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18 Nov 2008
FSC still the best
WWF recently commissioned an assessment of the two global forest certicification schemes, using the Forest Certification Assement Guide (FCAG). Based on this latest FCAG assessment as well as other previous assessments, WWF concludes that FSC still best meets WWF's core requirements for forest certification. » Read more

Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Malaysia.

13 Nov 2008
Malaysian logging plans threaten rhinos and tigers
Habitats of the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros and the endangered Malayan tiger are under threat from a plan to clear nearly 19,000 hectares of forest in north-eastern Malaysia.
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The Cantor¹s giant soft shell turtle is one of the world¹s largest species
of freshwater turtle.

11 Nov 2008
Chinese wildlife consumption on the rise
The consumption of threatened species is on the rise in China again following a brief hiatus owing to fears surrounding the SARS virus in 2003.
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05 Nov 2008
Sustainability to leave mark on wine
There is a unique opportunity in South Africa this week for the wine industry to engage with the conservation community and put sustainability on the global wine agenda.
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GWZ, an international Dutch company, cuts the best hardwood trees in the forest, here a Lindani tree.

29 Oct 2008
Demand for African natural resources can ensure sustainable use
African nations could turn the demand for their natural resources currently driving deforestation and other destruction into a force for higher returns from sustainable development, WWF has said today.
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27 Oct 2008
WWF Announces Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as Newest Participant of Global Forest & Trade Network
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA - World Wildlife Fund announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), WWF's initiative to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. » Read more

The poacher was found in possession of nine elephant tusks weighing about 8kg, elephant meat worth about 15kg and eight elephant tails

27 Oct 2008
Forest boost as poaching boss gets jail
A five-year jail sentence for a notorious elephant poacher could provide a lifeline for wildlife in and around an African rainforest that survived the Ice Age.
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Good news: Bauhaus commits to exclude illegal wood from their products. Pictures like this - showing illegal logging activities in the Peruvian lowland rainforests - should become rare.

22 Oct 2008
US cracks down on illegal logging
US trade in products containing illegally logged wood, which costs developing countries an estimated $15 billion a year in lost revenue, may soon be a thing of the past.
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APP associated company opens a Senepis peat forests.

20 Oct 2008
APP log road challenges pact to save Sumatra
Indonesia's newly announced commitment to saving Sumatra is facing an early test, following revelations that Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) had pushed a 45-kilometer, legally questionable logging highway through prime Sumatran tiger habitat.
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17 Oct 2008
EC issues lame deforestation plans
European Commission plans to halve rather than halt tropical deforestation by 2020 have been sharply criticized by WWF today. The European Commission's communication on reducing emissions from deforestation and a legislative proposal to tackle the problem of illegal logging are unlikely to meet their intended objectives of halting deforestation and eliminating the trade of illegal wood, according to the global conservation organization. » Read more

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