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Security of supply, of quality timber is going to be a major concern for many EU timber importing countries. Ireland has been a net importer of tropical timber for well over 200 years. As the largest 'per capita' consumers of tropical hardwoods in the EU, our contribution to tropical deforestation is well documented. In November 2010, after more than seven years of negotiation, the...  

Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change. But there is concern in the lead-up to the conference, known as Rio+20 or the Earth Summit, that it risks ending up as all talk and little action.

A new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action, has today called on the government to stop paying the debts of the former Anglo Irish Bank / Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS). The campaign group - encompassing a strong and unique coalition of representatives from the trade union, community, faith-based, global justice, environmental and academic...  

At a time when once again we are all being asked to support Irish jobs (where practicable) double standards abound in many institutions across the length and breadth of Ireland.

IF YOUR BUSINESS INVOLVES TIMBER OR PRODUCTS MADE FROM TIMBER, WHETHER IMPORTED OR DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED THE NEW EU TIMBER REGULATION WILL AFFECT YOU !

A formal complaint against Woodies DIY, has been lodged with the National Consumer Agency and the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) by forest campaigning group Just Forests.

Just Forests is saddened to hear of the passing of Wangari Maathai.

A plan unveiled by the European Commission to tackle Europe's dependency on imported resources doesn't go far enough to cut waste and stop over-consumption of the world's energy, water, land and materials, says Friends of the Earth.