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.. CAUSES of DEFORESTATION

INDEX

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN WRM BULLETINS

General:

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2005

2004

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2001

1999

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1997

Africa:

2007

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2002

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1998

America:

 

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Asia:

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Oceania:

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SPECIAL WRM BULLETINS ON ILLEGAL LOGGING

Bulletin nº 98 - September 2005 (complete version)
Illegal logging has been highlighted as a major factor in forest destruction through both national and international NGO campaigns. However, the issue is not as simple as it might seem. Legal logging can in many cases be as bad as illegal logging and it is even possible to find some example showing that illegal logging can be more socially and environmentally friendly than legal logging!

Bulletin nº 53 - December 2001 (complete version)
Industrial logging is the main cause of forest loss throughout the tropics. It is the starting point of a process leading to the forests' final destruction and substitution by agricultural crops, cattle raising or monoculture tree plantations. These are well known facts supported by more than sufficient evidence.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

 

Fast-wood Plantations, Economic Concessions and Local Livelihoods in Cambodia - The NGO Forum on Cambodia - Final Report (pdf 3.74 MB)

Danzer involved in bribery and illegal logging
by Greenpeace - June 2004

The Untouchables. Rimbunan Hijau’s world of forest crime & political patronage
by Greenpeace - February 2004

Facing reality: how to stop the import of illegal timber into the EU
by FERN, Greenpeace & WWF - April 2004

Un informe de Greenpeace desvela la situación de violencia y esclavitud en la Amazonía
por Greenpeace, noviembre de 2003

Logging in the tropics. Forests Monitor reports on

Partners in mahogany crime. Amazon at the mercy of ‘gentlemen’s agreements’  
by Greenpeace International, October 2001

Sold Down the River / La forêt prise en otage
The need to control transnational forestry corporations: a European case study

by Forests Monitor Ltd, March 2001 

Against the law - The G8 and the illegal timber trade
Greenpeace, 2000. 

Buying Destruction - A Greenpeace report for corporate consumers of
forest products, 1999.

Deforestación y pobreza en Africa Tropical
Greenpeace España

High Stakes: The need to control transnational logging companies: a Malaysian case study
by World Rainforest Movement & Forests Monitor Ltd, August 1998 (available also in Spanish, French and Malay)

Logging and Tribal Rights in Suriname
by Fergus MacKay, Forest Peoples Programme

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Logging Operations in the West Coast of Manus Area, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
by Cain Lomai Pwesei

Illegal Logging in Indonesia, South East Asia and International Consumption of Illegally Sourced Timber, by EIA and Telapak

Protecting Biodiversity-Rich Forests from Industrial Logging
Union of Concerned Scientists - Global Environment Program
 

European League Table of Imports of Illegal Tropical Timber
Briefing by Friends of the Earth
 

LINKS

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
http://www.itto.or.jp/Index.html
(in English)

World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/wcfsd/ (in English)

WWF - Forests for Life Campaign
http://www.panda.org/forests4life/
 

CIFOR - Centre for International Forestry Research
http://www.cgiar.org/cifor/INDEX.HTM (in English)

ETFRN - European Tropical Forest Research Network
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/ (in English)

FERN: Illegal logging
http://www.fern.org/pages/trade/illegal.html   

FAO - Forestry Program
http://www.fao.org/forestry/ (in Spanish, English and French)

IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.ca/sd/ (in English)

WRI - World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org (in English and Spanish)
Forest Frontiers Initiative: http://www.wri.org/wri/ffi/ (in English)

Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscoax.org/ (in English)

Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/~forests/

Global Witness
http://www.globalwitness.org/

Illegal loging
http://www.illegal-logging.info

 


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