Around 2,000 New Amazon Fires Recorded Despite Burning Ban
New fires are searing through the Amazon forest at an alarming rate which is a cause for global concern. While fires in the Amazon are not a new phenomenon – fires occur every dry season between July and October – the current number of fires burning is troublesome since the Brazilian government has introduced a ban on burning on Thursday (29th August). Since then, 3589 new fires have been started, where roughly 2,000 were within the Amazon. This information was taken from the satellite data published by The Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE).Azoxleantech, 02 September 2019
, Soy, Beef, Timber, forest fire New plan replaces banned exploitation of endangered Hyrcanian Forest
A new plan on sustainable management of Hyrcanian Forest and natural resources has been prepared; through which exploitation of the endangered forest will re-continue in line with sustainability, deputy director for the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has announced.Tehran Times, 02 September 2019
, Timber, Hyrcanian Forest, forest management, endangered forest French Petition Adds Fuel to Amazon Spat
An environmental spat between France and Brazil, rolling in questions about integrity, colonialism and Bic pens, shows signs of deepening with calls by dozens of French lawmakers and environmental groups to slap trade sanctions on Brazilian beef and soybeans.VOA News, 02 September 2019
, , forest fire, deforestation, Climate change What the Amazon wildfires have to do with Scotland
We’re living in febrile times. Deal or no deal. Meat or no meat. Perhaps we’ve all got a little too much on our plates to think about those fires raging in the Amazon? But it’s precisely because we have too much on our plate - literally and figuratively - that we should be thinking about those flaming forests.Herald Scotland, 02 September 2019
, Soy, Beef, Timber, deforestation, forest fire Peru Passes Ban On Palm Oil Deforestation
Peru is committed to ending palm oil-driven deforestation by 2021. This makes Peru the second South American nation to pledge to make its palm oil production more sustainable.Live Kindly, 02 September 2019
, Palm Oil, deforestation DEFORESTATION MADE BRAZIL THE WORLD’S TOP SOY PRODUCER
The Brazilian government has dismissed an offer of financial assistance from the G7 nations as it battles a record number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.Delano, 02 September 2019
, Soy, deforestation, forest fire New tool shows decline in oil-palm related deforestation in Borneo
In a welcome “good news” story for the world’s carbon stocks and biodiversity, the felling of old-growth forest for oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo has tracked a steady decline since its 2012 peak.CIFOR, 02 September 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, borneo atlas Why is the Amazon burning and what’s the UK got to do with it?
As fires continue to rage across the Amazon Rainforest, here’s an explainer on how UK and European food supply chains play into the devastation – and what must change.Greenpeace, 02 September 2019
, Soy, Beef, forest fire, supply chains, deforestation As fires race through Amazon, Brazil’s Bolsonaro weakens environmental agency
As the world recoils at the sight of fires ravaging Brazil’s Amazon jungle, the nation’s far-right government is undermining the agency charged with protecting the rainforest, Reuters has learned from interviews with ten current and former employees, public records and a review of internal government reports.Money Web, 01 September 2019
Brazil, Beef, Soy, deforestation, forest fire, amazon fire Amazon Forest Faces Threat From Fires, Mining, Land Occupation And Logging
The Amazon, covering 5.5 million square kilometers over nine countries, faces ever more serious threats from encroaching crop and livestock farming, mining, land occupations and illegal logging.Newzz, 31 August 2019
Brazil, Timber, Beef, Soy, forest fire, amazon fire, deforestation Greed And Failed Leadership Responsible For Illegal Rosewood Logging In Upper West Region
The continue extraction of rosewood in our forest and woodlots in the Upper West Region needs to be re-examined. Our political leaders including MDAs, Traditional Authorities, Landlords, some private citizens are aiding the Chinese nationals to get individuals deceived with peanuts to fell rosewoods for their gains.Modern Ghana, 31 August 2019
Ghana, Timber, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal harvesting Fires not the only threat facing Amazon
Raging wildfires have drawn the world's attention to the Amazon but immolation is just one of the dangers facing the world's largest rain forest, environmental experts across the region say.Phys, 31 August 2019
Brazil, Timber, Beef, Soy, forest fire, amazon fire Act Now, Act Fast: WWF PH, GCash Call For Participation Of Filipinos In Fight For PH Forests
Over the last couple of years, the Philippines has been experiencing an alarming decrease in forest area. Due to rampant illegal logging and the lack of funds to better secure protected areas, the countries forests are going nude.Pageone, 31 August 2019
Philippines, Timber, Illegal logging, deforestation, reforestation The Rosewood racket: Leaving blood trails, stripped forests and ecosystems
Nigeria has become the first on the list of China’s seven biggest suppliers of rosewood logs in Africa. Smart Chinese businessmen, according to -Akinsola B., a researcher, are exploiting a lax regulatory and enforcement environment, loopholes in existing laws, lack of government policy and direction, as well as corruption by government officials, to drive an illegal trade in the export of the country’s forest resources.Daily Trust, 30 August 2019
Nigeria, Timber, illegal timber trade, illegal timber harvesting, rosewood China can help solve Mexico’s illegal logging crisis
Action against suppliers and buyers in markets such as China is urgently needed to protect endangered Mexican rosewood.Dialogo Chino, 30 August 2019
Mexico, China, Timber, Illegal logging, rosewood, Pterocarpus erinaceus ILLEGAL LOGGING IS THREATENING MUKULA TREE IN DRC –CATHOLIC BISHOP
A source has reported that a Catholic bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claimed that illegal logging in the south-east of the country is threatening the rare mukula tree.One Observers, 30 August 2019
Democratic Republic of Congo, Timber, Mukula tree, Illegal logging, Pterocarpus chrysothrix, DRC Amazon fires: Brazil bans burning for two months to defuse crisis
Brazil's president has been the subject of international criticism for fanning the flames of the Amazon's destruction.South China Morning Post, 29 August 2019
, Timber, Beef, Soy, forest fire, amazon fire Reducing tropical deforestation
Consideration of the drivers of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Indonesia illustrates the range of drivers that need to be confronted.Science , 23 August 2019
, Timber, Palm Oil, Soy, Beef, deforestation Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal
France and Ireland say they will not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil does more to fight fires in the Amazon.BBC News, 23 August 2019
, Soy, Beef, forest fire, amazon fire Liberia: Forestry Development Agency Gets EURO 3.4M from EU to Support Voluntary Partnership Agreement
The European Union (EU) has provided EURO 3.5 to the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) through the government of Liberia in support of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), a trade arrangement that has existed between the two parties since 2013. This gesture, representing the EU’s support to the forestry sector is a long-term Technical Assistance aimed at implementing the Voluntary Partnership Agreement / Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (VPA – FLEGT).Front Page Africa Online , 22 August 2019
, Timber, VPA, FLEGT Shocking wildfires have been spreading across Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and there are no signs of the fires stopping any time soon.
More than 72,000 fires have been recorded this year, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE).The Sun, 21 August 2019
, Beef, Soy, Timber, wildfire, forest fire, Amazon Report: Malaysia, Indonesia mulls taking EU to court over palm oil ban
The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia may go to the International Court of Justice over the European Union’s (EU) anti-palm oil initiatives, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Following an official visit by Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier this month, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir said both Malaysia and Indonesia were concerned and disappointed by the negative publicity campaigns against palm oil in Europe.Malay Mail, 20 August 2019
, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban Nine timber-laden trucks seized near Vietnam border
The National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention on Sunday seized nine trucks as they made their way toward the Trapaing Sre checkpoint in Kratie province toward Vietnam.Khmer Times , 20 August 2019
, Timber, Illegal logging Banned timber at centre of Gabon graft scandal to be auctioned
A haul of illegally-loggedtropical hardwood that triggered a major scandal in Gabon is to be auctioned, the environment ministry has said.AFP, 20 August 2019
, Timber, Illegal logging ASEAN SMART Patrol, a hope for the region’s forests
As a park chief himself, Soeung Khemarak, the deputy director of the Oyadav National Park in Rattanakiri province, fully understands the problems faced by Cambodia’s Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent parks near the border with Thailand where bombs, illegal logging and poaching are part of daily life.Eleven Myanmar, 19 August 2019
, Timber, Illegal logging, poaching