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 | Nov. 2, 2012 Forests 汇丰银行资助马来西亚1300万美元毁林和侵犯人权 English version 全球见证组织今天发布的一份调查报告显示,汇丰银行资助的伐木企业在马来西亚砂拉越的经营活动不仅给环境造成了很大破坏,更侵犯了当地居民的人权,而违反了自身可持续发展政策的汇丰银行却从上述业务中获得了约1.3亿美元的收入。汇丰银行金融服务的客户中还包括一些被广泛认为涉嫌系统贿赂和腐败的公司。 马来西亚砂拉越(Sarawak)热带木材的出口量超过南美洲和非洲的总和。经过几十年的工业化伐木和农场经营,目前该地区未采伐森林面积仅为原来的百分之五。全球见证组织的报告《没有森林的未来》指出,汇丰银行为七家规模最大的伐木企业提供的贷款和其他服务共为其赚得了约1.3亿美元的利息和服务费。 | Oct. 24, 2012 Forests D.R. Congo L’utilisation abusive généralisée des permis de coupe expose les forêts du Congo à un risque croissant de destruction Click here to read in English. 简体中文 | Oct. 24, 2012 Forests D.R. Congo Widespread abuse of logging permits opens up Congo’s forests to more destruction La version française 简体中文 Industrial logging companies and officials are systematically abusing community logging permits in order to bypass the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) freeze on new logging concessions, says a new report by Global Witness. | Oct. 17, 2012 Land Forests Cambodia Cambodia should not stand for UN Security Council until land grabs and repression stop Cambodia should not be given a seat on the United Nations Security Council while its ruling elite continues to commit widespread human rights abuses and sell off vast tracts of land and forest for private gain, said Global Witness today. The country is running for the Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat against South Korea and Bhutan, with the result due on Thursday 18th October. | Oct. 4, 2012 Forests Cambodia Cambodian courts drop case of murdered environmental activist Chut Wutty A Cambodian court has dropped its investigation into the murder of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty, in what can only be described as the latest effort to silence those who criticize the government’s abuse of the country’s land and other resources, said Global Witness today. | Sept. 3, 2012 Forests Liberia Liberian forests to be flattened by secret logging contracts Click here for report Click here to read about this report on BBC Online Click here to see Government announcement of investigation | Aug. 7, 2012 Forests Madagascar Gibson Guitars accepts hefty fine after investigation exposes sourcing of illegal timber Gibson Guitars’ agreement to pay a $300,000 fine for its role in importing illegal timber from Madagascar is a major breakthrough in the fight to end the multi-billion dollar global trade in illicit wood, said Global Witness today. | June 18, 2012 Land Forests Survey finds sharp rise in killings over land and forests as Rio talks open New figures collected by Global Witness on the killings of activists, journalists and community members who were defending rights to land and forests show the true, shocking extent of competition for access to natural resources. The briefing, A Hidden Crisis?, finds that over 711 people appear to have been killed in the last decade – more than one a week. In 2011 the toll was 106 people, almost doubling over the past three years. | April 26, 2012 Forests Cambodia Statement in response to killing of prominent Cambodian forest campaigner Chut Wutty Statement in response to killing of prominent Cambodian forest campaigner Chut Wutty We are shocked and devastated to learn of the killing of Chut Wutty, Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NPRG), in Cambodia today. Wutty was reportedly shot by members of the Military Police while engaged in field research into illegal logging and land seizures. | March 16, 2012 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Les législateurs congolais devraient mettre en œuvre des réformes fondamentales dans le secteur des ressources naturelles du pays Read in English Le parlement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) récemment élu et le nouveau gouvernement devraient profondément modifier la manière dont sont gérées les ressources minières, pétrolières et forestières du pays, a déclaré Global Witness dans un nouveau document d’information publié aujourd’hui. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10