Plea to protect environment
Haflong: A former executive member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council has sought the Assam government's intervention in alleged deforestation and illegal boulder collection from the rivers of
View ArticleActivists blast Myanmar timber deal for lack of transparency
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is sounding the alarm over what it calls a “shadowy agreement” made by the Myanmar government to allow the logging and export of 5,000 tons of
View ArticleNamibia's Forests Could Disappear in 20 Years
NAMIBIA's rosewood forests could disappear in the next 20 years if the large-scale timber harvesting continues at the current rate, environment minister Pohamba Shifeta has warned. Shifeta - who has
View ArticleDamning logging report finds Victorian department neither 'effective nor...
Victoria’s environment department has been so ineffective at regulating logging in state forests that the government-owned forestry enterprise VicForests has effectively been left to self-regulate,...
View ArticleReport finds Chinese firms linked to illegal logging in Gabon, Congo
A four-year investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) advocacy group traced illegally sourced timber from the forests of Congo Brazzaville and Gabon, to discover what it says are...
View ArticleEU customers warned over possible illegal timber from the Congo
In a briefing paper released March 14, Global Witness accused ten companies from the EU of importing timber harvested illegally from the DRC. Industrie Forestiere du Congo (IFCO) logged outside
View ArticleU.S. companies implicated in illegal timber trade from West Africa
An illegal timber trade supply chain stretching from Chinese companies operating out of two countries in West Africa to major hardware stores located throughout the U.S. has been uncovered. A four-year
View ArticleGabon president fires VP, forests minister over hardwood scandal
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has fired his vice president and his forests minister, his office said on Wednesday, after hundreds of containers of illegally logged kevazingo wood that had been seized went
View ArticleBAN-BOOZLED: how corruption and collusion fuel illegal rosewood trade in Ghana
A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) shows that Ghana itself faces a harrowing rosewood problem of its own. BAN-BOOZLED: How Corruption and Collusion Fuel Illegal Rosewood Trade
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of trees...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jorjo Tana Tara Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/08/2019 regarding indiscriminate felling of trees in reserved forest area which is part
View ArticleReport on illegal timber operation under Seijosa forest range, Arunachal...
Seizure report of Seijusa Forest Range, Arunachal Pradesh in Original Application No. 18/2019/EZ (Jorjo Tana Tara Vs Union of India & Others).
View ArticleDefending Tomorrow: The climate crisis and threats against land and...
A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights.
View ArticleRed flag indicators for wildlife and timber trafficking in containerized sea...
Weaknesses and loopholes in maritime supply chains are often exploited by traffickers to smuggle illegal wildlife and timber products to feed growing demand, predominantly in Asian markets. Together,...
View ArticleMoney trails: building financial investigations from wildlife and timber...
This new TRAFFIC and WWF ‘Wildlife Money Trails’ report aims to help law enforcement authorities and financial institutions uncover financial crimes related to wildlife and timber trafficking in the EU.
View ArticleLegal and sustainable wild species trade: learnings and implications for...
This joint paper by the Taskforce on Nature Markets and TRAFFIC asserts the crucial role of the business and finance sectors in facilitating strong nature markets and purging illegal and unsustainable
View ArticleThe nexus between illegal trade and environmental crime
Environmental crime is on the rise and is of growing concern to policy makers, to legitimate businesses, and more broadly to the general public. While measuring the scale of environmental crime is very
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