Every year, illegal-logging wreaks havoc on our world, destroying our forests and fuelling corruption and poverty. The European Parliament has proposed strong legislation to prevent illegal timber from entering the market and within days, the European Union could adopt bold new laws. But powerful import companies are trying to weaken the legislation — lobbying the…
BirdLife International has launched a groundbreaking new report on the state of biodiversity in the EU. Entitled ’2010-Turning or Breaking Point for Europe’s Wildlife?’, it denounces the EU’s failure to reach its target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. The report also maps out the necessary steps needed to stop further declines and to reverse…
Welcome to the conference website for Northern Primeval Forests We invite you to the city of Sundsvall, Sweden in August 2010 to take part in the scientific conference – Northern Primeval forests: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Sizeable areas of the Northern hemispheres’ forests remain unmanaged by man. These primeval forests not only harbour unique conservation…
Along with ForestEthics and other foundation-dependent primary forest logging apologists, Greenpeace negotiates weak agreement that legitimizes continued old growth forest logging in exchange for vague promises of possible future protections. Old forest greenwashing must end. Read more here.
170 million acres covered in largest deal of its kind OTTAWA – Most of Canada’s largest forestry companies announced a groundbreaking deal with environmental groups Tuesday that will restrict logging in the country’s vast northern forests. The agreement covers 170 million acres — an area nearly twice the size of Germany — and ends years…
