#timber News
For the first time, global law enforcers meet at UN climate talks to discuss how to turn the heat up on environmental criminals.
Whoever is elected in February must involve more of society in consultations on BRI projects to mitigate environmental risks, Indonesian analysts write.
Food & Agriculture
‘Forest promises pulped’: Greenpeace publishes critique of APP’s no-deforestation pledge, 10 years on
Greenpeace, which helped forge the Indonesian paper giant's historic pledge in 2013, says it has not lived up to its decade-old commitment to weed deforestation out of its supply chain. APP has rejected the allegations.
Indonesian elections in 2024 are likely to raise risks for rainforests as businesses seek favours in return for campaign funds.
Policy & Finance
Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?
Policy & Finance
Forest loss spikes despite climate summit vows
#timber Opinion
Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’.
Policy & Finance
How technology can help save Indigenous forests – and our planet
What role can technology play in Indigenous land conservation around the world?
Indigenous communities in Sarawak have been monitoring their forests for the past year, gathering data to counter a logging company's assumptions about the value of their traditional lands.
Carbon & Climate
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees.
Carbon & Climate
Fighting climate change with bamboo
Food & Agriculture
A boycott is not the answer to palm oil’s environmental problems
#timber Videos
Carbon & Climate
This engineer is using old cell phones to stop illegal logging
Logging scars landscapes, destroys habitats and is a major contributor to climate change. Here's how old Android smartphones--that might otherwise end up in a landfill-- are being used to stop illegal logging and curb climate change impacts.
Green Buildings
Frank Gehry’s ‘brown paper bag’ is green
The newly opened Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at the University of Technology, Sydney boasts more than 25 sustainable design features and has been awarded a 5-Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
#timber Press Releases
The Borneo Project
King Charles III called on to stand up for forests in Sarawak
PEFC International
Living proof: PEFC-certified timber used in WAF award-winning project
Ecoforests Asset Management
Amazon fires continue destruction of “Lungs of the Earth” rainforests
The Rainforest Alliance
Ag-Tech Developer Challenge launches
