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Issue date: 
12 Jul 2011

More arguments against REDD …

Countries where the majority of tropical forests are located and targeted by the REDD scheme [Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation] are in a condition described as “fragile”.

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28 July 2011

VIETNAMESE ARMY NAMED AS TIMBER SMUGGLER

BANGKOK: A new report released today (July 28, 2011) exposes the pivotal role played by the Vietnamese military in a multi-million dollar operation which is smuggling threatened timber over the border from the shrinking forests of neighbouring Laos.

Issue date: 
29/07/2011

GOB “fiddling” while Guats continue raping Chiquibul Forest!

Over the course of the past year, 300 acres inside the Chiquibul Forest have been hacked, and the razed portions of the forest to date amount to 13,000 acres – larger than Belize City. That is according to Rafael Manzanero, the executive director of Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD), who spoke with Amandala today, Thursday, in Belmopan.
  
Issue date: 
27 Jul 2011

Global Witness report Ta Ann clarification

A recent Global Witness report on WWF’s GFTN programme has in particular targeted Malaysian company Ta Ann. This company has replied with a statement refuting the allegations and claiming the legality and origin of its timber had been verified by TFT.

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Jul 26, 2011

EU Timber Regulation Support Study - final report

The final report of the Support study for development of the non-legislative acts provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (often referred to as the EUTR Support Study)

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25 July 2011

How WWF works with the logging companies

Issue date: 
25th July 2011

WWF-Holzhandelsprojekt erlaubt illegalen Holzeinschlag und Waldzerstörung und versagt bei der Verhinderung von Menschenrechtsverletzungen

Eine neue Untersuchung von Global Witness deckt auf, dass das Aushängeprojekt des WWF zur Förderung nachhaltiger Holzgewinnung – das sogenannte Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) – Unternehmen gestattet, aus den Vorteilen einer Zusammenarbeit mit WWF und seinem ikonischen Panda-Symbol zu prof

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02 Jul 2011

Guyana prepared to deal with illegal forest activities

Government as part of its continued efforts to pursue the protection of its rainforest and to address issues relating to illegal activities within, inclusive of illegal gold mining united with Suriname and French Guiana to host a workshop.

Issue date: 
Jul 1, 2011

Amazon Deforestation Rates Double as Farmers Anticipate Pardons

Deforestation rates in the Amazon, the world’s biggest rain forest, more than doubled in May as Brazilian farmers become more confident they’ll be granted amnesty for illegal logging.

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by Dr. Radut