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Just Forests attends concert to mark the launch of the world's first FSC-certified clarinet.

It’s now been one year since pressure from thousands of people around the world convinced the world’s largest food and drink company - Nestlé - to give Indonesian rainforests and their inhabitants a break by removing products responsible for deforestation from their supply-chains.

Conservationist strikes wrong chord with Customs at Dublin Airport -first FSC-certified guitar to enter Ireland is confiscated by Airport Customs.

The leading international organizations working to protect and manage the world’s forests are calling for governments across the globe to increase communities’ role in forest management. Doing so could contribute to lifting close to a billion people out of poverty, as well as improve the health and vitality of forests. …

The Australian government has released an "Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011" for public consultation. The proposed Act bans illegal timber products from entering the Australian market and importers of illegal wood products risk a penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment

The UN-backed Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is urging nations to conserve their forests in a bid to mitigate rising water scarcity problems.

Leading Edge 2020 identifies a number of global trends which are likely to effect international development in the next decade. These include themes such as climate change, the geo-political scene, changing global demographies, natural resources and inequality.

Concerns have been expressed that Ireland's forests are to be privatized. The new Programme for Government says they will NOT be sold off and Coillte and Bord na Mona will be merged into new Company to be called "BioEnergy". Please see Just Forests PRESS RELEASE below... Please see the video below.