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Environment News tagged with illegal logging

FFI Destroys Illegal Chainsaws in Cambodia
Environment  (tags: environment, chainsaw burning, Illegal logging, destruction, nature, protection, trees, habitat, ecosystems )

Cher
- 136 days ago - fauna-flora.org
FFI and the Cambodian Ministry of Environment held a joint decommissioning ceremony at Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary where they destroyed 263 chainsaws confiscated by park rangers and FFI field teams, used for illegal logging and timber trade.
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Deforestation Fuels Human Tiger Conflict
Environment  (tags: tigers, deforestation, illegal logging, human tiger conflict, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, forests, trees )

Cher
- 236 days ago - thejakartapost.com
In the last few months six people have died after being attacked by Sumatran tigers while logging illegally inside a national park in Jambi.
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European Commission - Ban Illegal Timber - Take Action
Environment  (tags: illegal logging, logging, habitatdestruction, destruction, trees, forests, ecosystems, environment, conservation, protection, wildlife, world, Sustainabililty, pollution, politics, habitat, humans, nature )

Elena
- 507 days ago - greenpeace.org
Illegal logging is destroying the world's ancient forests and accelerating climate change. On July 23rd the European Commission is expected to vote on proposed legislation to combat illegal logging.Please write to President Barroso today for a yes vote.
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Brazil Police Arrest Loggers in Amazon Reserve
Environment  (tags: Amazon, rainforest, illegal logging, environment, destruction, habitat, nature, trees, forests, wildlife, habitatdestruction, protection )

Cher
- 528 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Brazilian federal police said they arrested at least 40 members of an illegal logging operation in an Amazon tribal Indian reservation amid growing concern over destruction of the world's largest rain forest.
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The Amazon Up for Sale for $50 Bn?
Environment  (tags: Amazon, conservation, illegal logging, environment, habitat, nature, wildlife, protection )

Cher
- 529 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A Swedish-born tycoon who acts as a deforestation adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stirred up controversy in Brazil for reportedly claiming all the Amazon could be bought for USD 50 billion. Johan Eliasch, the 46-year-old boss of the
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U.S. Major Importer of Illegal Asian Timber, Study Says
Environment  (tags: trees, illegal logging, environment, endangered species, conservation, forests, wildlife, nature, protection )

Cher
- 542 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Vietnam has become a hub for processing Asia's illegally logged timber, much of which is sold in the United States as outdoor furniture, conservationists say
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Rainforest Protection Issues: Papua New Guinea Admits Illegal Logging
Environment  (tags: illegal logging, habitat destruction, trees, environment, ecosystems )

Maryann
- 559 days ago - rainforestportal.org
As it is prone to do when the donors come a-calling, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government "has admitted its forestry sector is riddled with corruption" . This occurred during aid talks with the Australian government, and reflects political posturin
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Destination: China. (Illegal Logging in Russia)
Environment  (tags: China, Russia, Illegal logging )

Ben
- 577 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The vast forests of Eastern Siberia, known as the Taiga, are a goldmine for Chinese wood traders, who send raw logs over the border to serve their home country's booming economy. But much of the wood trade is illegal.
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Vietnam 'Hub for Illegal Timber'
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, destruction, forests, trees, Illegal logging )

Cathryne
- 596 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Vietnam has become a major South-East Asian hub for processing illegally logged timber, according to a report from two environmental charities. The trade threatens some of the last intact forests in the region, say the UK-based Environmental Investigation
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Brazil to Crack Down on Deforestation
Environment  (tags: Brazil, deforestation, crackdown, security, illegal logging, conservation, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, wildlife, trees )

Cher
- 620 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com
Three hundred police and security agents have been deployed to the Amazon in a massive crackdown ordered by the Brazilian government against loggers illegally stripping the forest, officials said on Tuesday.
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Brazilian Police in Huge Crackdown on Amazon Deforestation
Environment  (tags: illegal logging, Brazil )


- 620 days ago - rawstory.com
Three hundred police and security agents have been deployed to the Amazon in a massive crackdown ordered by the Brazilian government against loggers illegally stripping the forest, officials said Tuesday.
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