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Papua New Guinea: US retailers of timber products commit to product changes following allegations of links to indigenous rights abuses and illegal logging activities
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Papua New Guinea activist to receive global prize for environment & human rights - has been threatened & beaten for opposing logging by Rimbunan Hijau
Author: Global Witness (UK)
As activist receives global award for fighting deforestation, Global witness calls for urgent halt to rainforest destruction across Papua New Guinea, 29 Sep 2016...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders
- Related companies: Rimbunan Hijau
Three killed, several injured in Switzerland factory shooting
Author: Reuters
[Video transcript:] Three people are dead and at least seven are injured following a shooting at [a Swiss] factory...Emergency teams were on the scene at the wood processing plant shortly after it started. The suspected gunman is believed to be among...
- Related companies: Kronospan
Author: WWF France
Pour éliminer l’exploitation illégale du bois et améliorer la gestion forestière, en particulier en milieu tropical, le WWF-France lance le Réseau Forêt et Commerce France, déclinaison à l’échelle nationale du Réseau International Forêt et Commerce ...
- Related in-depth areas: Supply chain/"Fair trade" - an introduction
- Related companies: Castorama (part of Kingfisher) Fournier Kingfisher Leroy Merlin Nature & Découvertes
Author: Rouba Naaman, Novethic
Deux jours après le renforcement des sanctions économiques contre la junte au pouvoir en Birmanie, le groupe Total confirme ne pas souhaiter quitter son activité d’exploitation de gaz dans le pays, mais se refuse à y faire de nouveaux investissements....
EU must ban European companies from supporting Burmese regime
Author: Friends of the Earth Europe
Big European companies such as Alcatel, Siemens, Total, Maersk and Rolls-Royce, and a number of timber companies, are still doing business with Burma - despite the Burmese junta's human rights violations and environmental destruction, Friends of the...
More European Companies Switch to Green Power
Author: Green Power Market Development Group-Europe, World Resources Institute & Climate Group
A growing number of European companies are switching to renewable energy for their manufacturing plants, stores and office facilities... The Green Power Market Development Group – Europe (GPMDG-EU) today announced the completion of its first 100...
Loggers barter for vast forest [Dem. Rep. of Congo]
Author: John Vidal, Age [Australia]
Rainforest covering an area almost the size of Britain has been obtained by a group of European and American industrial logging companies in return for minimal taxes and gifts of salt, sugar and tools, a two-year investigation will disclose today......
Vast forests with trees each worth £4,000 sold for a few bags of sugar [Dem. Rep. of Congo]
Author: John Vidal, Guardian [UK]
Some [logging] contracts seen by the Guardian show only promises of sugar, salt and tools worth about $100 (£55) in return for permission to log. Others have reported that pledges made three years ago [such as to build schools & pharmacies] have...