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]
Jakarta, Indonesia - Papuans have demanded a halt to all new forestry and plantations deals until the regions Special Autonomy Law protects indigenous rights with dedicated implementing regulations, a coalition of local organisations said today.
The call was made after over 20 indigenous, community, church and non-governmental groups from across Papua held a strategic meeting in Jakarta following presentations from government representatives on Papuan forestry and land use policies... [Continue]
Paul Martin has a new constituency. This one is twice the size of France and home to 50 million people - as well as 10,000 species of plants, 655 species of birds and 400 species of mammals.
After 18 years in Canada's Parliament - the final two as prime minister - he was named co-chair yesterday of a major European initiative to conserve Africa's Congo River Basin rain forest, the world's second-largest... [Continue]
Fish and timber are natural resources often not managed in a sustainable way in West Africa due to inadequate EU policies, says a report adopted by the European Parliament. The own initiative report adopted with 559 votes in favour 11 against and 17 abstentions is part of a periodic review of EU policies.
The report draws on the role of the EP Committee on Development to assess how EU policies affect development in a new power granted by the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) that entered into in force December 2006... [Continue]
Das BMZ hat Ende Dezember 2007 in der Reihe BMZ MATERIALIEN eine übersichtlich gestaltete und empfehlenswerte Publikation zur Erläuterung des FLEGT-Prozesses herausgebracht, die zum Einstieg in das Thema gut zu lesen ist.
Das Dokument stellt, wie man dem Inhalt unten entnehmen kann, Konzept, Instrumente und regionale Prozesse vor. Eine Einschätzung über potentielle Wirksamkeit und mögliche Verzögerungen in der Umsetzung fehlt der Publikation leider:
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Diese Materialie dient der Orientierung für die Maßnahmen deutscher Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und soll deutschen Durchführungsinstitutionen Hilfestellung für die praktische Arbeit in diesem Segment geben... [Continue]
(EIA Press Release) Washington, USA - The Senate today passed ground-breaking legislation to stop the import of illegally logged timber and wood products as part of the Farm Bill.
Currently, the U.S. government has no authority to take enforcement action against the import of illegally logged wood products. Since early 2007, the U.S. Congress has moved to take action to stop the impact of U.S... [Continue]
USA - This week Congress could pass an act that would cut down on illegal logging, which has devastating consequences on local habitats, economies and climate change.
Nearly half of what China exports is cheap wooden furniture, and most of the wood is logged illegally in Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and Russia. Illegal logging destroys the habitats of people, birds, beasts, as well as the natural barrier against global warming... [Continue]
