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27 Oct 2008
Forest boost as poaching boss gets jail
A five-year jail sentence for a notorious elephant poacher could provide a lifeline for wildlife in and around an African rainforest that survived the Ice Age.
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04 Aug 2008
Cameroon: Govt to Accelerate Crackdown On Illegal Forest Exploiters
From AllAfrica.com: The government has once more pledged its commitment to punish illegal forest exploiters in the country, whose activities contravene the rules and regulations put in place by the 1994 forestry law. » Read more
Cameroon: Govt to Accelerate Crackdown On Illegal Forest Exploiters
From AllAfrica.com: The government has once more pledged its commitment to punish illegal forest exploiters in the country, whose activities contravene the rules and regulations put in place by the 1994 forestry law. » Read more
02 Aug 2008
Congo Basin Makes Significant Progress Toward Forest Certification - WWF
From African Press International (API): Yaounde, - More than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests, the world’s second largest block of forests, have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme, according to a press release from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) published in Yaounde. » Read more
Congo Basin Makes Significant Progress Toward Forest Certification - WWF
From African Press International (API): Yaounde, - More than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests, the world’s second largest block of forests, have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme, according to a press release from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) published in Yaounde. » Read more
31 Jul 2008
Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
Yaoundé, Cameroon - WWF today announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme.
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31 Jul 2008
Congo Launches Review of Logging Contracts
From Reuters: Kinshasa - Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of all timber contracts on Wednesday in an effort to clean up a business rife with corruption and to recoup millions of dollars in lost taxes. » Read more
Congo Launches Review of Logging Contracts
From Reuters: Kinshasa - Congo, home to the world's second largest tropical forest, launched a review of all timber contracts on Wednesday in an effort to clean up a business rife with corruption and to recoup millions of dollars in lost taxes. » Read more
08 Jul 2008
Ghana: Experts Hold Forum On Forests Management
From ModernGhana.com: A stakeholders forum on Forest Management Planning opened yesterday at the University of Ghana, Legon, in Accra. The objective of the two-day forum is to provide an opportunity for the stakeholders including timber dealers forest conservationists and non-governmental organisationas to discuss with the Forestry Commission modalities for a comprehensive Timber Utilisation Contract (TUC) area plan development and identify ways of enhancing sustainable forest management in Ghana. » Read more
Ghana: Experts Hold Forum On Forests Management
From ModernGhana.com: A stakeholders forum on Forest Management Planning opened yesterday at the University of Ghana, Legon, in Accra. The objective of the two-day forum is to provide an opportunity for the stakeholders including timber dealers forest conservationists and non-governmental organisationas to discuss with the Forestry Commission modalities for a comprehensive Timber Utilisation Contract (TUC) area plan development and identify ways of enhancing sustainable forest management in Ghana. » Read more
02 Jul 2008
Population increase recorded for rhinos in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld despite poaching
The Population of black rhinos in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld area continues to increase, despite setbacks to conservation efforts due to rampant poaching.
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26 May 2008
Cameroon: Forest Exploiters Debunk Report on Illegal Logging
From AllAfrica.com: The president of the Cameroon Forest Exploiters Trade Union, Nkodo Dang, last Friday, dismissed as unfounded the report by French Non Governmental Organisation, "Les amis de la terre" supported by a retired forest exploiter that logging in Cameroon is done with little or no respect of the law. The report, amplified by French press, has accused Cameroon of disrespecting the standards and quota in forest exploitation. » Read more
Cameroon: Forest Exploiters Debunk Report on Illegal Logging
From AllAfrica.com: The president of the Cameroon Forest Exploiters Trade Union, Nkodo Dang, last Friday, dismissed as unfounded the report by French Non Governmental Organisation, "Les amis de la terre" supported by a retired forest exploiter that logging in Cameroon is done with little or no respect of the law. The report, amplified by French press, has accused Cameroon of disrespecting the standards and quota in forest exploitation. » Read more
22 May 2008
The Voluntary Partnership Agreement and Ghana
From Ghanaian Times: Ghana depends on its forest resources for economic, environmental and cultural benefits. Despite their importance, the nations forests are not being managed sustainably and there is a significant degree of illegal logging. » Read more
The Voluntary Partnership Agreement and Ghana
From Ghanaian Times: Ghana depends on its forest resources for economic, environmental and cultural benefits. Despite their importance, the nations forests are not being managed sustainably and there is a significant degree of illegal logging. » Read more
