Crossroads
A report on the illicit timber trade between Laos and Vietnam • Read Vietnamese language version of Crossroads here. • Read Laotian language version of Crossroads here.
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Moritorium-breaker KLK in the hot spot
New evidence indicates illegal land burning in ‘protected’ forest LONDON: On June 16, 2011, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Telapak exposed how a Malaysian-owned plantation firm breached Indonesian President Yudhoyono’s forest conversion moratorium on May 19 – the very day it was signed into law. The exposé detailed how PT Menteng Jaya Sawit [...]
Giving a voice to Tanzanian communities
Campaign group’s training helps people to shape agenda for change DAR ES SALAAM: “I had never used cameras much for my work, then I attended one of the EIA training workshops and a whole new way of campaigning opened up. “Using cameras is now a key part of my work in documenting the challenges [...]
Caught REDD Handed
A briefing on how Indonesia’s logging moratorium was criminally compromised on day one, and how Norway stands to profit
Japan must seek only legal timber to rebuild
Tsunami aid plea an opportunity to use Indonesia’s new regulations JAPAN’S call for help in its reconstruction is a timely opportunity for Indonesia to put its new timber regulations to work, ensuring only legal timber and products are exported. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and its Indonesian partner Telapak understand the Japanese Government has [...]
Transparency vital to landmark timber accord
AS Asia’s first-ever Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) was today (09.00 GMT, May 4) formally agreed in Jakarta by senior representatives of the European Union and Government of Indonesia, it was warned the historic timber trade agreement would only succeed alongside rigorous efforts to stamp out corruption. Once the VPA is operational, Indonesia will only allow [...]