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How did DLH, a company trading illegal timber from Liberia, get Forest Stewardship Council certification?

Posted on 17 February 201512 March 2015

Last week, the Forest Stewardship Council announced that it was kicking out Danish timber giant Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman (DLH). FSC did so after investigations by Global Witness revealed that DLH had traded illegal timber from Liberia.

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More on Green Resources’ plantations in Uganda: Response from Oakland Institute to Mads Asprem

Posted on 13 November 201412 April 2018

Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about a Norwegian company called Green Resources and the company’s carbon plantations in Uganda. A report published by the Oakland Institute coined the term “carbon violence” to describe the impact of the plantations on local people.

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Dark Green? Response from Mads Asprem, CEO of Green Resources, to the Oakland Institute

Posted on 5 November 201412 April 2018

Yesterday, REDD-Monitor wrote about the impact of Green Resources’ plantations on local communities in Uganda. The post was based on a new report by the Oakland Institute, “The Darker Side of Green: Plantation Forestry and Carbon Violence in Uganda”.

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Carbon violence: The impact of Green Resources’ carbon plantations in Uganda

Posted on 4 November 201411 March 2020

A new report by the Oakland Institute introduces the term “carbon violence” to describe the impact of Green Resources’ plantation operations in Uganda on local communities and their environment. Green Resources is a Norwegian-registered plantation company with 41,000 hectares of plantations in Africa, in Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Forest Stewardship Council certification does not guarantee reduced forest carbon emissions

Posted on 19 February 201430 January 2018

A recent study in East Kalimantan revealed no difference in carbon emissions between Forest Stewardship Council certified logging operations and conventional logging concessions.

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