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IFM in Cameroon (2000-2005)

Cameroon's nearly 22 million hectares of forests are disappearing at an alarming rate.

How to future-proof the EU’s efforts to save the world’s last rainforests

World Bank foresters ignore independent evaluation and pledge to carry on logging the world’s rainforests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global Witness available for comment An independent evaluation leaked earlier this week found that the World Bank’s support for the logging of tropical rainforests is failing in its key aims of preventing their destruction and addressing rural poverty. But, according to sources in the Bank, its forestry department is refusing to reconsider its approach, is lobbying the Board hard to avoid being held accountable for its failures, and has stated its intention to continue supporting tropical forest logging.

Annual Transparency Report 2012: Promised forest sector reforms failing to materialise

Annual Transparency Report 2012: Public access to information remains a major obstacle to saving rainforests.

Africa’s logging permit crisis puts EU at risk of laundering illegal timber imports

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Logging in the shadows: how vested interests abuse shadow permits to evade forest sector reforms

Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials and politicians is undermining efforts to fight deforestation and keep illegal timber out of the EU, says a new report by Global Witness.

La crise des permis forestiers africains risque de conduire l’UE à blanchir des importations de bois illégaux

Click here to read this press release in English L’abus systématique de petits permis d’exploitation forestière mal régulés par des compagnies, des officiels et des politiciens sape les efforts de l’Union Européenne pour lutter contre la déforestation et le bois illégal, dit un nouveau rapport de Global Witness.

非洲伐木许可发放混乱恐致非法木材流入欧洲

English version 全球见证组织新近发布的报告显示，在非经营企业、当地林业主管官员和政客正在利用小型伐木许可发放上的监管漏洞为非法木材进入欧盟大开方便之门，阻碍非洲保护森林的进程。 这份名为《影中伐木》的报告揭示了在喀麦隆、刚果民主共和国、加纳和利比里亚等国家，伐木企业秘密地利用原本旨在推动小企业发展和满足当地人口对木材需求的伐木许可，进行大规模伐木作业的真相。这些“影子许可证”让大型伐木企业得以避开当地有关部门的监管，从大规模伐木作业中牟取暴利。

Cameroon IFM End of Contract Project Review

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New report shows citizens are key to forest protection but lack support and voice

Version francaise International schemes to protect forests are unlikely to succeed until they ensure that local civil society and communities are at the heart of forest monitoring, according to a new report published by twelve NGOs today.