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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 | Sept. 28, 2009 Forests Bangkok meeting last hope to preserve REDD as key part of climate change solution Leading NGO experts warn that countries must act now to avoid perverse incentives and unintended consequences | Aug. 14, 2009 Forests Climate negotiations failing on forest protection BONN: Protecting intact natural forests is acknowledged to be a key component of a global climate change solution, but the public rhetoric of governments has not fed through to the latest negotiating text at the UN climate meeting in Bonn, said campaigners from the Ecosystems Climate Alliance (ECA) today. | Aug. 11, 2009 Forests Liberia Global Witness restates concerns over Liberian forests Campaign group Global Witness today restated its concerns that two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant Samling, a company notorious for illegal logging and conflicts with local communities, are being considered for major logging contracts in Liberia because of flaws in the bid evaluation process. A third Samling-associated company has already had its forest management contract (FMC) ratified. Global Witness also published a rebuttal of allegations by the companies in question. | July 15, 2009 Forests Liberia Liberia poised to hand forests to timber pirates Two firms linked to Malaysian timber giant Samling, a company notorious for destroying tropical forests and abusing local communities, are being considered for major logging contracts in Liberia because of flaws in the bid evaluation process, Global Witness revealed today. The NGO is calling on the Liberian government not to sign any new logging deals until thorough background checks are carried out on the companies that have bid.(1) | July 13, 2009 Forests Liberia Global Witness welcomes new Liberian Transparency law, urges other countries to follow suit A new transparency law signed by President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, covering oil extraction, mining and other natural resource industries, sets an impressive benchmark for global efforts to fight the natural resource curse and should be emulated by other countries, said Global Witness today. | June 11, 2009 Forests ECA Press Conference at Bonn WHAT: Forest experts from a coalition of leading environmental groups around the world will hold a press conference to explain the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) agreements and the role of forests in the climate negotiations process. Presenters will assess where we are now, the direction we're heading as we move toward Copenhagen, and what these agreements will mean for people on the ground. Impacts in Europe and Indonesia will be featured. | June 8, 2009 Forests Global Groups Call for End to Deforestation in Bonn Bonn - A coalition of youth, environmental groups, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples' organizations and women's groups delivered a plea to negotiators asking them to ensure a strong climate deal and warning them that they will put our survival at risk if they do not act immediately to halt deforestation and the industrial logging of the world's primary forests (forest degradation). [See note 1] | June 8, 2009 Responsible Minerals Forests Global Witness condems violence in Peru | June 5, 2009 Forests 'Vested Interests' report warns of dangers of industrial scale logging According to a new report released by Global Witness, Vested Interests: industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests, industrial logging in primary tropical forests under the guise of "sustainable forest management" (SFM) is a major source of carbon emissions and a primary driver of deforestation. Moreover, it could derail the UN process to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. | March 4, 2009 Forests D.R. Congo Statement on follow-up to the legal review of logging operations in DRC On the opening of a government workshop in Kinshasa on the post-conversion process concerning DRC forest titles, international non-governmental organisations Global Witness, Greenpeace and Rainforest Foundation urge international donors to prevent the reversal of forest sector reforms that aim to increase transparency and legality and ensure that the conclusions of the Inter-Ministerial Commission (IMC), responsible for the review and conversion of eligible logging titles, be enforced. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10