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FSC shows its teeth and boots controversial logging company
Danzer, a Swiss-German timber giant using controversial sources in the Congo will no longer be able to use the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label after yesterday when the FSC disassociated itself...
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Delight to Disappointment as Herakles Farms’ Suspension Order Lifted
The last couple of weeks have been tumultuous working to protect the communities and wildlife threatened by a palm oil plantation in Cameroon. Below my colleague Irene Wabiwa, on the ground in...
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This post Africa’s primates under threat from palm oil expansion originally appeared on the blog of Greenpeace USA.Rumours that the Cameroonian government was on the verge of signing a land lease...
View ArticleHow deforestation helped unleash Ebola
Crossposted from Grist by Amelia Urry Perhaps you have heard about Ebola, otherwise known as The Most Terrifying Disease Of Our Modern Times (Sorry, MERs; panic is a fickle friend). But you might not...
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Caught Up in the Battle Against Congo’s Irresponsible Loggers
“It’s too far away”, “there’s nothing to see or do there”, “it’s too hard to get to…” The reasons people find to avoid the long journey to some of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s many remote...
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