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27/04/2009
Pahang undertakes measures to prevent forest encroachment
Author: Bernama, Malaysia
Kuantan - The Pahang government has taken various steps, including legal measures, to prevent forest ...




13/04/2009
Brazilian stakeholders urge feds to go REDD
Author: The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
Farmers, indigenous tribes, and environmental NGOs across Brazil say they need direct payments for r ...




13/01/2009
How to Save the Amazon Rainforest
Author: Ecosystem Marketplace (USA)
Everyone agrees the tropical rainforests are worth more alive than dead, but our economic and politi ...




21/10/2008
Greenpeace proposes Papua logging moratorium
Author: Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand)
Greenpeace has called on the Indonesian government to urgently declare a moratorium on logging to sa ...




15/10/2008
Extent of illegal logging in PNG to be scoped
Author: Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand)
Papua New Guineas Office of Climate Change and Carbon Trading is to co-ordinate an international sco ...




07/09/2008
Greenpeace protest on board logging ship in PNG ends
Author: Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinean police have ended Greenpeaces three day protest on board a logging ship bound for ...




11/07/2008
PNG Eco-Forestry Forum disputes Ministry claims downplaying illegal logging
Author: Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand)
Papua New Guineas Eco Forestry Forum has disputed claims by the Forestry Ministry that illegal loggi ...




02/06/2008
NZ Keen To Work With Malaysia To Combat Illegal Logging
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Banting, Malaysia - New Zealand is keen to work with Malaysia to combat illegal logging and collabor ...




03/07/2007
More Stringent Enforcement To Curb Illegal Logging, Says Abdullah
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - There will be more stringent enforcement of logging industry regulations wi ...




14/06/2007
Help In Poverty Eradication, Developed Countries Told
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Developed nations and critics of illegal logging should help developing nat ...




04/05/2007
Police, forest officials bust 86 illegal loggers in Rautahat
Author: eKantipur.com (Nepal)
Rautahat, Nepal - A team of police and forest officials arrested 86 persons from Rauthat for their i ...




10/05/2007
Peru: Report highlights logging threat to uncontacted tribes
Author: Survial International (France)
A recent investigation has found evidence of large-scale illegal logging in remote parts of the Peru ...




07/05/2007
Greenpeace launches fresh anti-logging protest in PNG
Author: Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand)
The environmental group Greenpeace says the Papua New Guinea government is failing to stop the destr ...




21/03/2007
Second Round M'sia-EU Timber Legality Talks Next Month
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuching, Malaysia - Malaysia and the European Union (EU) will held the second round of negotiations ...




19/01/2007
Malaysia-EU Pact Can Influence Fight Against Illegal Logging
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Sarawak, Malaysia - The success of the voluntary partnership agreement between Malaysia and the Euro ...




12/12/2006
EU Delegation To Visit Penan Blockade Sites In Ulu Baram
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuching, Malaysia - Malaysia will fly in a European Union (EU) delegation to visit logging sites in ...




13/10/2006
STF Arrests Three Illegal Timber Transporters in Pothuvil
Author: Sri Lanka National Security (Sri Lanka)
Ampara, Sri Lanka - The Special Task Force arrested three illegal timber transporters in Karandaoya, ...




04/08/2006
Myanmar to export timber to Thailand
Author: The Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Myanmar's junta leaders asked Thailand to sign a government-to-government deal to import Myanma ...




29/07/2006
DNA Technology To Curb Illegal Timber Trade
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuching , Malaysia - The United Kingdom (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Def ...




27/07/2006
Paraguay: Indians denounce illegal logging
Author: Survival International
Paraguay - A group of Ayoreo Indians has angrily condemned the landowners who are logging their terr ...




25/07/2006
Sarawak Legislature Passes Two New Bills
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuching, Malaysia - The Sarawak State Assembly Tuesday passed two new bills in its first day of sitt ...




24/07/2006
Bill To Curb Illegal Logging In S'wak
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia - The state government will now strictly monitor the operation of sawmill ...




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 ...




19/07/2006
Loggers, carvers threaten pristine coastal woodland
Author: Standard (Kenya)
Kenya - Pristine forest threatened by illegal logging. ...




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




12/06/2006
Seven Cases Of Illegal Logging To Be Taken To Court
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Kuantan, Malaysia - Illegal logging is no longer a compoundable offence in Pahang and offenders will ...




03/06/2006
Forest Act to be enforced, says Kibwana
Author: Standard (Kenya)
Kenya - The Forest Act 2005 will be enforced from early next year, Environment minister Kivutha Kibw ...




13/04/2006
Perum Perhutani uses latest technology to monitor timber
Author: TracElite (UK)
Perum Perhutani, Indonesian 57 site plantation operation commence use of TracElite for timber tracea ...




23/03/2006
China cites illegal Burma logging
Author: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Beijing - China on Thursday admitted that some of its companies and individual citizens are involved ...




12/01/2006
Logging: Forest patrols intensified
Author: Standard (Kenya)
The Kenya Wildlife Service will patrol Arabuko Sokoke forest day and night to protect it from illega ...




21/12/2005
United Nations renews timber, diamond sanctions in Liberia
Author: New Kerala.com (India)
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council renewed diamond and timber sanctions on Liberia for another ...




03/12/2005
RP's infamous forest record teaches world a lesson
Author: Tempo (The Philippines)
Environmental conservation advocate Greenpeace said yesterday that the Philippines' experience ...




18/08/2005
N. Ecija mayor calls for stoppage of illegal logging
Author: Tempo (Philippines)
GEN. TINIO, Nueva Ecija – Fed up with the recurrent problem of illegal logging activities in th ...




04/06/2005
Comprehensive wood industry policy sought
Author: Philippine Daily Enquirer
SEVERAL wood-based firms have been forced to close down and about 20,000 workers lost jobs because o ...




18/05/2005
Perak Bans Logging In Temenggor Reserve Forest
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Malaysia - Perak will ban logging activities in the Temenggor Lake's reserve forest area to cur ...




11/05/2005
Indonesia Raises Military Budget To Overcome Illegal Logging
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia will increase its budget for the armed forces from Rp14.7 trillion (R ...




09/05/2005
M'sia, China Not Helping To Curb Illegal Logging -Report
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
JAKARTA -- An Indonesian minister has accused Malaysia and China of turning down requests for cooper ...




06/05/2005
Police In E. Kalimantan Foil Smuggling Of 300 Logs To Malaysia
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
BALIKPAPAN, Malaysia -- Police in Nunukan town, 830 km north of here, foiled an effort to smuggle lo ...




06/05/2005
M'sia, Indonesia Agree To Curb Illegal Timber Smuggling
Author: Bernama (Malaysia)
Malaysia and Indonesia will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), in a move which is expect ...