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The last trees of the Amazon

Nelly Luna Amancio (OjoPúblico) 12 Nov 2018

The ongoing trade in conflict timber (commentary)

Arthur Blundell and Jade Saunders 6 Nov 2018

The legal institutionalization of FSC certification in Gabon (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 31 Oct 2018

Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 12 Oct 2018

Purus-Madeira: journey to the Amazon’s newest deforestation frontier

Gustavo Faleiros, Marcio Isensee e Sá 1 Oct 2018

Death foretold? A courageous Amazon peasant couple resists illegal loggers

Thais Borges and Mauricio Torres 10 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018

Study links US demand for Chinese furniture to deforestation in Africa

John Cannon 3 Aug 2018

The crisis in the European tropical timber sector in Central Africa (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 1 Aug 2018

EU demand siphons illicit timber from Ukraine, investigation finds

John Cannon 17 Jul 2018

Mexico’s ejidos are finding greater sustainability by involving youth and women

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

Illegal loggers ‘cook the books’ to harvest Amazon’s most valuable tree

Jenny Gonzales 24 May 2018

Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018
Charcoal bags on a boat near Katha, Myanmar. The boat is bound for Bhamo, where the charcoal will be taken by trucks over the order to China. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Myanmar to target illegal charcoal trade with China

Mongabay.com 18 Jan 2018

Brazilian police nab Amazon timber thieves who faked forest credits

Jenny Gonzales 27 Oct 2017

Temer guts Brazil’s slavery law, to the applause of elite ruralists

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 23 Oct 2017

Brazil: a world champion in political and environmental devastation (commentary)

Giem Guimaraes 29 Sep 2017

Brazil’s Temer threatens constitutional indigenous land rights

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 Aug 2017

Norway vexed as Brazil sends mixed message on Amazon forest protection

Jenny Gonzales 27 Jun 2017

Brazil on verge of legitimizing Amazon land theft on a grand scale, warn NGOs

Mauricio Torres and Isabel Harari, Sue Branford 15 Jun 2017
Logging concession in Kwakwani, Guyana. Photo by Akola Thompson for Mongabay

UK greenheart restriction could put pressure on Guyana’s logging economy

Akola Thompson 15 Dec 2016
Wood workers at a shop in Mandalay, Myanmar. Many shops use illegally-sourced wood. Photo by David Doyle

Myanmar’s logging ban feeds shadow economy of illegal trade

David Doyle 1 Nov 2016
Piles of confiscated wood can be seen surrounding the Forestry department’s office at Bogale in Ayeyarwady Division. Photo by Ann Wang

In Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, a rapidly disintegrating mangrove forest

Ann Wang 22 Oct 2016
Truck carrying logs across the river border Zizhi Yunnan in 2012. Photo courtesy Environmental Investigation Agency

Myanmar’s forests face myriad problems as logging ban continues

Jennifer Rigby 29 Sep 2016

Norway, U.S. pledge to coordinate forest protection efforts

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2016

No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2016

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