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November 29, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Runaway economic growth comes with costs: in the case of China's economic engine, one of them has been the world's forests. According to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), China has become the number one importer of

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, asia, china, china's demand for resources, deforestation, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, forests, governance, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, logging, madagascar, rainforest conservation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, tropical forests

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

October 26, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments

The $1M bed: why Madagascar’s rainforests are being destroyed

Consumer demand for rosewood furniture and musical instruments is driving illegal logging in Madagascar's national parks, endangering wildlife and undermining local community livelihoods, according to a new report from the Environmental Investigation A...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, china, china's demand for resources, deforestation, environment, forestry, forests, green, illegal logging, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, rainforests

May 27, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Researchers: Madagascar rosewoods deserve CITES protection

A new policy paper in Science warns that several species of Madagascar's rosewood could be pushed to extinction due to a current illegal logging crisis on the island. These hardwood species should be considered for protection under Convention of Intern...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animals, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, extinction, forests, governance, green, hunting, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, plants, politics, poverty, primates, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife, wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

March 15, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Environmental groups call on Delmas to cancel shipment of illegally logged wood from Madagascar

Pressure is building on the French shipping company Delmas to cancel large shipments of rosewood, which was illegally logged in Madagascar during the nation's recent coup. Today two environmental groups, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigati...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, forestry, forests, governance, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, parks, poaching, politics, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife trade

March 14, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

As the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, argues in Paris that more funding is needed to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, a shipment of illegal rosewood is being readied for export in Madagascar by a French company with the

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, forestry, forests, governance, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, parks, poaching, politics, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife trade

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‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

The $1M bed: why Madagascar’s rainforests are being destroyed

Researchers: Madagascar rosewoods deserve CITES protection

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

Environmental groups call on Delmas to cancel shipment of illegally logged wood from Madagascar

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

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