Oakland Institute, Press release, December 12 2017 Oakland, CA — As the One Planet Summit begins in Paris, the Oakland Institute’s new report, Carbon Colonialism: Failure of Green Resources’ Carbon Offset Project in Uganda, lays bare the false solutions to climate change promoted by Western corporations and institutions in Africa. This scathing exposé reveals how Green…
Sveaskog’s FSC-certified clear-cut at Lannaberget in Dalarna. Photo: Bengt Oldhammer Press release, November 29, 2017: A large number of biologically valuable forests are planned to be felled in Sweden. In an open letter, 90 representatives from 70 FSC-certified companies from large consumer countries in Europe demand that all forests with high conservation values in Sweden…
Parts of this valuable natural forest is planned to be felled by Stora Enso in November 2017. To see the photo collage from Messlingen above, click here.
Press release, October 17, 2017 The clear-cut forest at Brännvinsberget where 40 red-listed and indicator species were found, before it was logged. Photo: Sebastian Kirppu. The Swedish state-owned forest company Sveaskog has recently logged a valuable natural forest at Brännvinsberget in the municipality of Rättvik in the county of Dalarna in Sweden where 40 different…
Wally Menne passed away in South Africa on Thursday 26 October 2017. Wally worked for Timberwatch, an organization which monitors the impacts of the timber industry, and he was one of Protect the Forest’s most dedicated and supportive working partners on global issues. He helped us write an open letter to the CBD Secretariat in order to…
