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					<title>Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/where-does-the-greater-mekongs-illegal-timber-go/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Dec 2021 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sheryl Lee Tian Tong]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sheryl Lee Tian Tong]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mekong Illegal Logging]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Europe, European Union, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Climate Change, Conservation, Crime, Deforestation, Environment, Environmental Policy, Forest Destruction, Forest Loss, Forests, Global Environmental Crisis, Governance, Illegal Logging, Illegal Trade, International Trade, Logging, Politics, Rainforests, Regulations, Supply Chain, Timber, Timber Laws, timber trade, Tropical Forests, and Tropical hardwoods]]>
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							<![CDATA[After forests are logged, felled trees are typically sent to sawmills, where they’re processed into boards, or lumber. It’s in this processed form that wood typically enters the international commodity supply chain. But not all lumber is created equal. In the Greater Mekong region, high-quality hardwoods such as teak and rosewood from Myanmar are particularly [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[After forests are logged, felled trees are typically sent to sawmills, where they’re processed into boards, or lumber. It’s in this processed form that wood typically enters the international commodity supply chain. But not all lumber is created equal. In the Greater Mekong region, high-quality hardwoods such as teak and rosewood from Myanmar are particularly valuable, and have been logged almost to commercial extinction. Burmese rosewood (Dalbergia oliveri) remains highly sought after by Chinese buyers, fueled by a growing appetite for Qing and Ming-style furniture. Though Myanmar banned raw log exports in 2014, the booming demand in China and poor enforcement in Myanmar mean rosewood is regularly smuggled by truck across the land border between the two countries. Burmese teak (Tectona grandis) is another much-coveted species, often destined for farther destinations. The wood is particularly popular in the European shipbuilding sector, where it’s used for decking in superyachts for the super wealthy. Recognizing their role in Myanmar’s illegal timber trade, European Union member states developed a common position in 2017 acknowledging imports of Myanmar timber into the EU to be against the law due to their high risk of illegality. Despite this common position, the EU remains the third-largest market for Myanmar timber today after China and India, accounting for 19% of imports by value. Within the EU, Italy alone accounts for some two-thirds of total Myanmar timber imports, which last year amounted to 24 million euros ($27.4 million). The country has been the largest importer of Myanmar timber products&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/where-does-the-greater-mekongs-illegal-timber-go/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Project maps soundscape of human noise in northern Adriatic and impact on marine life</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/project-maps-soundscape-of-northern-adriatic-and-impact-on-marine-life/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Oct 2021 13:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Francesco Martinelli]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Genevieve Belmaker]]>
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							<![CDATA[Croatia and Europe]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Cetaceans, Communication, Conservation, Conservation Technology, Dolphins, Environment, Marine, Marine Animals, Marine Conservation, Marine Mammals, Noise Pollution, Oceans, Pollution, Research, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[Croatia’s Lošinj archipelago is home to a large resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), which suffered a decline between 1995 and 2003. Driving the drop, among other factors, is the growing presence of tourist pleasure boats, which in the summer season frequent the waters of the archipelago. The presence of these boats represents a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Croatia’s Lošinj archipelago is home to a large resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), which suffered a decline between 1995 and 2003. Driving the drop, among other factors, is the growing presence of tourist pleasure boats, which in the summer season frequent the waters of the archipelago. The presence of these boats represents a threat to the physical safety of dolphins, but also generates a disturbance more difficult to detect, but no less dangerous: noise. Bottlenose dolphins use sound waves to orient themselves, move and hunt and communicate; they are known to emit a wide variety of sounds, which can vary greatly in frequency, duration, and timing, depending on geography. The transmission and cultural learning of vocalizations makes them similar to regional dialects. Among the factors that influence these regional characteristics of dolphin sounds is the environmental disturbance that forces them into acoustic adaptation strategies. Studies have shown how, when exposed to sound pollution, dolphins can modify the frequency and timing of the sounds they emit. It’s similar to how we raise our voices when we try to talk during a concert. In terms of conservation, the exposure of dolphins to high levels of noise disturbance can lead to communication divergences that split populations of the same species, creating an ethological and reproductive barrier. Soundscape affects vocalization transmission and reception, and ultimately survival, so it could be the strongest selective pressure for acoustic emissions. And while their importance often underestimated, geographic variability and vocal identity are actually very important&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/project-maps-soundscape-of-northern-adriatic-and-impact-on-marine-life/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Investigation exposes European firms exploiting loophole to import Myanmar teak</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/investigation-exposes-european-firms-exploiting-loophole-to-import-myanmar-teak/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 May 2020 08:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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						<![CDATA[Daniel]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mekong Forest Trade and Mekong Illegal Logging]]>
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							<![CDATA[Croatia, Europe, European Union, and Myanmar]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Forestry, Forests, Governance, Green, Illegal Logging, Logging, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforests, Timber, Timber Laws, timber trade, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[Investigators have uncovered a scheme by European timber traders to evade E.U. laws by supplying Myanmar teak to the continent’s marine sector, including for decking on superyachts. The investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) was based on documents obtained from the Croatian agriculture ministry. The documents detailed 10 shipments of Myanmar teak via Croatian [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Investigators have uncovered a scheme by European timber traders to evade E.U. laws by supplying Myanmar teak to the continent’s marine sector, including for decking on superyachts. The investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) was based on documents obtained from the Croatian agriculture ministry. The documents detailed 10 shipments of Myanmar teak via Croatian company Viator Pula, which EIA described as a focal point for the scheme designed to circumvent an E.U. regulation banning the sale of illegally harvested timber. “Effectively, companies throughout Europe were paying Viator to break the law in order to continue trading in Myanmar teak,” the EIA said in the report. Since 2015, several European companies have been taken to court over their Myanmar teak imports and lack of due diligence. In December, Dutch police carried out a series of raids on teak traders in the country, uncovering a network of teak suppliers operating via the Czech Republic, but did not name the companies involved. Myanmar lost more than 13,000 square miles of tree cover between 2001 and 2018, according to data from Global Forest Watch, with almost all of the logging in the past five years taking place in natural forests. These forests are home to some of the most valuable teak on earth, which is highly prized by the luxury yacht industry. Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood species native to South and Southeast Asia, with India, Indonesia and Myanmar supplying the majority of the wood to international markets. Along with decking&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/investigation-exposes-european-firms-exploiting-loophole-to-import-myanmar-teak/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-230800</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2014/05/olinguito-tinkerbell-and-a-dragon-meet-the-top-10-new-species-of-2013/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 May 2014 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Antarctica, Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Europe, and Spain]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animals, Biodiversity, Caves, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Green, Insects, Invertebrates, Lizards, Mammals, Marine, Marine Animals, Microorganisms, Oceans, Plants, Rainforests, Reptiles, Species Discovery, Strange, Trees, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius eximius) is one of the top ten new species from 2013. Photo by: Conrad Hoskin. Out of around 18,000 new species described and named last year, scientists have highlighted ten in an effort to raise awareness about the imperiled biodiversity around us. Each species&#8212;from a teddy-bear-like carnivore in the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius eximius) is one of the top ten new species from 2013. Photo by: Conrad Hoskin. Out of around 18,000 new species described and named last year, scientists have highlighted ten in an effort to raise awareness about the imperiled biodiversity around us. Each species&#8212;from a teddy-bear-like carnivore in the Andes to a microbe that survives clean rooms where spaceships are built&#8212;stands out from the crowd for one reason or another. The top ten list is an annual event by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry&#8217;s (ESF) International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE). &#8220;The majority of people are unaware of the dimensions of the biodiversity crisis,&#8221; said Quentin Wheeler, founding director of the IISE and ESF president. &#8220;The top ten is designed to bring attention to the unsung heroes addressing the biodiversity crisis by working to complete an inventory of Earth&#8217;s plants, animals and microbes. Each year a small, dedicated community of taxonomists and curators substantively improve our understanding of the diversity of life and the wondrous ways in which species have adapted for survival.&#8221; As of 2009, scientists have described nearly two million species (exactly 1,941,939 species), a process that began with Carolus Linnaeus in 1735. Yet despite some 275 years of discovery, scientists believe there are many more species remain undescribed on Earth than described. Estimates of Earth&#8217;s total species range from three million to 100 million, but more recent estimates have put the number in the seven to ten million&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2014/05/olinguito-tinkerbell-and-a-dragon-meet-the-top-10-new-species-of-2013/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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