An art show with clear designs on the sustainability of our planet’s forests
The work of our Forests Campaign is featured in a new exhibition at London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery entitled Cambio
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Criminal trade in HFC super greenhouse gases is flourishing in the EU
A key initiative in Europe’s strategy to fight climate change is being undermined by an escalating trade in climate-harming refrigerant gases. These alarming findings are featured in our new report Doors Wide Open: Europe’s flourishing illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), released today.
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Corruption oiling Myanmar’s criminal teak trade reaches to the heart of Government
The multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak is riddled with crime and high-level corruption in Myanmar, driving conflict and human rights abuses..
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EU timber law scorecard highlights failures to act
More than a year after it came into law, the European Commission (EC) has published a scorecard accessing the progress of the 28 member states in implementing the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR). After many years of lobbying and discussion, the landmark EUTR came into legal effect on March 3, 2013
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EIA alert: timber shipments from Burma to the EU
Companies in the European Union could fall foul of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by importing timber from Myanma/Burmar.
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It’s all heating up in the fight against climate change!
At the quarterly meeting of EU Climate and Environment Ministers in Brussels, climate champion Denmark rallied support from a further five EU Member States to renounce the use of HFC-23 carbon offsets towards national emissions targets
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