En juin 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) a chargé Global Witness et l’EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) d’enquêter sur les flux de bois précieux récolté illégalement dans les parcs nationaux de la Région SAVA, à Madagascar, ainsi qu’autour de ces parcs. Ce commerce illicite d’espèces rares et à forte valeur telles que l’ébène, le bois de […]
In June 2009, Madagascar National Parks (MNP) with an official mandate of the Ministry of the Environment and Forests contracted Global Witness and the Environmental Investi-gation Agency (EIA) to investigate and monitor the flow of illegally harvested precious wood from the national parks and surrounding areas of Madagascar’s SAVA Region. For the full report, click […]
The Montreal Protocol is at a crossroads in its efforts to restore Earth’s ozone layer. In light of the escalating pace of global warming, controlling and minimizing the adverse climate impacts associated with the phase-out of ozone depleting chemicals has become obligatory. Recognizing this, the Multilateral Fund has approved numerous pilot projects to develop, demonstrate […]
Five years ago EIA/Telapak released The Last Frontier report, exposing massive smuggling of merbau logs from Papua in Indonesia to China. The scale was breathtaking, with cargo ships carrying about 300,000 cubic metres of merbau logs a month to feed China’s wood processing industry. In response the Indonesian government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched […]
This document, the results of a series of workshops carried out in Lima, and the capital cities of Peru’s three principal Amazonian regions, Ucayali, Loreto, and Madre de Dios, brings together the perceptions and recommendations of Peruvian civil society regarding the advances made by the Peruvian government in strengthening the governance of the forest sector […]
A partir de los resultados de una serie de sesiones de trabajo realizadas en Lima, Ucayali, Loreto y Madre de Dios, este documento recopila la percepción y las recomendaciones de la sociedad civil peruana sobre los avances por parte del gobierno peruano para fortalecer la gobernabilidad del sector forestal en el contexto de la implementación […]