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ORANGUTANS CAMPAIGN NEWS
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Announcement: 12 May 08 LAST chance to book your FREE tickets for People of the Forest Night. A unique filmic insight into the plight of forest-reliant communities. Campaign Update: 28 Apr 08 EIA counters Vietnamese furniture companies' claims - SEE THE VIDEO EVIDENCE HERE London, 28th April 2008 – EIA today issued a strong rebuttal against incorrect and misleading statements issued by Vietnamese outdoor furniture companies concerning its recent investigative report. Press Release: 17 Apr 08 EIA: Call for tougher action on global eco crime at UN EIA has been urging the international law enforcement community to make environmental crime a higher priority on the agenda and to learn lessons from drugs and arms trafficking. Announcement: 10 Apr 08 FOREST films scoop two international awards. EIA films examining the human stories behind illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia have picked up two prestigious awards at the International Wildlife Film Festival. 2 Apr 08 MOVE to outlaw illegal timber: New UK law proposed ILLEGALLY logged timber could be banned in the UK following the tabling of a proposed new Bill in Parliament. Press Release: 19 Mar 08 VIETNAM: How the country has become a hub for the region's illegal timber trade. Vietnam is operating as a centre for processing huge quantities of unlawfully-logged timber from across Indochina, threatening some of the last intact forests in the region, a major new report reveals. Photo Story: 13 Mar 08 IMAGES from the sell-out Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture. A big 'thank you' to all those who attended this year's event headlined by Dr Steven Pinker and the cast from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Announcement: 28 Jan 08 Renowned psychologist gives insight into workings of the human mind. Join us for an evening with author and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker as he presents his lecture, “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.” Announcement: 9 Jan 08 Listen to BBC Radio 4 show on EIA's and Telapak's undercover forest work The head of our Forests Campaign Julian Newman tells Libby Purves about his 10 years work with EIA. Campaign Update: 7 Dec 07 Papua's governor cites EIA in support of move to sustainable forestry THE GOVERNOR of Papua Province in Indonesia, Barnabas Suebu, singled out the work of EIA and Telapak on illegal logging for a special mention in his statement to the Bali climate change conference. 12 Jun 07 'Orang-utans' homes will be gone by 2022' Orang-tans could have nowhere left to live within a decade, a report has revealed. Press Release: 7 Jun 07 Upholding The Law - Call for Crackdown on Eco Crime Gangs ENVIRONMENT and wildlife crimes - such as illegal logging, ivory poaching and trading in tiger parts and rare animals - are now so rife they should be treated as serious transnational organised crime, says EIA. Urgent: 19 Mar 07 EIA needs help to protect newly discovered species Press Release: 29 Sep 06 EU-Malaysia Plan for Legal Timber Trade Fails to Tackle Massive Wood Smuggling Plans by the European Union and Malaysia to negotiate an agreement to ensure they only trade in legal timber will be fundamentally undermined unless strict measures are taken by the two sides to clamp down on smuggled stolen wood, environmental groups warned today. 20 Sep 06 Environmentalists Launch Security Network to Fight Violence Faced by Activists Exposing Forest Crime in Indonesia Press Release: 31 Jul 06 Environmentalists Call for Boycott of Merbau Wood Products from Europe’s Largest Flooring Brands Europe’s largest flooring companies are continuing to trade in merbau wood flooring of uncertain origin, despite evidence that the wood is likely to have been stolen from Indonesia’s last remaining rainforests. Environmental groups are now calling for consumers to boycott their merbau products. Press Release: 15 Jun 06 America's Free Trade Pacts Driving Illegal Timber Trade; Destruction of Asian and Latin American Forests First round of trade negotiations with Malaysia conclude tomorrow Press Release: 10 May 06 Shipping Firm at Centre of Billion Dollar Trade in Stolen Logs Seeks Stock Exchange Listing A major Asian shipping company, whose business has thrived on the back of a booming regional trade in stolen logs, is looking to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange, revealed environmental investigators today. Press Release: 22 Mar 06 British Consumers Duped into Buying Timber Stolen from Papua’s Precious Rainforests British consumers of merbau hardwood flooring are being misled by High Street retailers, DIY stores and leading brands into buying illegal timber stolen from the forests of Indonesia’s remote Papua Province, revealed the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and their Indonesian partner, Telapak, in a new report today. Press Release: 12 May 05 Anti Illegal Logging Operation in Papua Cuts Flow of Logs, but Timber Elite Untouched Jakarta; As an unprecedented enforcement operation against illegal logging in Papua Province draws to a close, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today urged the Indonesian government to increase it efforts to apprehend the influential bosses responsible for massive timber theft. Press Release: 18 Apr 05 Investigators Expose U.S. Link to Billion Dollar Wood Smuggling Ring WASHINGTON, D.C; Environmentalists today revealed how hardwood flooring sold across the U.S. is linked to the world’s largest illegal timber smuggling operation. Following two years of undercover investigations, The Environmental Investigation Agency, a non-profit group, has exposed how a leading distributor of hardwood flooring, Goodfellow Inc., is selling flooring made from logs illegally felled in Papua province of Indonesia. Press Release: 17 Dec 04 Urgent Need for President Bush to Close the U.S. Border to Illegal Wood Washington, D.C.; In the aftermath of the landslides and flash floods that recently left over a thousand Filipinos dead or missing, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a nonprofit environmental group, today urged President Bush to expand his initiative against illegal logging to close a legal loophole that allows import to the U.S. of illegal wood from foreign countries. Press Release: 8 Oct 04 CITES Meeting Agrees Major Step in the Fight Against Illegal Logging Bangkok: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak applaud the unanimous decision by the 166 member nations of CITES, meeting in Bangkok today, to increase protection for the endangered tree species ramin. The decision proves that the international agreement which controls trade in threatened species can play a key role in combating illegal logging. Press Release: 13 May 04 Malaysia Still Laundering Illegal Timber London: The Malaysian government continues to turn a blind eye as Malaysian traders move stolen Indonesian wood through the country, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian partners Telapak revealed today. Campaign Update: 19 Mar 04 Environmentalists Seek US Investigation, Possible Trade Sanctions Against Malaysia For Continued Large Scale Smuggling of Endangered Indonesian Timber Washington DC: Leading US environmental groups today formally petitioned for a US Government investigation into Malaysia’s large scale smuggling of endangered timber illegally cut in Indonesia’s national parks, much of which reaches the US where it is sold in main street retail outlets. The investigation could result in US trade sanctions against Malaysia’s timber imports to the US, which is one of the largest consumers of Malaysian timber and wood products. Campaign Update: 17 Mar 04 Malaysian Timber Smuggling, American Retail Outlets Implicated in Demise of World's Orangutans as Wood Importers Meet in Anaheim Los Angeles, CA: Large volumes of wooden products made from endangered trees illegally cut in Indonesia’s Orangutan National Parks and smuggled through Malaysia regularly land at US west coast ports including Long Beach and Seattle according to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non profit group that investigates illegal timber trade. Pottery Barn Kids was recently revealed to be one of the household name retail outlets selling baby cribs made with Ramin and imported from Twins Furniture, a Malaysian company that exports its cribs without the permits required by the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Campaign Update: 15 May 03 Environmental Investigators Expose Laundering of Illegal Indonesian Timber by Malaysia and Singapore The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak today exposed the role played by Malaysia and Singapore in laundering illegal Indonesian timber onto international markets, following a series of undercover investigations. Campaign Update: 27 Feb 03 Largest Ever Seizure of Illegal Wood in UK The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today applauded the announcement by HM Customs of the largest seizure of illegal wood products ever seen in the UK, but stressed the need for new laws to tackle the flood of illegally sourced timber and wood products entering the country. Campaign Update: 17 Feb 03 Environmentalists Applaud Enforcement Operation in Indonesian National Park, Call for Prosecution of Timber Bosses The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and their Indonesian partners, Telapak, today applauded the unprecedented enforcement operation being carried out in Tanjung Puting National Park by the Indonesian government, but warned that until the timber barons responsible for the massive illegal logging in the area are prosecuted the park will not be secure. Press Release: 14 Jan 03 High Level Corruption at Centre of Forest Destruction Embargoed until 14th January 2003. In a new report released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak, the Government of Indonesia is accused of failing to protect Tanjung Puting National Park, arrest the timber baron behind the logging and prove it is capable of stopping illegal logging. Campaign Update: 15 Nov 02 Stop Press: CITES Update EIA campaigners report back from the 12th Conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Santiago, Chile. Press Release: 31 Jul 02 Australian film on Indonesian illegal logging causes outrage A high-profile documentary featuring EIA has exposed the large scale illegal logging of Indonesia's forests to feed international wood markets, and highlighted how illegal timber baron Abdul Rasyid has used bribery, violence and intimidation to expand his empire but remains above the law. Press Release: 26 Jun 02 Environmentalists Welcome Commitment by Malaysia to Halt Imports of Illegal Logs from Indonesia The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian environmental group Telapak today cautiously welcomed a commitment by the Malaysian government to halt imports of illegal logs from Indonesia. Press Release: 6 Jun 02 Police Fail to Prosecute Timber Barons and Plan Auction of Stolen Timber Three Chinese cargo ships which have been held in Jakarta with their crews and cargo of illegal logs for the last seven months are to be released according to reliable sources. Press Release: 30 Apr 02 Indonesian Police Chief Ignores Evidence of Illegal Logs Three Chinese cargo ships loaded with over 25,000 m3 of illegal timber are to be released from arrest in Jakarta despite Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry signing an agreement on trading of illegal timber with the UK just two weeks ago. Press Release: 18 Apr 02 Environmentalists Applaud UK-Indonesia Agreement to Combat Illegal Logging The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak Indonesia strongly support a ground-breaking and historic agreement signed today by the governments of the UK and Indonesia to combat illegal logging and trade in stolen timber. Press Release: 8 Feb 02 Government and Police Pressured to Soften on Illegal Logs Jakarta: Indonesia: The Government of Indonesia has been pressured by the Chinese Government to release ships being held in Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta for transporting illegal logs. Press Release: 26 Dec 01 Environmental Hero Honoured by BBC London; Allan Thornton, chairman of the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has won a unique BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding services to wildlife over the past quarter century. Press Release: 11 Sep 01 Environmentalists Expose Rampant Trade in Timber Stolen From Indonesia's Forests The UK is a key consumer of timber stolen from Indonesia's vanishing rainforests, which is threatening a host of endangered species including the orangutan and creating virtual anarchy in parts of the country, environmentalists warned today. Press Release: 6 Aug 01 Ban on Timber Trade May Help Secure Future for Endangered Orang-utan. Environmentalists and timber companies alike welcome a regulation which comes into force today, banning all Indonesian domestic and international trade in Indonesian ramin (Gonystylus spp.), a rare and valuable tree species found only in areas of prime orangutan habitat. Press Release: 5 Jun 01 Environmental Investigation Agency Receives United Nations Environment Award The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will today award the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) with the prestigious Global 500 Roll of Honour for outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment. Press Release: 29 May 01 Environmentalists Applaud Ramin Ban Progress and Hit Out at Timber Industry Telapak Indonesia and the Environmental Investigation Agency welcome progress made by the Government of Indonesia (GoI) in securing international support for a trade ban in the threatened tree species, a move which the Indonesian timber industry has repeatedly attempted to undermine. Press Release: 19 Apr 01 Indonesia Takes Action to Save Forests and Orangutans Indonesian Minister of Forests bans trading of the tree species, ramin, (Gonystylus spp), in an attempt to preserve Indonesian forests and protect the habitat of the seriously endangered orang utan Press Release: 23 Mar 01 Trouble in Central Kalimantan Read the personal account of Dayak author Riska Orpa Sari. Press Release: 11 Jan 01 US wood imports hasten orangutan extinction EIA campaign, to prevent US timber imports, that are illegally logged from Indonesia, highlighted on CBS's 60 Minutes II Press Release: 8 Aug 00 EIA Commends Lowe's On Eliminating Illegally Sourced Ramin Wood Dowels From Their Retail Stores Illicit ramin wood from Indonesia's National Park
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