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 | Jan. 17, 2019 Forests Peru New analysis shows illegal logging of the Peruvian Amazon is continuing at a rapid pace Global Witness is urgently calling on Peruvian government, donors and importers to step up efforts to protect the climate-critical forest from rampant crime. Press release | Nov. 12, 2018 Forests Papua New Guinea People of Papua New Guinea call on China to take urgent action on illegal wood imports As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Summit in Papua New Guinea approaches, groups deliver letter to President Xi Jinping Press release | Oct. 18, 2018 Forests China Papua New Guinea Alarm bells sound for China’s trade reputation, as new report reveals destructive logging of Solomon Islands’ rainforests risks illegality Hugely unsustainable rates of logging and the high risk of illegal practices on the once pristine paradise of the Solomon Islands are putting China’s reputation as a global trading partner at risk. Press release | Oct. 10, 2018 Forests Liberia Community forestry is being hijacked by global logging companies in Liberia, increasing risk of future conflict Our new report revealed how progressive community forestry in Liberia is being undermined Press release | June 26, 2018 Forests D.R. Congo New investigation reveals systemic illegal logging by European company in the DRC Global Witness has published astounding new evidence showing a major, globally trading European company is illegally logging across huge swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s rainforest Press release | May 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Empresa obscura registada no Reino Unido obtém direitos controversos de petróleo em parque da UNESCO na República Democrática do Congo Em fevereiro de 2018 a COMICO, uma empresa detida através de entidades registadas no Reino Unido, conseguiu a aprovação para explorar petróleo num local de Património Mundial da UNESCO na República Democrática do Congo, suscitando receios que a exploração de petróleo poderia desestabilizar, não apenas um ecossistema frágil, mas também uma situação política instável no Congo. Press release | May 29, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Opaque UK-owned company obtains controversial oil rights in UNESCO park in Democratic Republic of Congo In February 2018 COMICO, a company owned via UK registered entities, won approval to explore for oil in a UNESCO protected World Heritage Site in Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that oil exploration could destabilise not just a fragile ecosystem but also a volatile political situation in Congo. Press release | May 3, 2018 Oil, Gas & Mining Forests D.R. Congo Democratic Republic of Congo must halt plans to allow oil exploration which threatens wildlife New documents reveal DRC government is attempting to reclassify swathes of two UNESCO-protected World Heritage Sites. Press release | March 8, 2018 Forests D.R. Congo Democratic Republic of Congo government must halt plans to open up the world’s second largest rainforest to loggers - say international environmental charities Over 50 environmental, conservation and human rights organisations are calling on the international community urgently to intervene to help protect the vast rainforests of the DRC Press release | Feb. 22, 2018 Forests Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea hosts APEC meeting on illicit timber trade while allowing illegal loggers to destroy its forests New Global Witness analysis of satellite imagery and export data reveals loggers have recently extended a major forest clearance operation declared illegal by PNG’s Supreme Court. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10