The world’s forests are a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. Forests cover 30% of Earth’s land surface, sequester some 45% of terrestrial carbon, and influence the climate through albedo and regional weather pattern effects. Scientific literature increasingly supports the fact that primary forests store vast amounts of standing carbon and continue to sequester […]
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 in […]
Em 2008, o governo dos Estados Unidos aprovou a emenda da Lei Lacey para proibir a comercialização de plantas de origem ilegal, incluindo os produtos da madeira. A nova lei representa uma mudança significativa para o setor de produtos florestais, criando um novo nível de responsabilidade que não existia antes nas cadeias de abastecimento. Para […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today called on French shipping company Delmas to cancel a shipment to China of hundreds of tons of rosewood from the port of Vohémar, in northeastern Madagascar. The Delmas operated vessel Kiara – listed in the Lloyds Register under IMO Ship No.9403384 – arrived […]
Download the report In 2008 the United States amended its long-standing Lacey Act to prohibit commerce in illegally sourced plants, including wood products. The new law is a significant change for the forest products sector, creating a previously non-existent level of responsibility all along the supply chain. Abiding by the Lacey Act will require many […]
