The large amounts of exports of high-risk timber to Japan and Europe illustrate the need for Japanese and European companies to perform significant due diligence measures when sourcing from areas at high risk of illegal logging.
Scotland et al. 1999 estimated the suspected volume of illegal logging at 57 million cubic meters in 1998, an increase of 16 million cubic meters from the year before.
The IFC once held an equity stake in Olam but divested its shares in 2007 in response to allegations of illegal logging and environmental destruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
These inadequate Japanese regulations against illegally logged timber and the Japanese importing companies that easily rely their inadequacies are promoting the problem of illegal logging in Sarawak.
This allowed him to withhold money from states which failed to prevent deforestation, and to ban the sale of products grown in illegally deforested areas.
This year on March 22, World Water Day, comrade Dilma Ferreira Silva was killed by a large landowner, who according to the police, was involved in illegal logging.
President Rajaonarimampianina has already taken steps to mobilize all relevant national authorities in Madagascar, from the Prime Minister to all local authorities, to jointly combat the illegal logging and trade, and is ready to promulgate all necessary legislative measures.
JICA and JAXA have been establishing a cooperative relationship through the utilization of satellite data for protecting forests and preventing illegal deforestation in the Amazon, as well as topographic mapping with satellite data in South East Asia and Africa, and collaboration with the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers.
The animals lost their homes and the lives of the villagers who lived in harmony with nature changed completely. Many of the local people have started to work in illegal logging, gold mining, or large plantations for income to survive.
In addition to deforestation, the 25 producers profiled in the report show evidence of exploitation and social conflicts, illegal deforestation, development without permits, plantation development in areas zoned for protection and forest fires linked to land clearance.
We note the importance of forest conservation, promoting trade in legally harvested forest products, sustainable forest management and rehabilitation, and commend work that has been done this year to combat illegal logging and associated trade.
Besides deforestation, 25 cases in the report also revealed the exploitation and social conflicts, illegal deforestation, no license enlargement, and plantation development in the regions where they should be protected, and the fire in the forest related to the areal enlargement.
Japan has worked to develop technologies for timber tracing in timber-exporting countries and for checking the state of forests using satellite data, exchanged information with related countries, and supported projects against illegal logging implemented by the International Tropical Timber Organization(ITTO) in order to address the issue of illegal logging..
In addition to deforestation, the 25 individual cases in the report include evidence of exploitation and social conflicts, illegal deforestation, development without permits, plantation development in areas zoned for protection and forest fires linked to land clearance.
We reaffirm our commitment to the aspirational goal in the Sydney Declaration of increasing forest cover in the region by at least 20 million hectares of all types of forests by 2020 and to promote sustainable forest management, conservation and rehabilitation, and combat illegal logging and associated trade.
In addition, the Norwegian Government announced a pledge of up to 15 million euros(17.5 million dollars) for a collaborative initiative of INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) and the Norwegian Centre for Global Analyses to combat illegal deforestation.
Global Witness investigations reveal systematic corruption in the forestry and land sectors of Sarawak, Malaysia's largest state on the island of Borneo, and how Japan's massive trade in tropical timber with Sarawak is linked to illegal logging, human rights abuses and rainforest destruction.
Improving the quality of plantation trees and increasing the crop yields by planting fast-growing, high-quality varieties lead not only to the improved profitability of the forest plantation business but also to the protection of natural forests, reducing their illegal logging.
From now on, the measures taken by the Malaysian government and the Sarawak government's shift in policy are expected to attract attention to the issue of illegal logging in Sarawak. As a main importer of Sarawak timber, Japan may soon be requested to issue a response to these changes.
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