Chinese Rosewood smuggling firm shut down in Damongo
Savanna regional minister Salifu Adam Braimah, on Friday, May 10, ordered the shutdown a Chinese rosewood company in the capital, Damongo.Ghana Web , 13 May 2019
Ghana, Timber, illegal timber trade UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain: report
A report from the UK organization Earthsight finds that UK supermarket chains — including Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and Lidl — are still importing corned beef from Brazil’s largest beef producer, JBS, despite the company being implicated in a long string of corruption and illegal deforestation scandals over the last decade.Mongabay, 13 May 2019
United Kingdom, Beef, Beef Court rejects Helena Huang’s surety’s appeal for time to find suspect
Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah ordered the closure of Brivywell Company, the timber firm owned by Helena Huang.Ghana Web , 13 May 2019
Ghana, Timber, illegal timber trade Malaysia's palm oil producers get into hard times
It was not a particularly good year for the Malaysian palm oil industry, as demand in its traditional markets had declined. In March, the European Commission came to the conclusion that palm oil would leak into fuel use by 2030 for environmental reasons.Newsbeezer, 12 May 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU The Leaders Online reports: Palm oil issue would not crack Malaysia – EU ties
The European Union (EU) is optimistic that its relationship with Malaysia will remain strong even in the midst of the discord regarding the palm oil issue.The Leaders Online , 12 May 2019
Europe, Malaysia, Palm Oil, EU Head Topics reports: EU-Malaysia ties should stay strong despite palm oil issue, says ambassador
EU ambassador and head of delegation to Malaysia Maria Castillo Fernandez said it was open to dialogue with Malaysia to overcome differences on the matter.Head Topics , 12 May 2019
Europe, Malaysia, Palm Oil, EU EU-Malaysia ties should stay strong despite palm oil issue, says ambassador
EU ambassador and head of delegation to Malaysia Maria Castillo Fernandez said it was open to dialogue with Malaysia to overcome differences on the matter.Head Topics , 12 May 2019
Europe, Malaysia, Palm Oil, EU Most Borneo villages don’t see oil-palm payoff
A new study analyzing living standards in over 5,000 villages in Indonesian Borneo finds that oil palm plantations can have good and bad impacts on villages, but those with intact forests suffer most.Asia Times , 11 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia Government orders investigation into destruction of pine forest
Authorities in Lam Dong Province have started an investigation into the methodical destruction of almost 4,000 pine trees.VN Express , 11 May 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, vietnam EU’s Palm Oil Challenge: How Should Singapore Respond? – Analysis
Palm oil, a major commodity crop in the region, is likely to be phased out in the EU by 2030. Given the potential regional and transboundary implications, a Singapore-centric perspective can be helpful.Eurasia Review , 11 May 2019
Europe, Palm Oil, EU Timber Laundering in Peru: The Mafia Within
The mafia that makes trafficking of illegally-sourced wood possible in Peru is not made up of timber trade outlaws. It is a network of corrupt officials.Insight Crime , 10 May 2019
Peru, Timber, south america A New Report Urges the EU to Take Economic Action to Curb Amazon Deforestation
Environmental groups argue that Europe should use trade leverage to prevent the Brazilian government from furthering the destruction of the rainforest.Pacific Standard , 10 May 2019
Europe, Beef, Beef Envoy: We are not palm oil enemies
The European Union (EU) and France are not the enemies of palm oil and the market will continue to be open for the crop especially now with the Pakatan Harapan government's credible policies in safeguarding the environment.Pressreader, 10 May 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Malaysia KL says EU's proposed palm oil curbs a form of trade war
Malaysia has accused the European Union of launching a "trade war" over its plan to curb the use of palm oil in biofuels, and threatened retaliatory action at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).Pressreader, 10 May 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, Palm oil RSPO Facilitates Knowledge Exchange for Smallholders in Kalimantan
It involved 19 participants from Sabah, including smallholders from the Malaysian state, as well as staff members of Forever Sabah; the organisation facilitating the RSPO Jurisdictional Certification pilot in Sabah.RSPO, 10 May 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Malaysia RSPO Facilitates Knowledge Exchange for Smallholders in Kalimantan
It involved 19 participants from Sabah, including smallholders from the Malaysian state, as well as staff members of Forever Sabah; the organisation facilitating the RSPO Jurisdictional Certification pilot in Sabah.RSPO, 10 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, indonesia British upmarket retailer Selfridges strips palm oil from 300 own-brand products
High-end department store chain Selfridges is the second major British retailer to try to remove palm oil from its own-label products in a year. Palm oil’s major certification body RSPO says Selfridges decision is “unfortunate” and questions the sustainability of the oils it will use instead.Eco-Business , 10 May 2019
Europe, Palm Oil, europe Malaysian minister ‘Palm oil is a deal-braker for EU-ASEAN trade relations’
Teresa Kok, Malaysia’s Minister of Primary Industries, visited Brussels and other European capitals this week in a last-ditch effort to kill new EU rules that will ban the use of palm oil in biofuels – a measure European adopted because of concerns about deforestation.Euractiv, 10 May 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, Palm oil International agreements fail to protect Madagascar’s rosewood trees
Most loggers paid low wages never meet those financing their operations who can sell rosewood for as much as $20,000 to $25,000 per ton. It’s estimated that in 2013, $250 million to $300 million in illegal lumber, mainly rosewood, was exported from Madagascar. Although logging and exporting rosewood is illegal, government corruption and involvement of officials in the trade keeps enforcement of such laws low.Earth , 10 May 2019
Madagascar, Timber, illegal timber trade ‘Palm oil is a deal-braker for EU-ASEAN trade relations’
Teresa Kok, Malaysia’s Minister of Primary Industries, visited Brussels and other European capitals this week in a last-ditch effort to kill new EU rules that will ban the use of palm oil in biofuels – a measure European adopted because of concerns about deforestation.Euractiv , 10 May 2019
Asia, Europe, Palm Oil, biofuel Vietnam & EU sign agreement on legal timber trade
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a joint meeting on May 8 to announce the approval and ratification of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT).Vietnam Economic Times , 10 May 2019
Viet Nam, Timber, FLEGT Vietnam & EU sign agreement on legal timber trade
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a joint meeting on May 8 to announce the approval and ratification of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT).Vietnam & EU sign agreement on legal timber trade, 10 May 2019
Viet Nam, Europe, Timber, FLEGT Corned beef being sourced from company linked to Amazon destruction
Friends of the Earth has traced supermarket corned beef to a meat company accused of violating rainforest-protection laws.Friends of The Earth, 10 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil How committed are companies to sustainable palm oil?
A new report by World Wide Fund for Nature and Zoological Society of London reveals that one in five companies did not submit sustainability reports to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2018 while many remain far from being free from deforestation and exploitation.Eco-Business , 10 May 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Palm oil Starting from June 1, Việt Nam could export only verified legal timber products to the European Union (EU) markets as the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLECT) would officially enter into force
VN ready to trade in legal timber to EUViet Nam News, 09 May 2019
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