Controlling Timber Imports into the EU

14 December 2004

Joint NGO Statement

This statement outlines what we, the undersigned NGOs, believe must be done at EU level, as part of the EU process on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) to address the import of illegally sourced timber in the EU and the illegal practices of the EU timber industry. Although this statement focuses on illegal logging, we would like to state that legal and illegal logging are often closely linked and that legal ... read more

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Tags: European Union (EU), illegal logging, Indonesia, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) Deutschland ist mitverantwortlich für Umweltzerstörung auf Sumatra

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(Deutsch) MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) versichert keine Investitionen in die Zellstoffmühle von United Fibre System in Südkalimantan

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Indonesia: Flood tragedy in Sumatra on account of road project

World Rainforest Movement – WRM Bulletin 77, December 2003

International Secretariat Maldonado 1858; Montevideo, Uruguay
E-Mail: wrm@wrm.org.uy
Web page: http://www.wrm.org.uy

Editor: Ricardo Carrere

With more than a year into its construction, the controversial US$1.2 million Ladia Galaska road network project will link the west coast of Aceh with the eastern coast of northern Sumatra. Over 90 kilometers out of the planned 505-kilometer-long road cuts through the relatively pristine forest of the central highlands at the Leuser ... read more

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(Deutsch) Terrorprofiteure

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(Deutsch) Rausschmiss

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(Deutsch) Opfer der Holzmafia auf die Straße gesetzt

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Posted on 05:13 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) Elefantentruppe gegen Holzdiebe

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(Deutsch) Keine Hermesbürgschaft für Regenwaldzerstörung

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(Deutsch) Hermesbürgschaft für Regenwaldzerstörung muss gestoppt werden!

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Posted on 02:45 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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