Uganda: Masindi Loses 42 Forests in 9 Years
Leaders in Masindi have embarked on replanting 42 forests cut down by charcoal and timber dealers in the last nine years. The district assistant forestry officer, Mr Anthony Akok, said of the 62 forests
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J&K records increasing trend of forest carbon: DG FSI
Forest Survey of India (FSI) Director General, Dr Subash Ashutosh today said that Jammu & Kashmir State has shown an increasing trend of forest carbon in last 10 years. He was addressing officers of J&K
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European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam
The European Parliament begins debate March 11 on a resolution to consent to the recently signed Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with Vietnam on the trade of timber and timber products from the
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95 per cent forest fires are man-made
Hyderabad: A shocking 95 per cent of forest fires in Telangana state are said to be man-made. Around 2,530 stretches of road passing through forests have become triggers for forest fires because of
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Activists blast Myanmar timber deal for lack of transparency
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is sounding the alarm over what it calls a “shadowy agreement” made by the Myanmar government to allow the logging and export of 5,000 tons of
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Capturing elephants from the wild drastically shortens their lives, study finds
Around the world elephants are kept as tourist attractions, for religious purposes and even as part of the workforce, but a new study shows taking these majestic animals from the wild cuts their lives
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Earth's resources consumed in ever greater destructive volumes
Humanity is devouring our planet’s resources in increasingly destructive volumes, according to a new study that reveals we have consumed a year’s worth of carbon, food, water, fibre, land and timber in
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Remote assessment of extracted volumes and greenhouse gases from tropical timber harvest
<p>Timber harvest from tropical regions generates seven billion dollars annually in exports and is estimated to occur across 20% of the area of remaining tropical forests. This timber harvesting is estimated
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Timber imports not banned, but rules have to be followed – state
Importation of timber and timber products has not been banned, the government clarified yesterday. However, a joint verification, at the border entry point, of the source and origin of the products and
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FSC-certified timber importer failed to check legality of shipment from Cameroon
Hardwood Dimensions, a timber importer in the U.K., violated the EU Timber Regulation by not properly verifying the legality of a shipment of Cameroonian ayous in January 2017. A judge ordered Hardwood