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 2nd February 2010
COUNTDOWN 2010 has more than 1000 partners from various sectors (businesses, NGOs, academia, local authorities…) who took commitments to halt the loss of biodiversity. COUNTDOWN 2010 is an initiative of IUCN.
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29th January 2010
Council acts against illegal logging:The Council today agreed on a draft regulation laying down obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the European market.
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26th January 2010
"We need younger people in Ireland to be advocates for global development and by participating at this exhibition and sharing your experience afterwards you are helping to create a positive momentum for change."
View file download for the full text of Minister Martin's speech, to see pictures of the Opening please click here.
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18th January 2010
Letters to the Editor on Ireland's abuse of water
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12th January 2010
Regulatory Impact Analysis re illegally-logged timber imports launched: Just Forests made a detailed submission...
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22nd December 2009
We've agreed to do nothing meaningful at this time - maybe later...
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21st December 2009
The Winter 2009 issue of Focus: Action for Global Justice, Ireland’s only magazine dedicated to covering global justice issues, is now available.
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3rd December 2009
Illegal Malagasy timber trade worth up to $460,000 a day.
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25th November 2009
Daylight robbery played out in Paris
I was there to witness and support the press announcement of the lodgement of a complaint by Global Witness before a French Public Prosecutor against one of the world's leading timber and wood products wholesalers.... Read more below
Also appears in The Irish Examiner on Monday 30th November 2009. See full article here
Floods of money for...
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19th November 2009
Gibson Guitar Corp., long lauded by environmental groups as a pioneer in the use of sustainable wood products, is the first U.S. company to face prosecution under a new federal law banning trade in illegal wood.
Read more: Gibson Guitar may be first to face fury of revised Lacey Act - Nashville Business Journal
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