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Sustainable Global Development 2009 is a major internationalconference, supported by Irish Aid, which will be held in the University of Limerick on the 16th and 17th of October, 2009. It will include papers, symposia, educational workshops, and audio-visual presentations with presenters from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and from Europe. Visit the Conference Website here [Download...  

SEAL THE DEAL - Taoiseach Just Forests has just launched a nationwide campaign to get Irish Schools to write to the Taoiseach and encourage him to go to the crucial Climate Change negotiations to be held in Copenhagen in December. The group is asking all schools to visit the link below and ‘sign-on’ to the “SEAL THE DEAL” campaign for a ‘Change in Climate’...  

A seven-year project managed by The Forest Trust (TFT ) that commenced in March 2005 and that is co-funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Commission. Partners work together to ensure timber purchasing policies are consistent with government and FLEGT requirements, sending one clear message to timber producers around the world and facilitating responsible...  

This WRM bulletin is a contribution to the activities to be carried out on September 21st 2009 - International Day Against Tree Monocultures.

We are calling for a new Natural Assets Monitoring authority to be set up by the Government.

Protests by the Penan tribe in Borneo have escalated, with twelve villages coming together to mount new road blockades against the logging and plantation companies that are destroying their rainforest.

A huge percentage of Irish children can identify fewer than 10 species of Irish animals and plants but can recognise thousands of commercial logos, a conference heard recently.

Just Forests have made a Submission Regarding the Consultation on a European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market This submission is based on the EC Regulation, not on the current version of the Regulation, as voted by the European...