Gute Nachrichten lassen lange warten - gelegentlich Jahre: Das Europaparlament hat heute einem akzeptablen Kompromißvorschlag zum 'illegalen Holzhandel' mit überwältigender Mehrheit zugestimmt. Künftig soll der Verkauf von illegal geschlagenem Holz verboten sein, es müssen u.a. Maßnahmen zur Rückverfolgbarkeit getroffen sein und es wird Sanktionen bei Nichteinhaltung geben... [Continue]
press release - 15 April 2010
The Malaysian network of indigenous peoples and NGOs (JOANGOHUTAN) releases documentation on 140 land disputes between native communities and the Malaysian state of Sarawak
SIBU, SARAWAK / MALAYSIA. A new report released today by JOANGOHUTAN, the Malaysian Network of Indigenous Peoples and Non-Governmental Organisations, documents the shocking extent of the Sarawak state authorities' disregard for native rights as codified in the Malaysian laws and constitution... [Continue]
Pressemitteilung zum 16.04.2010
München/Sibu, Malaysien. JOANGOHUTAN, das malaysische Netzwerk der Ureinwohner- und Umweltorganisationen, fordert von der EU vor Unterzeichnung einer Holzhandelsvereinbarung auf die Berücksichtigung und strikte Einhaltung der Ureinwohnerrechte sowie transparente und angemessene Umweltverträglichkeitsverfahren bei allen größeren Projekten zu bestehen... [Continue]
BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - European Union ministers on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban the import of illegal timber and timber products, approving a series of less stringent measures.
EU agriculture ministers, meeting in Brussels, rejected an outright ban as favoured by Britain, Spain and the Netherlands and agreed instead on measures including stricter rules on the certification of timber entering the EU... [Continue]
Wagons brimming with logs accumulate in the Siberian railway station of Dalnerechensk, more than 8,000km (4,971 miles) east of Moscow. They are waiting to cross the nearby Chinese border.
Once in China, they will be processed and used for construction or turned into garden furniture and other products to be sold in European and US shops.
More than a third of all Russian logs are smuggled by mafias, a practice that doubled between 2005 and 2007, according to official figures... [Continue]
The government of Madagascar has been accused by conservation groups of allowing the illegal trade in precious wood to flourish.
Environmental campaigners claim that an executive decree issued last month legalising the export of raw hardwood, including rosewood and ebony, has given free rein to criminal gangs who fell endangered trees to sell on the international market... [Continue]
Kenya - The rising demand for timber in Kenyas coastal towns has driven merchants turning to mango and coconut trees.
The timber dealers have descended on indigenous trees on the Coast to fill orders for charcoal burning, carving, construction of boats and new buildings.
In the mad rush for timber, protected areas like the mangrove forests have not been spared, while charcoal burners and woodcarvers occasionally invade the Tsavo for wood... [Continue]
