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]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Poor record keeping and illegal logging is raising concerns of over-exploitation of Merbau, finds a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.
Merbau, a tropical hardwood, is popular in Europe and elsewhere as a flooring material. Roughly 30,000 cubic metres of Merbau timber entered the EU in 2005, half of it direct from Indonesia, the remainder from Malaysia and, after processing, from China... [Continue]
Regenwald- und Klimaschutz sind ganz oben in der Hitliste der sich besorgt gebenden Politiker in Berlin und Brüssel. Wenn es allerdings drauf ankommt, im politischen Tagesgeschäft Maßnahmen gegen die fortschreitende Waldzerstörung zu ergreifen, versteckt sich ein jeder hinter der Zuständigkeit der anderen.
Man könnte fast drüber schmunzeln darüber, wie sich die Behördenapparate in den politischen Schaltzentralen gegenseitig, wie REPORT MAINZ zum Thema Gartenmöbelhandel dokumentiert hat, in demütiger Höflichkeit nicht in die Quere kommen wollen, wenn der Skandal mit dem Handel von Raubbauholz nicht schon seit über zehn Jahren von Umweltorganisationen immer wieder thematisiert worden wären und die Auswirkungen sich nicht so tief in die Wälder weltweit gegraben hätten... [Continue]
Cameroon - Illegal forest exploitation has become an issue of great concern to environment and forestry officials in the East Province.
Statistics from the East Provincial Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife indicate that 1665 cubic meters of white wood were seized from loggers in the Dengdeng and Goyoum forest reserves between November 2007 and April 2008... [Continue]
WWF has reiterated its concern over Asia Pulp and Paper's (APP) logging activities in high-conservation-value forest in Indonesia.
A spokeswoman for the conservation organisation said its concerns follow its recently published report on the situation.
WWF has repeatedly levelled allegations of illegal logging in Indonesia at the Singapore-headquartered APP... [Continue]
Brazilian authorities slapped the largest-ever fine on a timber company now owned by a Swedish sporting goods magnate for alleged illegal logging, according to the Associated Press.
Gethal Amazonas S.A. was fined 450 million reals (US$279 million) for the illegal logging, transportation and sale of nearly 700,000 cubic meters of timber, said Marcelo Dutra, a spokesman for Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA... [Continue]
Septer Manufandu, from Indonesia, is a man on a mission - he wants to stop Kiwis from buying kwila.
At a public meeting in Ponsonby tonight, the campaigner against deforestation in Indonesia's West Papua region is hoping to win over Aucklanders to join his fight to preserve the culture of his people by boycotting the illegally logged timber... [Continue]
