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Briefing Document Making the Forest Sector Transparent: Annual Transparency Report 2009
Global Witness is pleased to announce the publication in print form of our 2009 Annual Transparency Report for the forest sector, which is now available from our dedicated project website. -
Press Release Promised forest sector reforms failing to materialise, study finds
Public access to information remains a major obstacle to saving rainforests
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Press Release African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments
Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking trade agreements with EU Visit Making the Forest Sector Transparent website -
Commitments to improved transparency in the forest sector must be acted on
Annual Transparency Report 2011: Forest dependent communities are still in the dark about how their forests are being managed, despite additional commitments from governments to publish information about their policies and practice. -
Press Release Global Witness releases second annual report on forest transparency
Global Witness today publishes the second phase of its unique comparative study of transparency in the forest sectors of four developing countries. The report shows improvements in governments’ willingness to engage with civil society in each country, but sounds an overall warning to the international community that access to information on forest management remains hugely insufficient.
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Briefing Document Making the Forest Sector Transparent background documents
Making the Forest Sector Transparent supporting documents describing our approach to report cards -
Press Release Making the Forest Sector Transparent information notes
Holding governments to account: Making the Forest Sector Transparent project information notes -
Briefing Document Making the Forest Sector Transparent project update June 2009
A two-page update of the project after the first six months of activity in four countries: Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon and Peru. The first project information note, from the project launch in November 2008, is also available. Downloads makingtheforestsectortranspare...update0906.pdf -
Press Release Global Witness launches pioneering forest transparency website
Natural-resource campaign group Global Witness is today publishing the first ever Forest Sector Transparency Report Card via a dedicated website, www.foresttransparency.info. The launch will take place at an illegal logging update meeting today, hosted by Chatham House in London.