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Meeting seeks a way to clean up international trade in plastic waste
Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
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Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
Myanmar President U Win Myint stated that “The Union Government will take effective administrative steps to rectify the weak areas in fighting corruption.” A bold and welcome statement, but no President, Minister or Ministry alone has the power to fight the deep cancer destroying all parts of Myanmar’s fragile future – corruption.
Our Forests campaigners today (21 March) formally submitted a dossier of evidence to German and European enforcement authorities over a German company’s imports of Myanmar teak.
Today (21 March) is the UN’s International Day of Forests and our campaigners are in Brussels for the launch of a joint Forest Pledge.
Our new report State of Corruption has been used to challenge the German Navy over its use of illegitimate Myanmar teak in the controversial refit of a prestigious training vessel.
Our Forests team has submitted recommendations to the European Commission’s public consultation on its proposals to combat deforestation and forest degradation, urging strong regulatory action reflecting the gravity of the threat to forests and climate worldwide..