WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Trade Representative (USTR) responded to a petition submitted by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) requesting the United States government take action under the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to stem the flow of illegally harvested timber into the United States. In April 2012, EIA released a multi-year investigative report, […]
A quarter of a century after the signing of the landmark treaty, we have reduced consumption and production of 97 ozone depleting substances (ODS) by some 98%, setting the ozone layer on the path to recovery. And the reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the ODS phase-out far outstrips the mitigation of GHGs […]
Research is currently underway to prove and commercialize additional applications for natural refrigerants in supermarket refrigeration systems; over time, as demand for climate-friendly alternatives increases worldwide, so too will the range of alternatives and types of products available, as well as the number of suppliers that provide them. To download the report, click here.
In November 2011 China hosted the annual Asia-Pacific Forestry Week meeting conference at an impressive and vast centre near the Olympic Stadium in Beijing. During the week-long event participants from around Asia and beyond discussed a range of issues, encompassing China’s impressive reforestation programme to the links between deforestation and climate change. The meeting coincided […]
Gibson Guitars has finally faced the music and acknowledged that it did, in fact, import illegal wood in violation of the Lacey Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Criminal Enforcement Agreement with the Department of Justice, Gibson Guitar Company today acknowledged responsibility for importing illegal wood into the United States and incurred penalties, totaling a minimum of $600,000, including the forfeiture of wood taken from the protected forests of Madagascar. Scroll down for DOJ’s full press release. “The resolution of the […]