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Presentation by Just Forests to a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment Heritage & Local Government on the need for a 'National Timber Procurement Policy' 13th May 2009.

Just Forests lodges a formal complaint at Mullingar Garda Station against Westmeath County Council's use of illegal timber in NEW Civic Offices.

(Press Release) Environment watchdog, Greenpeace, Monday in Paris, called for an end to 'illegal logging' in DR Congo's forests, describing local wood processing company, ITB, as a major culprit.

African countries will be locked into an economic model based on the export of raw materials that could have a devastating impact on forests and wildlife, if new EU trade deals shaped by former trade commissioner Peter Mandelson are signed - according to a new report published by Friends of the Earth today (Monday 20 October 2008)..   Read full article here

Open letter to Comission President Barroso to act to control use and imports of illegal timber

The statement maintains that carbon management cannot be separated from the many ecosystem services that well managed forests provide. There is a need for credible and affordable auditing tools to assess and monitor avoided deforestation and forest carbon sequestration. The FSC system provides the context for which carbon management and carbon crediting can be harmonized with other uses and values...  

As illegal-logging and deforestation increases in the Amazon- Just Forests calls on the new Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen to develop a government procurement policy on timber.

The Commission will propose new measures to tackle illegal logging in May amid fears that the current EU legislation is not effective enough, Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas announced last week.