WASHINGTON, DC – Draft documents published today set the terms for a new trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Japan (JEFTA) that, in its current form, would likely result in increased illegal logging and timber smuggling, including within Europe’s last remaining virgin forests. The documents, posted to the website trade-leaks.org by Greenpeace, indicate […]
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森林管理協議会（FSC）がルーマニアでの違法操業を理由にシュバイクホファー社との関係を断ち、ヨーロッパ最大手DIYチェーン店3社がサプライヤーから同社を外した現在、PEFCはなぜ未だにこのオーストリアの巨大木材会社を庇っているのか？ 森林認証制度相互承認プログラム（PEFC）は「世界最大の森林関係団体」を自負する木材と紙製品の認証制度である。PEFCは、世界中の約3億ヘクタールの森林を認証している。これは、あらゆる認証制度の内で最も広い面積である。同機関は、その脆弱な基準に対する批判をかわそうとして長年、苦労してきた。その最大規模の会員企業の一つであるオーストリア木材大手シュバイクホファー社（Holzindustrie [...]
Romania is home to some of the last old growth forests in all of Europe. Now that the Forest Stewardship Council has cut ties with Holzindustrie Schweighofer over illegal activities in Romania and three of Europe’s largest DIY chains have dropped the company from their suppliers, why is the PEFC still covering up for the […]
The West African dry forests evoke classic images of wild Africa: herds of buffaloes and elephants grazing though the scarce trees, followed by flocks of oxpeckers. These woodlands are fragile ecosystems that form a transition between the Sahel desert and the moist forests of Guinea-Congo. They are home to a large number of plants found […]
The eastern European country of Romania contains two-thirds of Europe’s last remaining virgin forests, home to the continent’s largest populations of wolves, bears, and lynx. But, illegal logging and poor forest governance have led to severe deforestation in once-pristine forests. An analysis of satellite data by the University of Maryland and Greenpeace showed that Romania […]
As a result of the island’s geological isolation from neighboring continents over the ages, Madagascar is home to an exuberant diversity of natural life. Approximately 90 percent of all plant and animal species found on the island are endemic, including the emblematic lemurs. Fragile and unique Malagasy ecosystems have unfortunately been facing growing threats. Over the […]