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What stories will impact people and the planet in 2014? On 8 January 2014, Dr. Andrew Steer, WRI's President & CEO, offered his perspectives on the major global developments in economics, business, natural resources and sustainability in the coming year. What are the big events? Who are the influential people? What policy decisions will take place? And how will these determine the future...  

Greenpeace informed the French Ministry of Agriculture, but no action has been taken yet.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: 9/01/2014 Tom Roche Just Forests 086 8049389 tomroche@justforests.org Group Celebrates Tree’s Nomination Giant Offaly Tree Is Ireland’s Entry In European Contest   Tullamore: Just Forests, a forest campaigning group, specializing in education for sustainable development (ESD), announced that they have been successful in...  

Lions face extinction in West Africa: less than 250 survive

15 December is the first anniversary of the disappearance/abduction of Lao human rights activist Sombath Somphone

Just Forests welcomes the actions of the German authorities in seizing two batches of illegal timber from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The German case is encouraging, given earlier disappointments where illegal timber entered the EU after the entry into force of the EUTR.

Nelson Mandela led the fight to end apartheid, government-sanctioned racial segregation in South Africa, ultimately succeeding with the odds stacked against him. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Illegal logging and the international trade in illegal timber is a major problem for many timber-producing countries, especially in the developing world. It causes environmental damage, costs governments billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, and undermines the rule of law and good governance. Consumer countries contribute to these problems by importing timber and wood...