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Forest Crime File: Danzer Group (Revised 2nd Edition)

Publication | 24 November, 2004 at 1:00

REVISED & UPDATED JANUARY 2005In June 2004, Greenpeace published an initial report outlining how the Swiss based Danzer Group had been knowingly financing illegal logging in Africa. The Danzer Group quickly responded, but their response failed...

Danzer involved in bribery and illegal logging

Publication | 29 June, 2004 at 2:00

The World Bank's "CEO Initiative" brings together some of the leading logging companies in Africa with environmental NGOs to discuss issues related to Sustainable Forest Management. The Danzer Group is one of a handful of European logging...

Forest Crime: EU enlargement programme fuels the destruction of Indonesia's last...

Publication | 11 May, 2004 at 2:00

Despite its repeated international commitments at the G8, in Johannesburg and at the recent Convention on Biodiversity, the European Union still has no comprehensive approach to tackling the trade in illegal timber.

South America

Topic | 7 August, 2006 at 16:12

North America

Topic | 7 August, 2006 at 16:12

Flyer - Conference on Illegal Logging, Governance and Trade

Publication | 1 February, 2005 at 1:00

A one-day conference to expose the environmental and social impact of illegal and unsustainable logging in tropical and tundra forests and discuss the European FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) Action Plan in the European...

The importance of being a big tree

Blog entry by Dr Janet Cotter | 16 January, 2014 1 comment

We know that forests are biodiversity-rich, and we know they provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as regulating water flows and influencing weather patterns . One ecosystem service often discussed these days is the role...

Finland forests

Feature story | 17 October, 2003 at 2:00

Time is running out for the old-growth forests of Finland. The vast majority of Finland's valuable old-growth is owned by the state and logged by the state-owned company Metsähallitus. Metsähallitus' logging practices include clearcutting,...

Amazon diary

Feature story | 19 September, 2002 at 2:00

From a wooden, shallow-hulled river boat strung with colourful hammocks, activists describe days and nights travelling through the Amazon.

EU Forest Crime Scene

Feature story | 11 May, 2004 at 2:00

The Greenpeace Forest Crimes Unit have descended on the swanky refurbished EU buildings in Brussels after undercover investigations revealed that wood used in their renovation originated from companies associated with the illegal and destructive...

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