Forests
New online Guide for "Green" Paper Purchasing
Submitted by Earth News on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 10:56
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WWF launches today new online guidance for responsible paper buyers. The site checkyourpaper.panda.org/paperbuyingtips has been developed for purchasers of paper who want to get an overview of what they can do to help protect forest biodiversity, the natural environment and human rights. Read more >>
Revised Brazilian Forest Code good for environmental criminals, bad for forests
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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Gland, Switzerland – Brazil’s Congress passed legislation late last night that strips the Amazon and other key regions of critical environmental protections, and grants amnesty to individuals accused of past illegal deforestation. Read more >>
Investors play a crucial role in sustainable palm oil
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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WWF is urging investors to do more to promote sustainable palm oil, backed by findings from a new survey released during a high-level meeting of investors and producers in Singapore. Read more >>
WWF announces Webinars on Check your Paper (CYP) and the WWF Environmental Paper Award
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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WWF announces 2 upcoming webinars in May on its global transparency tool for the ecological footprint of paper and the Environmental Paper Award 2012. The Check your Paper database is a tool where producers can show what actions they take on the environment. Read more >>
Cross border illegal loggers face new obstacle in Tanzania Mozambique forest agreement
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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Maputo, Mozambique: A new forest cooperation agreement to be signed tomorrow between Mozambique and Tanzania will dramatically increase the effectiveness of measures to stop rampant illegal logging and timber trading across the border. Read more >>
WWF calls for legal action in Indonesia forest clearing
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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Banda Aceh – WWF is calling on Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and police to investigate and take strict legal action against the perpetrator of the recent clearing of land known to house around 200 critically endangered orangutan in Aceh’s Tripa peat swamp. Read more >>
Cross border illegal loggers face new obstacle in Tanzania Mozambique forest agreement
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 08:03
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Maputo, Mozambique: A new forest cooperation agreement to be signed tomorrow between Mozambique and Tanzania will dramatically increase the effectiveness of measures to stop rampant illegal logging and timber trading across the border. Read more >>
Investigation following new evidence against APP
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 21:27
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Jakarta, Indonesia - In the space of a week the National Geographic Society (NGS) has publicly broken ties with Asian Pulp and Paper (APP) and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has called for an investigation after a Greenpeace report revealed the company was illegally logging protected tree species. Read more >>
Two twice ‘extinct’ trees rediscovered in coastal Tanzania
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 21:27
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Scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of two tree species that were feared to have become extinct twice, according to a report published in the Journal of East African Natural History. The finds were made in highly threatened fragments of dry forest in coastal Tanzania. Read more >>
APP’s double default on creditors
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 21:27
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European, Japanese taxpayers unwittingly underwrite continued
forest and tiger habitat destruction.
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