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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Forest utilisation policies are not made in isolation. Government control over forest lands, the logging concession system and its distribution are all deeply connected with former Indonesian president Suhartos power ... be the reason a few holders owned all the concessions the top 10 groups of logging companies controlled 27 million hectares (ha) out of 62 million ha in total. In the ...
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More to think about
Often this is illegal, but in other cases it is because the Government has sold the logging concession to earn the foreign exchange the export of the timber will bring. Sometimes, the concessions ... food, so urban people in Africa are willing to pay high prices for bushmeat. Unfortunately, where logging trails open up the forest, hunting becomes much easier and brings in outsiders. In the Mambele ...
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Africa are willing to pay high prices for bushmeat. Unfortunately, where logging trails open up the forest, hunting becomes much easier and brings in outsiders. In the Mambele ... . Often this is illegal, but in other cases it is because the Government has sold the logging concession to earn the foreign exchange the export of the timber will bring. Sometimes, the concessions ...
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ETFRN NEWS 43/44: Forests and conflicts
The notorious Ukrainian mafia boss, Leonid Minin, was awarded a logging concession, the Exotic Tropical Timber Enterprise. Perhaps most devastating for Liberians, the timber companies employed ... been slow to reform, the timber sanctions have been remarkably effective. At first the lack of logging was due to the war, but since UNMIL has been in Liberia, most of the ...
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Global Forest Watch: Venezuela
Center Employment FAQs Site Map Links Select a country... Brazil Canada Central Africa Chile Indonesia Russia United States Venezuela English Franais Espaol Bahasa Venezuela: Interactive Map Concessions Logging Concession Status [more info] Irregular Activity [more info] Percent Logged [more info] Mining Area of Mining Concessions [more info] Population Settlements in Guayana Region [more info] ...
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Global Forest Watch: Central Africa
Global Forest Watch from satellite imagery, combined with accurate information on where logging may legally take place, will permit the identification of problem areas and prioritize them for ... Fine-Tuning Central Africas First Auction System", or view an interactive map of the new logging concession allocations. Back to top GFW Cameroon Launches French Version of State of the Forest ...
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During 2003, a Chinese enterprise - Honest Timber - seems to have acquired 200,000ha of logging concession. It is based in Zhangjiagang, a port town which accounts for the majority of ... and southern Congo Brazzaville. The average quality of Gabon's okoume forest is declining and logging appears to exceed what the government deems the maximum sustainable rate of extraction.. Although Gabon ...
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Great Ape Trust in Sumatra
Heading for Camp Photo: Perry van Duijnhoven Now, five years after that first nest sighting, ... disappearance of this village remain unknown it indicates that changes can go either way. Perhaps the logging concession, which makes up the southeastern part of the Batang Toru forests will one day grow ...
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'The grievous mistakes of the Vanikoro concession': The Vanikoro Kauri Timber Company, Solomon Islands, 1926-1964
Other volumes of E&H Environment and History 'The grievous mistakes of the Vanikoro concession': The Vanikoro Kauri Timber Company, Solomon Islands, 1926-1964 Judith A. Bennett Environment and History 6(2000): 317-347 The British Solomon Islands Protectorate government, in the 1910s, encouraged logging operations on Vanikolo in order to diversify the economy and extend government control in the ...
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WWF - Illegal logging
The problem arises when certain logging companies fail to stick to logging within their allocated concession and start illegally logging the forest beyond their legal boundary. This often ... blind eye to, the poaching of great apes such as gorillas and other protected species. Logging roads and trails, built by timber companies, are opening up previously untouched forest areas and ...
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