Posted on September 6th, 2010 by Green Assembly
TOKYO ~ Nineteen groups concerned with climate change have expressed their dismay at an article by leading biochar advocates.
The groups say the article, published in the science magazine Nature and posted online in the August edition of Nature Communications, proposes that an area larger than the land mass of India could be turned into charcoal [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2008 by Green Assembly
The World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency have launched a partnership to combat illegal logging worldwide and clean up timber supply chains.
The launch follows the announcement that the United States is banning the import, sale, and trade of all illegally harvested wood and forest products, effective now.
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Posted on September 12th, 2008 by Green Assembly
SINGAPORE ~ Logging companies operating in Papua New Guinea allegedly paid US$67 million into a government minister’s private bank account in Singapore, says a statement from Greenpeace.
“The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a very poor forest-management record, wrapped in accusations of corruption and misappropriation of funds,” said the statement.
“If PNG is seeking carbon [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Green Assembly
THE United States is banning the import, sale, and trade of all illegally harvested wood and forest products, effective now.
Approval of an amendment to the US Lacey Act enables the federal government to apply the same Act that has long stopped the import of tropical birds, elephant ivory, and tiger skins to illegally harvested wood [...]
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