Developed countries, in their search for ever cheaper timber products are fuelling the drive for cheap timber and thus provide the financial incentive for robber barons to continue their destruction across the world’s last ancient forests.
Illegal logging is rampant and out of control in Indonesia. In Central Kalimantan, the once pristine Tanjung Puting National Park is one of many protected areas under siege by illegal and destructive logging from the country’s corrupt timber...
A Greenpeace report with WWF and FERN. It includes comments on the European FLEGT Action Plan and recommendations on how the EU can tackle illegal and destructive logging and its associated trade.
Brussels, Belgium — Une étude financée par le gouvernement britannique, publiée aujourd’hui, indique qu’une interdiction au niveau européen des importations de bois illégal est une option réglementaire crédible, ce qui confirme l’opinion des ONG...
Brussels, Belgium — Un rapport rendu public ce jour par Greenpeace révèle que du bois illégalement exploité en Russie est librement importé par des scieries finlandaises, notamment par Stora Enso, qui est partiellement détenue par l’Etat...
Brussels, Belgium — Il y a deux ans et demi, Greenpeace révélait que les chantiers des bâtiments de l’UE étaient le “théâtre de crimes forestiers”, la Commission a depuis lors admis que 1000m2 de bois utilisés pour la réfection du bâtiment...
Strasbourg, International — Europe will finally close its doors to the destructive illegal timber trade after agreeing far-reaching new legislation.
While negotiations to limit the global climate impact of deforestation are underway in Copenhagen, European governments blocked proposals to improve draft legislation to prevent illegal wood and wood products from being placed on the EU market.
Brussels, Belgium — In a landmark vote today, the European Parliament plenary has supported the recommendations of its environment committee to strictly control timber and timber products sold on the EU market. Agriculture ministers will now have...
Brussels, Belgium — Today, the members of the environment committee of the European Parliament voted to significantly strengthen the draft EU law on timber.
Brussels, Belgium — Tomorrow, members of the European Parliament’s environment committee will vote on crucial amendments to the Commission’s timber law proposal. The legislation aims to regulate the EU timber market and to tackle the problem of...
Brussels, Belgium — The European Commission package of measures to tackle deforestation and illegal logging falls far short of the resolute response needed to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis, said Greenpeace today. If the EU is serious...
International environment and development organisations are today calling on the European Union to withdraw proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The call follows the publication of a major report [1] by the UK government into the...
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace today released a Crime File exposing a new illegal timber scandal in Europe, on the eve of a meeting between Asian and EU government ministers, which will address measures to tackle deforestation as well as climate...
Brussels, Belgium — A UK government-funded study published today says that an EU ban on illegal timber imports is a credible option, confirming NGO and independent legal opinion (1). The position of environmental groups Greenpeace and WWF is...
19 July 2011, Brussels – Drivers are unknowingly helping to destroy rainforests because of the growing use of harmful biofuels in diesel, tests at filling stations reveal.
Greenpeace tested diesel at filling stations across Europe in 2011, discovering worrying amounts of rainforest-destroying biofuels.
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