Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials and politicians is undermining efforts to fight deforestation and keep illegal timber out of the EU, says a new report... read more
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30.04.2013 | Logging in the shadows: how vested interests abuse shadow permits to evade forest sector reforms
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Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials and politicians is... read more
Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Ecuador | Ghana | Guatemala | Liberia | Peru | Forest Transparency
Public access to information remains a major obstacle to saving rainforests
Commitments to improve public access to information over how forests are managed in developing countries are not being met, said Global... read more
01.02.2013 | World Bank foresters ignore independent evaluation and pledge to carry on logging the world’s rainforests
Cambodia | Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Indonesia | Liberia | Industrial Forest Use | Forests
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An independent evaluation leaked earlier this week found that the World Bank’s support for the logging of tropical rainforests is failing in its key aims of... read more
Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking trade agreements with EU
Visit Making the Forest Sector Transparent website
Governments of African timber exporters are not providing crucial public access to... read more
By Tom Picken - read this blog on Reuters Trustlaw
International efforts to protect forests and the people that live in them have failed so badly that just 20 per cent of forest remains untouched by commercial activity... read more
Britain is being urged to help close down a legal loophole that lets financiers known as "vulture funds" use courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world's poorest countries, write Greg Palast... read more
A paradigm shift in global forest management is needed to halt tropical deforestation, said Global Witness at the start of the UN’s International Year of Forests. The status quo effectively legalises the destruction of... read more
01.12.2006 | Video Guide to IFM in Cameroon
A short film about IFM in Cameroon. Download in FLV format.
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Introduction
The Players
The Mandate
Forest Regulations
The Control Missions
The Reporting Panel
Conclusion... read more
30.04.2005 | Cameroon IFM End of Contract Project Review
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07.04.2005 | Lessons learned from IFM in Cameroon
Global Witness carried out Independent Forest Monitoring in Cameroon between 2000 and 2005. Our work resulted in significant improvements in forest law enforcement. This document summarises some of the achievements... read more
25.01.2005 | Field mission reports - Cameroon
Mission Reports of the Independent Observer
* Only French version available
Date of mission
Report no.
Titles
Companies
25.01.05
121*
SSV 10 02 162
Ingénierie Forestière
16.11.04
120*
None
None
17. - 23.08.04... read more
26.02.2003 | Is Angola’s price for Security Council support over Iraq a licence to continue state looting?
UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos’ current visit to Guinea, Angola and Cameroon, which takes place hot on the heels of last week’s visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner, seems... read more
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Cliquez ici pour lire ce communiqué de presse en français
简体中文
Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials and politicians is... read more
Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Ecuador | Ghana | Guatemala | Liberia | Peru | Forest Transparency
Public access to information remains a major obstacle to saving rainforests
Commitments to improve public access to information over how forests are managed in developing countries are not being met, said Global... read more
01.02.2013 | World Bank foresters ignore independent evaluation and pledge to carry on logging the world’s rainforests
Cambodia | Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Indonesia | Liberia | Industrial Forest Use | Forests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Global Witness available for comment
An independent evaluation leaked earlier this week found that the World Bank’s support for the logging of tropical rainforests is failing in its key aims of... read more
Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking trade agreements with EU
Visit Making the Forest Sector Transparent website
Governments of African timber exporters are not providing crucial public access to... read more
A paradigm shift in global forest management is needed to halt tropical deforestation, said Global Witness at the start of the UN’s International Year of Forests. The status quo effectively legalises the destruction of... read more
30.04.2005 | Cameroon IFM End of Contract Project Review
Downloads
difd2005finalprojectreview.pdf read more
26.02.2003 | Is Angola’s price for Security Council support over Iraq a licence to continue state looting?
UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos’ current visit to Guinea, Angola and Cameroon, which takes place hot on the heels of last week’s visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner, seems... read more
30.04.2013 | Logging in the shadows: how vested interests abuse shadow permits to evade forest sector reforms
Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials and politicians is undermining efforts to fight deforestation and keep illegal timber out of the EU, says a new report... read more
07.04.2005 | Lessons learned from IFM in Cameroon
Global Witness carried out Independent Forest Monitoring in Cameroon between 2000 and 2005. Our work resulted in significant improvements in forest law enforcement. This document summarises some of the achievements... read more
25.01.2005 | Field mission reports - Cameroon
Mission Reports of the Independent Observer
* Only French version available
Date of mission
Report no.
Titles
Companies
25.01.05
121*
SSV 10 02 162
Ingénierie Forestière
16.11.04
120*
None
None
17. - 23.08.04... read more
By Tom Picken - read this blog on Reuters Trustlaw
International efforts to protect forests and the people that live in them have failed so badly that just 20 per cent of forest remains untouched by commercial activity... read more
Britain is being urged to help close down a legal loophole that lets financiers known as "vulture funds" use courts in Jersey to claim hundreds of millions of pounds from the world's poorest countries, write Greg Palast... read more
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