade deals hasten forest destruction
Author: Scoop (New Zealand)
A new report released by the Environmental Investigation Agency says US Free Trade agreements are ac ...
18/06/2006
Grumble in the jungle
Author: Observer (UK)
Gingery, cheeky, intelligent ... and extinct in 12 years' time. The rampaging hunger of western ...
16/06/2006
DoC on trail of pirate loggers
Author: Wanganui Chronicle (New Zealand)
New Zealand - The likely poaching of native trees from conservation land in the Wanganui region is b ...
09/06/2006
NGO monitor Yogya wood supply
Author: Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
The authorities should closely monitor the wood supplied to Yogyakarta's earthquake reconstruc ...
05/06/2006
Liberia: Global Witness On Liberia's Back
Author: AllAfrica.com
The UK-based organization of international reaches, Global Witness (GW), has implored the UN Securit ...
03/06/2006
Deforestation rate alarming: Report
Author: Peninsula On-line (Qatar)
Islamabad, Pakistan - The woody bio mass of Pakistan is now severely threatened by the growing consu ...
30/05/2006
Plywood hits eight-year high
Author: Malaysia Star
PETALING JAYA: Plywood prices hit an eight-year high this month even though prices are not as bullis ...
25/05/2006
Southeast Asia plans wildlife crime-busting units
Author: Reuters (UK)
BANGKOK, May 25 (Reuters) - Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asi ...
21/05/2006
BIOFUEL: Sweet success
Author: Observer (UK)
Brazil leads on alternative energy sources, but at what cost to its forests? ...
19/05/2006
UK traders ahead of users' interest in certified wood
Author: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
An ongoing study for the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Department for International Developme ...
19/05/2006
Crimes against humanity: Anatomy of an arms dealer
Author: The Independent (UK)
How a Dutch Del Boy went from trading in used cars to acting as right-hand man for a murderous dicta ...
10/05/2006
Shipping Firm Allegedly at Centre of Billion Dollar Trade in Stolen Logs Seeks Stock Exchange Listing
Author: EIA (UK)
EIA PRESS RELEASE: A major Asian shipping company, whose business has thrived on the back of a boomi ...
28/04/2006
Disappearing forests: Illegal trade in lumber at root of Armenia's tree loss
Author: Armenia Now
Armenia's forests and urban green spaces barely survived the energy crisis of the early 1990s. ...
28/04/2006
WTO: Ppoposals tables on forest tariff, non-tariff barriers to trade
Author: Bridges Trade BioRes
Draft negotiating text on accelerated liberalisation of tariffs on forest products and disciplining ...
21/04/2006
Survey: European countries care less about illegal logging issues
Author: WWF International
Gland, Switzerland – A new WWF report ranks 22 European Union governments and Switzerland on th ...
11/04/2006
Cameroon "should involve locals" to control logging
Author: afrol news (Norway)
Governments in Central Africa, trying to protect large tracts of their valuable rainforests, are sta ...
06/04/2006
President Putin speaks about illegal logging
Author: President of Russia Official Site
SYKTYVKAR, KOMI REPUBLIC. Vladimir Putin held a meeting to discuss development issues in forestry an ...
25/03/2006
Down in the woods - The logging trade
Author: The Economist (USA)
In the developing world, where policing has not stopped illegal logging, environmentalists are tryin ...
24/03/2006
UK government procurement policy: contractors - have your say
Author: Proforest (UK)
Proforest/CPET seek feedback from UK government suppliers and contractors. ...
21/03/2006
Successful Regional Workshop on Forest Independent Monitoring
Author: ACICAFOC (Costa Rica)
The first Regional Workshop on Forest Independent Monitoring took place in Honduras, from February 2 ...
12/03/2006
GREENPEACE RUES KEY NATIONS' ABSENCE
Author: Global News Wire
Manila: Greenpeace said yesterday it was disappointed with the absence of representatives from key c ...
01/03/2006
Illegal Logging: Tracking Timber in Honduras
Author: International Enforcement Law Reporter
Effective environmental enforcement posed acute problems in Brazil, a country with a middle-of-the-r ...
14/02/2006
Executive Order On Concession
Author: AllAfrica.com
Liberia - President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has cancelled all illegal concessions and any such concess ...
13/02/2006
Layoffs almost tripled in '05, plywood subsector hard hit
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - Businesses in the hardest-hit forestry-based subsector, which terminated employment for ...
02/01/2006
Illegal logging still going strong
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
When the world's biggest timber smuggling operation from Papua to China was exposed last year, ...
12/12/2005
Illegal logging paymasters enter RI on fake passports
Author: Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban says many illegal logging financiers enter the country using ...
01/12/2005
Two new environmental laws in Nicaragua
Author: Amazonia.org (Brazil)
The Nicaraguan National Assembly's recent approval of separate bills to protect forests and pun ...
29/09/2005
Civil Society Mobilises Against Illegal Forest Exploitation
Author: AllAfrica.com
Some 30 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have called on government to give them a chance in the fi ...
04/08/2005
Donggala residents face food shortages after flood
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Donggala, Indonesia - Over 90,000 residents in three districts in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi ...
28/07/2005
Global Witness launches Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM)
Author: Global Witness (UK)
Global Witness today launches 'A Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring', the definitive g ...
21/07/2005
New Enquiry: UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
Author: EAC (UK)
(Press Release) UK - The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) yesterday set up a sub-committee to con ...
19/07/2005
Hun Sensorship ' Global Witness banned from entering Cambodia
Author: Global Witness (UK)
(Global Witness Press Release) UK - Soon after taking office, in early 1999, Cambodian Prime Ministe ...
29/06/2005
Natural Resource Governance ' A Test of Political Will for the Cambodian Government and the International Donor Community
Author: Global Witness
The near total absence of promised reforms of natural resource management forms the backdrop to an i ...
08/06/2005
UK Government delay announcement of PEFC Sustainability
Author: TTF (UK)
London, UK - The Government were due to announce the results of the latest CPET assessment of PEFC a ...
24/05/2005
UPM Tests Forest Certification Standards
Author: UPM
UPM's Parallel field testing of forest certification standards indicates: Five standards promot ...
10/05/2005
Industry Briefing: German Draft Virgin Forests Act
Author: TTF (UK)
As of 15 March 2005, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclea ...
29/03/2005
Computerized Log Tracking System For Forestry Commission
Author: GhanaWeb
Accra, Ghana - The Forestry Commission, under its new Validation of Legal Timber Programme (VLTP), w ...
31/12/2004
Preparing to Pulp the Pulp Merchants? Cambodian Government Announces Legal Action against Predatory Paper Giant
Author: Global Witness (UK)
The Cambodian Ministry of Environment has announced that it is preparing a legal action against Gree ...
15/11/2004
Illegal loggers lured by big profits
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - The Jakarta Post observes a transaction for timber as it was taking place on the Mahakam ...
25/10/2004
Regent acts to protect forests
Author: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Indonesia - Among the many corrupt and conservation-ignorant local leaders, there is one who not onl ...
19/10/2004
Movements Toward Responsible Timber Sourcing
Author: The Global Network of Environment and Technology News Center
Rachelle Jackson looks at some of the policies and projects that are trying to tackle the challenges ...
01/08/2004
Cirebon council urges stop to illegal log shipments
Author: The Jakarta Post
West Java's Cirebon legislative council has asked local authorities to stop the shipments of il ...
12/07/2004
Logging scam: Forestry officials under fire
Author: The Guardian, Tanzania
Tanzania - Village government officials in Rufiji District have accused District Forestry officials ...
03/06/2004
Maligo springs start to dry up due to rampant illegal logging
Author: Tha Jakarta Post
The Maligo springs in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia are on the verge of drying up due to rampant loggi ...
28/04/2004
Rules of evidence cause snags in logging cases
Author: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta - Lack of admissable evidence a big problem, say WWF. ...
18/04/2004
Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore Meet in Bid to Stem Ramin Wood Smuggling
Author: New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad
Government and industry representatives from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore met on Thursday and ...
07/03/2004
Central Kalimantan blind to illegal logging
Author: The Jakarta Post
The relevant authorities in Central Kalimantan have paid no attention to media pressure to halt ille ...
03/03/2004
Indonesian Police Arrest More Than 30 Illegal Loggers
Author: The Jakarta Post
Police have arrested another 30 suspected illegal loggers in Kalimantan ...
13/01/2004
Bar-Coding Trees Isn't As Silly As It May Sound
Author: Far Eastern Economic Review
Environmental activists and corporate giants are teaming up in an unlikely alliance to harness the p ...
10/12/2003
Illegal Logging in Indonesia: It's not just about law enforcement
Author: The Jakarta Post
In 2001, Indonesians consumed some 19 million cubic meters of timber in the form of paper, sawn timb ...
01/08/2003
Corruption Barred from the Cameroon Forests
Author: AllAfrica.com
A 13-man committee has been put in place to fight corruption in the Ministry of Environment and Fore ...
26/08/2001
Mugabe's loggers to ravage rainforest
Author: The Observer (UK)
The army of Zimbabwe's despotic ruler will help to fell trees in 85m acres of Congo. But the pe ...
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