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Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction editor's pick

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biocharbriefing.pdf

4 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

briefing paper regarding proposals for using biochar for climate change mitigation and the serious concerns about its likely impacts on climate, soil fertility and communities (pdf)
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It

Masalai i tokaut editor's pick

http://www.masalai-i-tokaut.com/

8 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

blowing the whistle on forestry corruption in Papua New Guinea
Added: Sep. 05, 2004 | Rate It

Vested Interests - Industrial Logging and Carbon in Tropical Fprests editor's pick

http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_get.php/921/1245253952/carbon_report.pdf

a report by Global Witness that discusses the carbon sequestration ability of natural rainforests with that of selectively logged forests (pdf)
Added: Jun. 20, 2009 | Rate It

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) Threatens Bukit Tigapuluh Landscape

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/btp_investigation_jan_2008.pdf

a report from WWF calling for a halt to illegal logging that is taking place, in clear violation of Indonesian law, in Sumatran forests known for its rich biodiversity (pdf)
Added: Feb. 08, 2008 | Rate It

Banks, Pulp and People

http://www.pulpmillwatch.org/media/pdf/BPP_A_FIN_2.pdf

a report by Urgewald that describes the social and environmental impacts of the pulp industry and how it is financed and managed (pdf)
Added: Aug. 06, 2008 | Rate It

Carving up the Congo Report

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/africa/congo-report

4 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Greenpeace exposes that logging in the Congo rainforest is out of control, falls short of calling for an end to industrial logging in Congo's ancient primary rainforest (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Catalog Choice

http://www.catalogchoice.org/

reduces the number of repeat and unwanted catalog mailings promotes the adoption of sustainable industry best practices by freely providing the Catalog Choice Mail Preference Service to both consumers and businesses
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It

Conning the Congo

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/conning-the-congo.pdf

a report by Greenpeace that exposes the tax-evasion of export-driven resource extraction in the DRC and the neighboring Republic of the Congo (pdf)
Added: Aug. 04, 2008 | Rate It

Divided Forests: towards fairer zoning of forest lands

http://rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Divided%20Forests.pdf

report from Rainforest Foundation discussing case studies where tropical rainforest zoning practices have favored timber companies over long term sustainability (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Environmental Papaer Network

http://www.environmentalpaper.org/

a group of environmental organizations working together to support socially and environmentally sustainable transformations within the pulp and paper industry
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It

Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/failingforests.pdf

a WWF report about illegal timber sales in Europe; includes research on the scale of the illegal timber market, origins of illegal timber and policy options for stopping it (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Forests

http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/campaigns/forests

Greenpeace China's campaigns to protect ancient forests, including "save the paradise forests," exposing illegal logging and the non-disposable chopsticks project
Added: Apr. 25, 2008 | Rate It

Forests Monitor

http://www.forestsmonitor.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

investigates the forest industry to empower forest-dependent people, raise public awareness, increase transparency and accountability of the sector
Added: Feb. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Global Timber

http://www.globaltimber.org.uk/

5 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

information and statistics on the international trade in timber products, with an emphasis upon Asia and Africa
Added: Jul. 20, 2005 | Rate It

Illegal Wood for the European Market

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/illegal_wood_for_the_european_market_july_2008.pdf

a WWF report that estimates the magnitude of timber from illegal sources which reach the European market (pdf)
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

Pulp Mill Watch

http://www.pulpmillwatch.org/

the German NGO Urgewald investigates the impact of pulp mills on the environment and communities and highlights the threats of the planned large-scale expansion of pulp industry capacity worldwide
Added: Aug. 26, 2007 | Rate It

PulpWatch.org

http://www.pulpwatch.org/

uses a map to document the performance of the pulp and paper mills according to criteria of the Environmental Paper Network - a network of over one hundred environmental organizations large and small dedicated to a sustainable paper industry
Added: Aug. 22, 2008 | Rate It

REDD Web Platform

http://unfccc.int/methods_science/redd/items/4531.php

a clearinghouse where parties, relevant organizations and stakeholders are encouraged to submit information relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD)
Added: Jun. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue)

http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=1226

news from a German non-profit that organizes protest actions against rainforest destruction by loggers, companies such as oil or mining companies and development projects
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Say No to Bad Wood

http://www.saynotobadwood.org/

provides an opportunity to write a letter to the Australian government in which you demand they stick to their election promise on illegal timber imports
Added: Nov. 13, 2009 | Rate It


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