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The legal institutionalization of FSC certification in Gabon (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 31 Oct 2018
Ankarana sportive lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis), an endangered species whose habitat is threatened by rosewood logging. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

CITES rejects another Madagascar plan to sell illegal rosewood stockpiles

Edward Carver 24 Oct 2018

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018
A woodcarver makes a carving of a rhinoceros on the outskirts of Lunga Lunga, a town on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

African wood industry: 10,000 micro-businesses need support for sustainable trade

Joseph Charpentier 22 Oct 2018

Cambodia accuses Vietnam of complicity in illegal cross-border logging

Kit Humphrey 18 Oct 2018

In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2018

Massive loss of mammal species in Atlantic Forest since the 1500s

John Cannon 28 Sep 2018
A forestry department ground inspection team checks the timber to be exported and monitors con-tainer loading at the site before sealing the container. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018

Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal

John Cannon 23 Aug 2018

Report finds APP and APRIL violating zero-deforestation policies with wood purchases from Djarum Group concessions in East Kalimantan

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2018

Wild-caught timber elephants in Myanmar die earlier than captive-born ones

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2018

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

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar proposes paying illegal loggers to audit or buy their rosewood

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 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

Tracking the shift of tropical forests from carbon sink to source

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Community groups in Cambodia say logging surged with approaching election

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2018

EU demand siphons illicit timber from Ukraine, investigation finds

John Cannon 17 Jul 2018

Extractive industries threaten a million square kilometers of intact tropical forests around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2018

Logging roads drive loss of intact forest in FSC-certified logging concessions

John Cannon 27 Jun 2018
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Yet another anti-trafficking activist convicted

Edward Carver 19 Jun 2018

The diversity of biodiversity: Connecting shrews, ants and slime molds with carbon storage

Joshua Parfitt 14 Jun 2018

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

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Hunters are wiping out hornbills in Ghana’s forests

John Cannon 23 May 2018

Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2018

More gorillas and chimpanzees living in Central Africa’s forests than thought

John Cannon 27 Apr 2018

Restoring flagging oil palm plantations to forest may benefit clouded leopards, study finds

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2018

Island logging must go beyond current ‘best practices’ to avoid erosion: New study

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2018

Indonesia land swap, meant to protect peatlands, risks wider deforestation, NGOs say

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2018

Maroon 5’s James Valentine on why he’s working to stop illegal logging

Mike Gaworecki 3 Apr 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

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