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Norwegian government boycotts Malaysian timber giant

Ekklesia, Wed September 01, 2010, comments (0)
The Norwegian government has excluded the Malaysian timber giant Samling from its pension fund on ethical grounds.



A splinter of hope in the fight against illegal logging

Metro News, Mon August 16, 2010, comments (1)
Illegal logging has fallen by 22 per cent globally, and up to 75 per cent in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia.



Penalties promised for illegal wood sales

The Australian, Tue August 10, 2010, comments (0)
Australia - AGRICULTURE Minister Tony Burke yesterday promised that the government would make it a criminal offence to sell illegally logged timber.



Amazon deforestation in dramatic decline, official figures show

Story contains video The Guardian, Sat August 07, 2010, comments (0)
Large-scale deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell dramatically last year, according to official figures released yesterday.



10,000km walk along the Amazon River nears the end

Story contains video CNN, Fri August 06, 2010, comments (0)
Ed Stafford, 34, from Leicestershire, central England, has been walking the length Amazon River since April 2, 2008, to raise awareness of the region.



Ecuador pledges no oil drilling in Amazon reserve

BBC, Tue August 03, 2010, comments (0)
Ecuador has agreed to refrain from drilling for oil in a pristine Amazon rainforest reserve in return for up to $3.6bn in payments from rich countries.



European Parliament bans illegal timber

BBC, Thu July 08, 2010, comments (3)
The European Parliament has voted to ban imports of illegal timber.



Canada’s boreal forest primed to be world’s best-protected ecosystem

Vancouver Sun, Sun July 04, 2010, comments (0)
Canada’s boreal forest is on track to become the world’s best-protected ecosystem, says paper slated to be presented this week at an international conference on conversation issues.



GEF backs ‘Great Green Wall’ with 119 million dollars

Terra Daily, Sat June 19, 2010, comments (0)
The Global Environment Facility announced Thursday at a summit in Chad that it will fund a "Great Green Wall" to reforest northern Africa to the tune of 119 million dollars (96 million euros).



Key Countries Partner to Reduce Deforestation Emissions

At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference in Norway on Friday, over 50 developed and developing countries signed a “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD) partnership, committing to spend over $4 billion in the next three years to reduce emissions from deforestation activities.

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