News from around the world on responsible forestry
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Multinationals Vow to Boycott APP after Outcry over Illegal Logging
From the Guardian: Several multinational companies have vowed to boycott the huge forestry ...
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Non-Standardised Laws Hinder Sarawak Timber Exporters' Bid to Comply
From the Sun Daily: KUCHING -The lack of standardised laws pertaining to timber legality in ...
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Interpol Demands Crackdown on 'Serious and Organised' Eco Crime
From the Guardian: Environmental crime such as ivory poaching and illegal logging has become "a ...
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Australian Timber Bill endorsed
From NEPcon: Australia has come considerably closer to adopting a new Timber Act, after a special ...
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Deforestation Rates Double in the Congo Basin: Report
From CIFOR Forest Blog: DOUALA, Cameroon - Although the level of deforestation in the world’s ...
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Just More Red Tape?
From TTJonline: TRADA Technology principal consultant Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact the EU ...
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Ministry of Forestry Signed off on Clearing of Forest with Protected Species in Indonesia
From Mongabay News: Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry signed off on a plan by Asia Pulp & Paper ...
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Local Communities in Ghana to Produce Legal Lumber
From GhanaWeb: Local communities in the country would soon be producing lumber to shore up the ...
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Half of RI’s Major Timber Companies Legally Certified
From the Jakarta Post: Local timber producers have stepped up their efforts to comply with a ...
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Brazil Delays Vote on Bill Regulating Deforestation
From CNN News: Sao Paulo - Brazil¹s Congress postponed a vote on Tuesday on a ...