NGOs Raise Concerns Over Illegal Logging
Illegal logging and timber trafficking are continuing with impunity as local administrators and government officials become complacent under the country’s single-party rule, two NGO officers said.Vod Hot News, 10 June 2019
Cambodia, Timber, Illegal logging
Panama cutting it’s own throat, as Darien logging activity kills swathe of vital land.
The country lost between 2000 and 2017 about 352 thousand hectares of forests, due to activities such as agriculture, logging or construction. This figure is equivalent to the total extension of the province of Los Santos (380 thousand hectares) and exceeds that of Herrera (234 thousand 100 hectares).Panama Now Online, 10 June 2019
, Timber, Illegal logging, tropical forest
A number of cadres receive money from the smuggled wooden boss "Bart"
On June 9, the Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee announced that it had just filed a lawsuit against 25 defendants in Phan Huu Phuong's illegal logging and transport line (SN 1968, resident of Cu Jut County, Dak Nong Province would have, ie Phuong "beard") for "Violation of regulations on the use, protection of forests and forest products", "Bringing bribes" and "Taking bribes" as well as "Abuse of positions and powers during the exam service".News Beezer, 09 June 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, illegal timber trading, Illegal logging
How illegal rosewood logging thrived despite government ban
In late 2013, former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Inusah Fuseini addressed a media briefing to announce government’s ban on the harvesting and export of the endangered tree species, rosewood.Ghana Web, 08 June 2019
Ghana, Timber, Illegal logging, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus
Bolsonaro administration launches operation to tackle illegal logging in the Amazon
Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA has launched its biggest-ever operation to tackle illegal logging that is accelerating Amazon deforestation amid a surge in tree-felling since President Jair Bolsonaro took office.Merco Press , 07 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Brazil, Illegal logging, Brazilian Amazonia, Bolsonaro, south america
Ministry acts on illegal logging claims in Brazil
The environmental authorities have mounted a major operation after satellite evidence of a rise in deforestationDaily Brief, 06 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Illegal logging, brazilian amazon
"Damage of 748 million rubles": Minister of the Forestry Complex of the Irkutsk Region detained for illegal cutting of trees
In Moscow, FSB officers detained the Minister of Forestry of the Irkutsk Region, Sergei Sheverd. He is suspected of abuse of office. According to the law enforcement agencies, he authorized illegal logging on an area of 120 hectares in the Tukolon nature reserve. The amount of damage is estimated at 748 million rubles.Teller Report, 06 June 2019
Russia, Timber, Illegal logging
Group of illegal Vietnamese loggers freed on bail
Ratanakkiri Provincial Court on Thursday freed 12 Vietnamese nationals on bail after they were charged for illegally entering the country to log timber.Khmer Times , 03 June 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, Illegal logging
2 nabbed for illegal logging in Pangasinan
Police operatives here arrested two men for illegal logging after 72 pieces of mahogany lumber were confiscated from them in Barangay Cawayan Bogtong.Press Reader , 01 June 2019
Philippines, Timber, Illegal logging
The battle to save the forests of the Solomons' Nende
In one of the remotest parts of Solomon Islands landowners and environmental activists are struggling to stop what they say is illegal logging by a Malaysia based company.RNZ, 31 May 2019
Solomon Islands, Timber, Illegal logging
Mass Logging Negative On Climate Change, Huge Revenue Lost In Yei River State
Mass logging of natural forest reserves is threatening the wellbeing of Fauna and Flora (Animals and human life) in various villages of Liwolo and Kangapo counties of Yei River. Local officials said.Gurtong, 29 May 2019
South Sudan, Timber, Illegal logging
Two Activist Supporters of Banned Cambodian Opposition Party Arrested For ‘Forest Encroachment’
Chan Sophal and his colleague Tuon Sam Ath were arrested in Pursat’s Veal Veng district on the evening of May 28 for alleged engagement in illegal logging and are being held at the provincial prison, Chan Sophal’s wife Pen Savorn told RFA’s Khmer Service on Wednesday. The two men have yet to obtain legal counsel.RFA, 29 May 2019
Cambodia, Timber, Illegal logging
Gabon – vice-president and forestry minister sacked over illegal logging
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has sacked his vice-president and his forestry minister amid a timber-smuggling scandal.Africa Sustainable Conservation, 27 May 2019
Gabon, Timber, Illegal logging
Logging ravaging the Solomon Islands’ forests
Logging companies are clearing forests on the islands at a rapid rate, but with Sogavare re-elected as PM, there seems little prospect for change.Asia Times , 25 May 2019
Solomon Islands, Timber, Illegal logging
Malaysia jails Vietnamese man for illegal logging, reserve encroachment
Vietnamese man has got three years in jail and $3,100 in fines for illegal logging and forest reserve encroachment in Malaysia.VN Express , 17 May 2019
Malaysia, Viet Nam, Timber, Illegal logging
Vietnamese jailed, fined for timber theft, encroachment
The sessions court yesterday sentenced a Vietnamese man to three years in jail and RM13,000 fine or another 16 months for illegal logging and encroaching into the Lentang Forest Reserve in Bentong near here, last March.The Sun Daily , 17 May 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, Illegal logging
A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests
Longstanding allegations of corruption plague forest governance in the Solomon Islands, with residents and NGOs claiming government officials are allowing logging to illegally penetrate primary forests on community and ancestral land.Mongabay, 17 May 2019
Solomon Islands, Timber, Illegal logging
Penang water authority urges Kedah to ban logging in Ulu Muda forest to protect water supply
The Kedah government must protect the rainforest in the greater Ulu Muda Forest Complex by banning all logging works there, the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) said today.The Malay Mail , 16 May 2019
Malaysia, Timber, Illegal logging
Study examines forest loss in Mekong region
Dramatic forest degradation and loss in the Greater Mekong region have both their causes and potential solutions rooted in forest governance, according to a recent publication by researchers from the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the University of British Columbia, and WWF.Asia Times , 16 May 2019
Asia, Timber, Illegal logging
In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away
The seizure of more than 400 containers of illegally logged timber in a series of busts since last December has shone a spotlight on Indonesia’s mechanism for certifying legal timber.Mongabay, 16 May 2019
Indonesia, Timber, Illegal logging
Chinese logging takes heavy toll on farmers in Guinea: Bissau
Before the ban, Chinese loggers drove straight through Gamamadu village to harvest its most important resource: the rosewood forest.Reuters , 08 May 2019
Guinea-Bissau, China, Timber, Illegal logging
Peru’s Forest Inspection Agency Osinfor Regains its Independence
But what next? First, the good news: the only state agency effectively combatting illegal logging in the climate-critical forests of the Peruvian Amazon – OSINFOR has seen its independence restored, after it was weakened a few months ago. This is an important step in ensuring the problem of illegal logging continues to be tackled effectively.Global Witness, 08 May 2019
Peru, Timber, Illegal logging
Investigating Peru’s Illegal Logging Industry
According to Global Witness, over 60 percent of the timber inspected by Peru’s Agency for the Supervision of Forest Resources and Wildlife (OSINFOR) in the Loreto and Ucayali regions has illegal origins.Living in Peru, 07 May 2019
Peru, Timber, Illegal logging
Masaka forestry officials held over illegal logging
Police in Masaka led by the RDC, Herman Sentongo have arrested a National Forestry Authority official in connection with cutting timber from Mujuzi forest reserve in Kyanamukaka sub-county.NTV, 02 January 2019
Uganda, Timber, illegal harvesting, Illegal logging