Indonesia is taking steps to significantly water down the rules keeping illegal timber out of its international trade – and is using the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an excuse
A new briefing released today details what the European Union can do to ensure healthy forests contribute to local livelihoods, improved governance and to development and climate objectives. The briefing – Healthy Forests = Equitable Livelihoods, Inclusive Development and a Resilient Climate – is endorsed by ourselves, Client Earth, Fern, Forest Peoples Programme and Transparency […]
The District Court in Makassar, Indonesia, has sentenced the directors of four different Indonesian companies to one year each in prison and a total fine of RP500 million (about £29,000)
Our senior Forests campaigners are at the European Parliament today (30 January) to sound a note of caution over an imminent EU timber trade deal with Vietnam..
In early September, local media in Myanmar’s Kayah State reported on a shadowy agreement to allow the trade of 5,000 tons of valuable hardwood timber, including 3,000 tons of teak, from logging operations in the conflict-torn state
The EU Forest Manifesto is a call for political groups, candidates for European elections in 2019 and EU leaders to support forests and forest people in their manifestos, an all-inclusive approach for an action plan to protect forests and rights acknowledging that drivers of deforestation go beyond the forest sector