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Greenpeace: Timber laundering rampant Brazilian Amazon

2014-05-18 10:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A two-year investigation by Greenpeace has revealed the extent of timber laundering in two major Brazilian Amazon states: Pará and Mato Grosso. The report, published last week, suggests that fraud is widespread in the Brazilian timber industry. Loggers are using loopholes and outright deception to game regulations that aim to reduce the environmental impact of timber extraction. "The timber market is fraught with illegality, and predatory logging is destroying the Amazon bit by bit," said the...

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Brazil laundering illegal timber on a 'massive and growing scale'

2014-05-15 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday. After a two-year investigation, the environmental campaign group says it has uncovered evidence of systematic abuse and a flawed monitoring system that contradicts the Brazilian government's claims to be coping with the problem of deforestation in the Amazon. In a report released on Thursday, Greenpeace cited...

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Illegal logging makes up 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's timber industry

2014-04-22 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Corruption, weak governance, and powerful timber barons are illegally stripping the forests of Papua New Guinea, according to a new report from the Chatham House. The policy institute finds that 70 percent of logging in Papua New Guinea is currently illegal, despite the fact that 99 percent of land is owned by local indigenous communities. "The biggest challenge is dealing with collusion between corrupt officials and logging firms," author of the report Sam Lawson told mongabay.com. "The logging...

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Indonesian 'legal' timber scheme could be greenwashing illegal products, NGOs warn

2014-04-07 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Flaws in the countrys system to verify legal wood products could have implications for trade with Europe, as new research suggests even certified companies in Indonesia may not be meeting EU standards Indonesian civil society groups have called on their government to reform its legal timber certification system, pointing to widespread illegal practices among certified companies and an auditing system that is almost impossible for companies to fail. The Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, a group...

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