Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Nov. 6, 2017 Forests Papua New Guinea China urged to show leadership as world’s largest importer of tropical timber Carbon emissions from tropical forests threaten Paris Agreement targets Press release | Nov. 1, 2017 Forests First UK prosecution over import and sale of illegal timber welcomed by Global Witness Global Witness welcomes the first ever prosecution and fine in the UK under laws prohibiting the placing on the market of illegally harvested timber. Press release | Aug. 1, 2017 Forests Papua New Guinea Major U.S. companies halt sales of products, review supply chains after potential links to land theft and deforestation revealed Hardware giant Home Depot’s supplier, Home Legend, has halted sales of exotic wood flooring linked to devastating and often illegal logging in Papua New Guinea, following a Global Witness investigation. Press release | July 14, 2017 Forests D.R. Congo Norwegian and French governments threaten world’s second largest tropical rainforest An area of rainforest the size of Italy is at risk of being cut down by loggers in the Democratic Republic of Congo Press release | April 21, 2017 Forests Liberia Dutch court makes legal history by sentencing timber baron Guus Kouwenhoven to 19 years for war crimes and arms smuggling during Liberian civil war The conviction of Guus Kouwenhoven by the Dutch Appeal Court is an historic victory for the Liberian people. Press release | Feb. 9, 2017 Forests D.R. Congo US consumers buying millions of dollars-worth of luxury timber linked to Hezbollah financiers, Global Witness reveals Companies dealing with DRC logging giant Cotrefor risk prosecution for breaking sanctions Press release | Nov. 7, 2016 Environmental Activists Forests Liberia Global Witness statement on the persecution of Green Advocates’ staff Global Witness is profoundly concerned by the recent persecution by Liberian government officials of NGO staff including threats of arrest, harassment at staff members’ homes, the closure of the NGO’s office, and the arrest of a family member. Press release | Sept. 29, 2016 Forests Papua New Guinea As activist receives global award for fighting deforestation Global Witness calls for urgent halt to rainforest destruction across Papua New Guinea Activist Paul Pavol has won the ASF Award 2016 for his tireless fight against the destruction of his rainforest in PNG Press release | July 14, 2016 Forests D.R. Congo Global Witness employees expelled from DRC under false allegations DRC Minister of Environment accuses Global Witness of threatening national peace and stability Press release | June 22, 2016 Forests Malaysia Assassination of Malaysian land activist must trigger immediate and impartial investigation The brutal slaying of land rights champion Bill Kayong shows the risks faced by activists in Sarawak who stand up to the powerful interests behind land grabbing and environmental devastation Show Previous 10 Show Next 10