#logging News
Carbon & Climate
In a win for forest protection groups, timber giant Samling withdraws defamation suit
Global pressure has also spurred an investigation by the Forest Stewardship Council into Samling's alleged illegal logging and human rights violations.
Lacking alternatives, the region’s rural inhabitants have long turned to the forest for fuel, but the environmental consequences are building.
Carbon & Climate
‘Justice for our lost forests’: Shut out of the courts, Sarawak's Indigenous tribes take to the stand at mock tribunal to air grievances
A fresh lawsuit, which involves an NGO being sued for defamation due to remarks made against individuals who have allegedly profited from timber logging in the state, has once again put the plight of local communities in the spotlight.
Carbon & Climate
Behind Cambodia's big bet on REDD+ projects
Cambodia's leaders are anxious to prove to the world that the forest conservation mechanism can address climate change while providing opportunities for people to thrive in a “new Cambodia”. But there are concerns about greenwash, and observers point to how such projects can end up being a guise for illicit land grabbing by ruling elites.
Carbon & Climate
'People of the forest': Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land
Policy & Finance
Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?
Food & Agriculture
Solar pumps increase productivity, profits of West Bengal farmers
Policy & Finance
Forest loss spikes despite climate summit vows
#logging Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Conservation law takes a step forward in Indonesia
Strong legislation backed by science and technology could help protect Indonesia’s wildlife.
Indigenous communities in Sarawak have been monitoring their forests for the past year, gathering data to counter a logging company's assumptions about the value of their traditional lands.
Policy & Finance
Indigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak
As indigenous communities in Sarawak deal with the second flooding of the year, they also face legal harassment by timber giant Samling in an unprecedented move that seems designed to silence criticism.
Carbon & Climate
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees.
#logging Videos
Policy & Finance
'Environmental defenders are the glue of the Philippines’ democracy': Delikado director Karl Malakunas
The veteran journalist talks to Eco-Business about how his Emmy-nominated documentary depicts the lives of environmental crusaders in Asia's deadliest country for guardians of the seas and forests.
#logging Press Releases
The Borneo Project
King Charles III called on to stand up for forests in Sarawak
PEFC International
Living proof: PEFC-certified timber used in WAF award-winning project
