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Tag: Illegal logging

Norway’s plans for Congo rainforests come under fire

Posted on 23 February 201716 May 2017

Norway’s plans to save the rainforests in the Congo are coming under scrutiny in the Norwegian media.

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Norway’s latest forest and climate shambles: the Central African Forest Initiative

Posted on 7 February 201728 February 2017

In September 2015, Norway and a handful of European countries launched the Central African Forest Initiative. CAFI is aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.

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Illegal logging, palm oil and politics in Central Kalimantan

Posted on 20 May 201627 October 2016

Last year, local elections took place in Indonesia. The vote for the governor of Central Kalimantan was delayed, and took place in January 2016. Sugianto Sabran, the candidate with the closest ties to the palm oil industry won – by a very narrow margin.

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The Jari Amapá REDD project, Brazil: Greenwashing illegal logging, a pulp mill, and a 48-year-old land grab

Posted on 17 December 201530 January 2020

The Jari Amapá REDD+ project covers an area of 65,980 hectares in the Jari Valley in the state of Amapá, Brazil. The project is run by three companies, one of which, Jari Florestal, has just had its Forest Stewardship Council certificate suspended after being caught in an illegal timber scheme.

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Leaked WWF report on illegal logging in Laos: “A worst-case scenario”

Posted on 22 October 2015

A leaked WWF report exposes the scale of illegal logging in Laos. Almost all of timber exports from Laos go to Vietnam and China. In 2013, Laos exported 1.4 million cubic metres of timber to these two countries. That’s more than 10 times the official timber harvest in Laos.

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