We welcome the announcement from 105 countries at the UN CoP26 climate change summit pledging to combat deforestation by 2030 – recognising the importance of forests, biodiversity and the people who rely on them is a good first step
The importance of forests and indigenous peoples in the fight against climate change cannot be over-estimated
The Government of Indonesia has been urged renew its three-year ban on converting its Forest Estate to new palm oil plantations amid mounting fears that it may abandon it
Myanmar’s violent military junta is poised to hold massive auctions of illicit timber to replenish its coffers
We are appalled to learn that respected forests and rights defender and democracy advocate Kyaw Min Htut has been arrested and detained by the junta in Myanmar
Italy has been exposed at the heart of an ongoing trade in illicit timber from Myanmar, in defiance of both EU trade regulations and sanctions imposed in response to the violent military coup earlier this year