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EU-Indonesia timber pact aims to fight illegal logging
2013-10-07 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The EU is introducing new checks on imports of Indonesian timber products to curb illegal logging. Indonesia, rich in tropical forests, is by far Asia's biggest exporter of timber to the EU. The trade is worth about 15% of Indonesia's total exports. The EU will provide technical support to help Indonesia ensure that only legally harvested timber is exported. Environmentalists welcomed the new agreement, but said Jakarta must do much more to fight illegal loggers. The scale of deforestation in...
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Indonesia &EU move to combat illegal logging
2013-09-30 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A landmark timber trade agreement between the European Union and Indonesia designed to combat illegal logging will come into effect today. The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is expected to help EU Customs identify unlicensed Indonesian products and prevent it from entering EU markets. The agreement was signed between the European Union and Indonesia in May 2011, but only comes into legal effect today. It means all timber production in Indonesia will be required to adhere to a national...
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Kenya: Sh1 Million Illegal Sugar Impounded in Shimanzi
2013-09-24 07:45:10| Sugar Industry News
Custom officials and police yesterday impounded a consignment of sugar worth more than Sh1 million at a godown in Shimanzi, Mombasa.This followed a directive by the government to deal with unscrupulous sugar barons.
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Controversial oil palm company accused illegal logging in Cameroon rainforest
2013-09-18 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Environmental group, Greenpeace, has accused Herakles Farms of illegal logging in Cameroon after the company has already been lambasted by scientists and conservationists for its plan to build a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in one of Africa's most biodiverse rainforests. Herakles Farms has been under fire from green groups-both in Cameroon and abroad-for years over its oil palm plantation plans, including facing protests from locals who live in the forest to be cleared. Now, Greenpeace says...
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La. authorities target illegal inspection stickers
2013-09-17 13:33:39| Waste Management - Topix.net
The state Department of Environmental Quality said Monday that investigators have in the past 10 weeks confiscated more than 200 stickers issued to drivers who didn't have the proper paperwork or who owned vehicles that wouldn't pass an inspection.
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