Outreach and media
MEDIA COVERAGE
CIFOR:
http://blog.cifor.org/47661/illegal-logging-a-russian-nesting-doll
The Mainichi - Japan's National Daily since 1922:
http://mainichi.jp/articles/20170109/k00/00m/040/079000c
Mongabay:
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/illegal-logging-shows-little-sign-of-slowing/
Eco-Business:
http://www.eco-business.com/news/illegal-logging-shows-little-sign-of-slowing/
Radio report, German WDR:
http://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-leonardo-top-themen/audio-illegale-abholzungen-schreiten-vor-allem-in-asien-voran-100.html
Bioeconomy in BW (Baden-Württemberg):
https://www.biooekonomie-bw.de/de/fachbeitrag/aktuell/oekosystemdienstleister-wald-facetten-und-folgen-des-holzeinschlags
Additional coverage:
PDF for download
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PRESS RELEASE
Loopholes in regulations allow illegal logging to thrive worldwide
Brechas en regulaciones permiten que la tala ilegal prospere en todo el mundo;
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IUFRO-GFEP MEDIA ALERT
Forests beyond the law: Scientific insights into illegal logging and related timber trade
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SOCIAL MEDIA
https://twitter.com/i/moments/806076971130224640
https://www.facebook.com/events/1691357967775963/
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Fighting Wildlife Crime by Fighting Illegal Timber Trade
Article published on the occasion of the World Environment Day, 5 June.
Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and
27th Meeting of the INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group
Johannesburg, South Africa; 24 September - 5 October 2016.
PHOTOS
Rainforest destruction from aerial view
Photo © Fotolia: khlongwangchao
Large-scale timber trafficking from Indonesia to Malaysia in the interior of Borneo. Meranti timber that was illegally logged in Indonesia's Betung Kerihun National Park is waiting to be trafficked to nearby Malaysia (Sarawak).
Photos © Tim Boekhout van Solinge
Office furniture made from rosewood (China)
Photo © Jianbang Gan