INDEPENDENT FOREST MONITORING / REMOTE SENSING

IFM involves an international, independent third party, which, with the agreement of state authorities, monitors the range of official processes relating to forest management.

There might be monitoring, for example, of the initial allocation of logging concession permits, the management of these concessions and related logging activities, as well as the subsequent processing and trade in forest products.

To date, the focus has been on observing official oversight and control of logging concessions and giving support to law enforcement agencies to help them develop strategies and procedures. The aim of IFM is to ensure the elimination of illegal logging and related corrupt practices, not the elimination of companies operating within the law.

IFM has thus far been undertaken in Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Indonesia and the Philippines, by both NGO and corporate sector organisations.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
07/10/2012	Carbon Emissions from Forest Conversion by Kalimantan Oil Palm Plantations Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. Plantation expansion is occurring ...	Nature Climate Change (Kimberly M. Carlson, Lisa M. Curran, Gregory P. Asner, Alice McDonald Pittman, Simon N. Trigg & J. Marion Adeney)
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03/08/2012	Deforestation and Reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001–2010) Forest cover change directly affects biodiversity, the global carbon budget, and ecosystem function. ...	Biotropica, the Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (T. Mitchell Aide et al)
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28/06/2012	Community-Powered Monitoring of REDD+ Emerging forest policies such as REDD+ depend on the involvement of local communities for their success. ...	Global Canopy Programme
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19/03/2012	Use of Airborne LiDAR to Delineate Canopy Degradation and Encroachment Along the Guatemala-Belize Border Tropical rainforest clearing and degradation significantly reduces carbon sequestration and increases ...	Tropical Conservation Science (John F. Weishampel, Jessica N. Hightower, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase)
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01/03/2012	Measuring Forest Degradation, Unasylva No. 238 Vol. 62, 2011/2 Unasylva closes the International Year of Forests 2011 with a selection of papers initially developed ...	FAO
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30/11/2011	Global Forest Land-Use Change From 1990 to 2005: Initial Results From a Global Remote Sensing Survey The use of satellite imagery can substantially improve knowledge on changes in forest area as a result ...	FAO
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01/11/2011	Assessing Forest Degradation: Towards the Development of Globally Applicable Guidelines Good information on the extent of forest degradation is needed to elaborate policies and implement forest-management ...	FAO
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24/05/2011	Roads as Drivers of Change: Trajectories Across the Tri-National Frontier in MAP, the Southwestern Amazon Regional studies of land cover change are often limited by available data and in terms of comparability ...	Remote Sensing (J Southworth, M Marsik, Y Qiu, S Perz, G Cumming, F Stevens, K Rocha, A Duchelle, G Barnes)
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23/05/2011	Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance FAO and the World Bank have unveiled a new guidance framework which can help countries assess the governance ...	FAO / PROFOR
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20/04/2011	Diagnosing the Uncertainty and Detectability of Emission Reductions for REDD + Under Current Capabilities: an Example for Panama In preparation for the deployment of a new mechanism that could address as much as one fifth of global ...	Environmental Research Letters (Johanne Pelletier, Navin Ramankutty, & Catherine Potvin)
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07/03/2011	Remotely Sensed Evidence of Tropical Peatland Conversion to Oil Palm Rising global demands for food and biofuels are driving forest clearance in the tropics. Oil-palm expansion ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Lian Pin Koh, Jukka Miettinen, Soo Chin Liew & Jaboury Ghazoul)
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23/02/2011	Remotely Sensed Forest Cover Loss Shows High Spatial and Temporal Variation across Sumatera and Kalimantan, Indonesia 2000–2008 The Indonesian islands of Sumatera and Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo) are a ...	Environmental Research Letters (Mark Broich, Matthew Hansen, Fred Stolle, Peter Potapov, Belinda Arunarwati Margono & Bernard Adusei)
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01/02/2011	Smoke and Mirrors: A Critical Assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility This report finds that the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is failing to fulfil its social ...	FERN / Forest Peoples Programme (Kate Dooley, Tom Griffiths, Francesco Martone & Saskia Ozinga)
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09/10/2010	Forest Cover and Deforestation in Belize: 1980-2010 This study demonstrates the utility of Earth observation technologies for monitoring the forest resources ...	Emil A Cherrington et al
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06/09/2010	High-Resolution Forest Carbon Stocks and Emissions in the Amazon The researchers on this paper used a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US (Gregory P. Asner et al)
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31/08/2010	Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s Global demand for agricultural products such as food, feed, and fuel is now a major driver of cropland ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US (H. K. Gibbs, A. S. Ruesch, F. Achard, M. K. Clayton, P. Holmgren, N. Ramankutty, and J. A. Foley)
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01/08/2010	IM-FLEG Cameroon: Progress in Tackling Illegal Logging in Cameroon This REM report is a five-year assessment (2005-2009) of illegal logging and law enforcement by the government ...	REM (Resource Extraction Monitoring)
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03/06/2010	Principles for Independent Monitoring of REDD (IM-REDD) The authors of this briefing paper say that governance is key to REDD+. Through internationally agreed ...	Global Witness
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01/03/2010	A Quick Scan of Peatlands in Malaysia This report presents the first national assessment of peatlands in Malaysia. It identifies remaining ...	Wetlands International
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01/10/2009	Protected Area Effectiveness in Reducing Tropical Deforestation: A Global Analysis of the Impact of Protection Status The authors of this report analysed remote sensing imagery across the entire tropical biome and compared ...	Independent Evaluation Group Evaluation Brief 7, The World Bank (Andrew Nelson & Kenneth M. Chomitz)
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28/04/2008	REM: First field mission report for Congo Brazzaville The first field mission report produced by REM, the independent forest monitor in Congo Brazzaville, ...	Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)/ Congolese Ministry of Forest Economy (MEF)
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01/04/2008	Independent Monitoring Cameroon: Progress in tackling illegal logging in Cameroon This annual report by the Independent Monitor of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Cameroon covers ...	REM
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01/12/2007	DRC's forests: towards satisfactory management and governance standards? Mission findings and policy recommendations from a feasibility study for Independent Forest Monitoring ...	Global Witness
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01/09/2007	Capacity Building in the Congo Basin and Implementation of Independent Monitoring of FLEG (IM-FLEG) in the Republic of Congo Project description of IFM work being done in the Republic of Congo towards Forest Law Enforcement and ...	Forests Monitor/ Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)
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01/08/2007	Information note: Feasibility study for independent forest monitoring in the Democratic Republic of Congo Global Witness has been contracted by the World Bank to conduct a three month Feasibility Study between ...	Global Witness
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20/06/2007	SGS' public statement in response to Global Witness' "Cambodia's Family Trees" report, June 2007 SGS, the Geneva-based independent verification company, responds to allegations in Global Witness' ...	SGS
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01/03/2007	Independent Forest Monitoring: Seven years on Paper published in the International Forestry Review looking at the development of International Forest ...	Global Witness (David Young)
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01/03/2007	IFM Pilot Project in Nicaragua: First summary report of activities August 2006 - March 2007 This report presents the results of the IFM Pilot Project carried out in Nicaragua between August 2006 ...
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01/11/2006	Satellite Images for Evaluating Forest Management Plans Studies at Imazon have demonstrated that it is possible to detect log harvesting and assess the quality ...	Imazon (Amazon Institute of People and the Environment)
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01/11/2005	Scoping Study: Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) in Ghana Following on from a feasibility study in 2004 that concluded that Ghana faces some serious forest law ...	Global Witness (UK)
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01/09/2005	IFM Pilot Project Honduras - Summary Report Global Witness and the Honduran National Commission of Human Rights (CONADEH) have started piloting IFM ...	Global Witness
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01/07/2005	A Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) This Guide aims to meet the increasing demand for IFM around the world by building the professionalism ...	Global Witness
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17/06/2005	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 3rd Summary Report of the Independent Observer July 2003 – February 2005 In its last progress report on IFM in Cameroon Global Witness concludes that Forest Law Enforcement is ...	Globalwitness
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01/03/2005	SGS Monitoring - forest crime in Cambodia SGS is contracted as an independent monitor by the Cambodian Government. These reports are based on assessments ...	SGS
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01/12/2004	What is Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM)? Leaflet in four different languages seeking to outline the status and functions of an Independent Mo ...	Global Witness
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01/12/2004	Independent forestry monitoring (IFM): a growth industry The environmental group Global Witness (GW) has developed a unique approach to the problem of illegal ...	Global Witness (David Young)
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01/10/2004	DRC Reports: Recommendations for the Independent Observer of the review of old forest licenses REM was included on a restricted call for tender launched by the Central Coordination Office (BCeCo) ...	REM
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01/08/2004	Review of Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) This study reports on a review of independent and external forest monitoring undertaken by the Forest ...	ODI (David Brown and Cecilia Luttrell)
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01/07/2004	SIGIF Report The first ever analysis of Cameroon's concession database comparing authorised and actual volumes ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2004	Forest Law Enforcement and Governance: The role of Independent Monitors in the Control of Forest Crime Combatting illegal logging depends on effective enforcement operations to ensure compliance and identify ...	ODI (David Brown and Cecilia Luttrell)
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01/11/2003	ODI Independent Monitoring Study Review to determine how effective Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) activities have been to date in ...	ODI
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01/10/2003	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 2nd Summary Report of the Independent Observer December 2001 – June 2003 Following the formal establishment of IFM in Cameroon in May 2002, this report commends the Government ...	Globalwitness
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01/11/2002	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 1st Summary Report of the Independent Observer May – November 2001 Based on two scoping missions and a six month inception phase, this report lays the groundwork for long-term ...	Globalwitness
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01/03/2002	Reform of the Forest Crime Monitoring and Reporting Project From March 2002 when Global Witness was still the IFM in Cambodia: The question for the Royal Government ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2001	Global Witness Reports on Illegal Logging in Cambodia Global Witness has done a huge amount of work on illegal logging in Cambodia over the last decade, and ...	Global Witness
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
03/04/2013	Conservation gets boost from new Landsat satellite Efforts to monitor the world's forests and other ecosystems got a big boost in February with the ...	Mongabay.com
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02/04/2013	DRC Launches New Video to Highlight its National Forest Monitoring System Portal The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently launched an animated video ...	UN-REDD
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27/03/2013	Researchers question evaluation methods for protected areas in the Amazon The indicators currently being used to guide policy and investments into protected areas in the Amazon ...	Science Codex
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26/03/2013	A technology revolution to help curb illegal logging Our future is inextricably linked to forests. The social and economic benefits they provide are essential ...	The Nation, Thailand
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22/03/2013	Saving the World's Forests: A Technology Revolution to Curb Illegal Logging Our future is inextricably linked to forests. The social and economic benefits they provide are essential ...	World Resources Institute
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02/02/2013	RI needs high-tech solution to deforestation Indonesia needs sophisticated remote sensing technology to accurately locate the damaged parts of its ...	The Jakarta Post
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29/01/2013	NASA data registers strong deforestation signals in Sumatra, Borneo, Brazil, Gabon NASA satellites picked up signals of extensive potential deforestation in Sumatra, Borneo, Central Africa, ...	Mongabay.com
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27/01/2013	Brazil plans Amazon tree census to assess deforestation Most detailed study for forty years will also analyse climate change impact and allow ministers to examine ...	The Guardian, UK
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25/01/2013	Exclusive: Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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18/01/2013	Amazon deforestation rate pacing ahead of last year Data released by Imazon, a Brazil-based NGO, shows that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues ...	Mongabay.com
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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03/12/2012	Tropical deforestation emissions were 3 billion tons/yr from 2000-2005 Two prominent groups of researchers have reached a consensus estimate for emissions from tropical deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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16/11/2012	Amazon deforestation tracking higher in Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to rise off historic lows according to satellite data ...	Mongabay.com
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14/11/2012	Brazil's Amazon rangers battle farmers' burning business logic Evandro Carlos Selva is one of 1,400 hi-tech environmental cops who use eyes in space and feet on the ...	The Guardian, UK
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06/11/2012	Strong deforestation signals from Central and West Africa in July, August, and September 2012 NASA satellites picked up signals of potential deforestation across extensive parts of Latin America, ...	Mongabay.com
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31/10/2012	2 new tools can cut deforestation and support sustainable palm oil in Indonesia Can the world have its palm oil and forests, too? This is an issue that my colleague and I discussed ...	World Resources Institute (WRI) Insights
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03/10/2012	NASA satellites catch vast deforestation inside Virunga National Park Two satellite images by NASA, one from February 13, 1999 and the other from September 1, 2008 (click ...	Mongabay.com
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22/09/2012	Amazon deforestation jumps in August Satellite imagery released by the Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) reveals a sharp ...	Mongabay.com
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08/09/2012	Google mapping tool exposes illegal logging Conservationists working to save forests and species on the ground are looking to the sky, thanks to ...	National Geographic
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03/09/2012	Landsat captures impact of deforestation in Brazil This makes for a depressing game of spot the difference. These two images of Rondônia, a state ...	New Scientist blog
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31/08/2012	Amazon forest threat is greater outside Brazil In Ascencion, Bolivia — On a scorching afternoon in the Amazon, all Agustin Villa and his partner ...	The Washington Post, US
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21/08/2012	Independent assessment confirms drop in Amazon deforestation for 2011-2012 Independent analysis has confirmed a drop in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon for the year ended ...	Mongabay.com
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20/08/2012	Chart: Forest loss in Latin America Latin America lost nearly 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 square miles) of forest — an area ...	Mongabay.com
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10/08/2012	50 residents get GPS technology knowledge Fifty community dwellers, drawn from ten counties recently benefited from Global Positioning System (GPS) ...	Daily Observer, Liberia
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09/08/2012	Deforestation accelerates in Belize Deforestation in Belize has accelerated since late 2010, reports a new satellite-based assessment of ...	Mongabay.com
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08/08/2012	Illegal logging pervasive in Armenia Armenia, a former republic of the Soviet Union that shares a border with Turkey, is rife with systemic ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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02/08/2012	Brazil's deforestation rate still on decline in 2012? Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than a fifth for the 12-month period ending July 31, ...	Mongabay.com
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01/08/2012	The true picture Malaysian farmers have over the last generation harnessed modern agricultural technology and techniques ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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30/07/2012	European Space Agency releases time series showing Amazon deforestation The European Space Agency (ESA) last week released an animation showing deforestation in the Brazilian ...	Mongabay.com
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27/07/2012	Paje blamed for illegal logging Environmentalists on Thursday urged President Benigno Aquino III make Environment and Natural Resources ...	Manila Standard Today, Philippines
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26/07/2012	Ten Central African countries to take part in UN-backed forest monitoring system Ten Central African countries will take part in a United Nations-backed initiative that will help them ...	UN News Centre
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26/07/2012	New technology eyed to protect forests, says DENR Davao City - From drones to hand-held x-ray machines, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...	PIA (Philippine Information Agency)
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25/07/2012	Forest carbon monitoring breakthrough in Colombia Using new, highly efficient techniques, Carnegie and Colombian scientists have developed accurate high-resolution ...	Physorg.com
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23/07/2012	Smartphones promoted as a tool for indigenous forest protection Smartphones beeping in the woods may be a welcome presence that augurs the increased ability of indigenous ...	Mongabay.com
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17/07/2012	Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring Yaounde - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes ...	Reuters AlertNet
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13/07/2012	Environment or profit - palm oil firm tests Indonesia An Indonesian palm oil firm received preliminary approval six years ago for a large plantation in a swampy, ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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11/07/2012	Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru get big boost in deforestation tracking, biomass measurement Efforts to rapidly and accurately track deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, ...	Mongabay.com
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19/06/2012	Google Earth helping Amazon tribe to preserve their forest and their culture At the UN Rio+20 conference this week, Google revealed their first cultural map for Google Earth. The ...	YourOliveBranch.org
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19/06/2012	First satellite deforestation tracker for whole of Latin America developed An international team of researchers in Colombia, the UK, US and Switzerland have developed the first ...	redOrbit
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19/06/2012	Amazon deforestation at record low Record low levels of deforestation in Brazil have been credited to the creation of sustainable forestry ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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18/06/2012	Landsat sets the standard for maps of world's forests NASA's Earth-observing fleet of satellites provides a worldwide and unbiased view with standardized ...	Physorg.com
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17/06/2012	Google launches map to help tribe curb illegal logging in Brazil's Amazon Rio de Janeiro - Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil's Surui indigenous people, ...	GMA News Online, Phillipines
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12/06/2012	New satellites to help save Indonesian forests Jakarta - Virtual mapping has become a vital tool in forest conservation, allowing the public to see ...	Voice of America
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06/06/2012	Brazil finalizes 2011 deforestation data Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on Tuesday finalized its 2011 estimate for ...	Mongabay.com
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05/06/2012	Palm oil giant moves forward on zero deforestation initiative One of the world's largest palm oil companies has become the first to identify and disclose high ...	Mongabay.com
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03/06/2012	How do you save Sumatra? Google Map it Sumatra becomes a digital paint-by-number as you play with the layering functions of the “Google ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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30/05/2012	Global deforestation alert tool developed from NASA satellite imagery launches Mongabay.com is pleased to announce the beta version of a global forest disturbance alert system (GloF-DAS) ...	Mongabay.com
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29/05/2012	How Google Earth is being used by the Philippine National Police Over the years, Google Earth has been responsible for helping a huge number of non-profit and other worthwhile ...	Google Earth blog
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23/05/2012	Google mapping tool shows impacts of deforestation on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island First ever Google Maps engine grant helps WWF and Eyes on the Forest in urgent effort to save tigers, ...	PRWeb
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21/05/2012	Inexpensive aerial drone cuts down on illegal logging A new aerial surveillance system to protect forests and endangered species in remote parts of the world ...	Wall Street Daily
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18/05/2012	Brazilian deforestation lower in 2012 to date Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is lower in 2012 relative to the same period last year according ...	Mongabay.com
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13/04/2012	Log on to end illegal logging Kuala Lumpur - In a bid to reduce illegal logging cases, Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) has ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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11/04/2012	DMCii’s detailed satellite imagery helps Brazil stamp out deforestation as it happens Remote sensing solutions provider DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) has signed a contract with Brazil’s ...	Directions Magazine, US
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30/03/2012	Researchers launch tool that predicts Amazon deforestation a year before it happens Researchers have developed a methodology for accurately predicting where deforestation will occur in ...	Mongabay.com
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29/03/2012	Orangutans in Indonesia's Aceh forest may die out in weeks Forest fires and land clearing by palm oil firms could kill off within weeks about 200 orangutans in ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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26/03/2012	Government policies responsible for half of the reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Rio de Janeiro - Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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22/03/2012	Google launches Amazon Street View Google's free online map service on Wednesday began letting people explore portions of the Amazon ...	Ottawa Citizen, Canada
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19/03/2012	Airborne lasers discover undocumented deforestation in Belize park A NASA funded expedition using airborne lasers to study ancient Mayan ruins has also documented widespread ...	Mongabay.com
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19/03/2012	How best to monitor biodiversity in REDD+ projects? If done well, REDD+ projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) may not only ...	Mongabay.com
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13/03/2012	Brazil slowing forest destruction cuts greenhouse gas burden As world political and business leaders ready for the Rio+20 U.N. sustainability conference in June, ...	Bloomberg Businessweek
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07/03/2012	EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversity With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo ...	Science Codex
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02/03/2012	Clark Labs releases new video demonstrating REDD deforestation modeling with land change modeler Clark Labs of Clark University is pleased to announce that a new video has been added to the video series ...	Directions Magazine, US
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02/03/2012	Sarawak denies NGO's rapid deforestation claim Kuching - State Assistant Minister for Environment Datuk Len Talif questioned a Dutch non-governmental ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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23/02/2012	Model airplane used to monitor rainforests - conservation drones take flight Conservationists have converted a remote-controlled plane into a potent tool for conservation. ...	Mongabay.com
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22/02/2012	Virginia paper company linked to rainforest destruction The World Wildlife Fund issued a surprising plea last week, asking consumers to take care when buying ...	WAMU 88.5, American University Radio
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21/02/2012	Centers track global deforestation The Ashland-based Geos Institute and the Conservation Biology Institute in Corvallis are teaming up to ...	OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) News, US
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16/02/2012	Forest clearing blamed on local govt Local government officials may have accepted bribes from logging, mining and plantation companies in ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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14/02/2012	Super high-resolution carbon estimates for endangered Madagascar Washington, D.C. - By combining airborne laser technology, satellite mapping, and ground-based plot surveys, ...	EurekAlert
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13/02/2012	Mapping Fiji's forest cover with the help of satellite imagery SPC [Secretariat of the Pacific Community] is working with the Fiji Department of Forestry to build capacity ...	Solomon Times Online, Solomon Islands
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13/02/2012	Satellites for climate checks get boost after Durban talks Brazilian deforestation and melting polar ice caps are feeding a boom in demand in the $2.1 billion market ...	Bloomberg
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04/02/2012	Aceh governor goes from hero to zero When the former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf became governor of Indonesia's Aceh province, he proclaimed ...	The New Zealand Herald
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02/02/2012	Perak uses satellite surveillance to detect illegal logging Pengkalan Hulu - The Perak government has taken various measures to detect illegal logging, including ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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01/02/2012	REDD: Saving the Amazon rainforest This article is the first in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ...	Global Post
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01/02/2012	Malaysia deforestation Is three times faster than rest of Asia combined Amsterdam - New satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than ...	The Huffington Post
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30/01/2012	Tropical deforestation carbon release 'overestimated' The amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by tropical deforestation could be 12% less than estimated, ...	Earth Times
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27/01/2012	Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail Scientists record Amazon's structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 ...	The Guardian, UK
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06/01/2012	Indonesia to use GIS for forestry management The Forest Utilisation Monitoring Centre (FUMC) located in West Papua, Indonesia, has unveiled plans ...	FutureGov Asia-Pacific
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02/01/2012	Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction - the world's largest rainforest, ...	BBC News
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12/12/2011	Madagascar tree diversity among the highest worldwide In terms of biodiversity, the hugely imperiled forests of Madagascar may be among the world's richest. ...	Mongabay.com
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11/12/2011	Monitoring deforestation: Richard Branson promises to use his satellites to keep an eye on forests Sir Richard Branson has a message: we can save our Earth from nuclear Amageddon and environmental meltdown ...	Metro News, Canada
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10/12/2011	Climate strategists: to cut emissions, focus on forests Some climate strategists are looking beyond the United Nations and the idea of remaking the energy economy ...	NPR
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07/12/2011	Brazil's Amazon deforestation in 2011 lowest on record Brasilia, Brazil - Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 11.7 percent from August 2010 ...	Environment News Service
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05/12/2011	Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level Brasilia - Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest ...	AFP
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02/12/2011	Deforestation and forest degradation slows in Brazil's Amazon since August Deforestation and forest degradation are down moderately from August through October 2011 relative to ...	Mongabay.com
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01/12/2011	Technological breakthrough maps a path to rainforest protection As the latest climate summit in Durban again tries to resolve the challenges of implementing ‘reduction ...	Directions Magazine
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30/11/2011	New UN satellite survey of forests charts extent of global deforestation The rate of global deforestation, mainly the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, averaged ...	UN News Centre
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27/11/2011	8 Amazon countries pledge more coordination in rainforest conservation Eight Amazon countries pledged greater cooperation in efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest ...	Mongabay.com
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22/11/2011	New weapon launching in fight against deforestation Brazil is putting itself at the forefront of efforts to better track deforestation and the threat posed ...	3news.co.nz, New Zealand
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26/10/2011	Brazilian eyes in the sky focus on the disappearing rainforest Armed with new drones, Brazilian authorities are sending them out over the wilderness to hunt for poachers ...	Scientific American
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08/10/2011	Federal protection doesn't stop loggers in Brazil Researchers monitoring the destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest say the creation of conservation ...	ABC News
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05/10/2011	Liberia: Locals train to curb illegal logging The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) over the weekend launched a project to monitor illegal logging ...	allAfrica.com
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04/10/2011	Panama REDD: Getting what you pay for A new report by researchers ...	EurekAlert!
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03/10/2011	A revolutionary technology is unlocking secrets of the forest A new imaging system that uses a suite of airborne sensors is capable of providing detailed, three-dimensional ...	Yale Environment 360
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02/10/2011	Ecuador has one of Latin America’s highest deforestation rates Quito – Ecuador has one of the highest deforestation rates in Latin America, with an annual loss ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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01/10/2011	Developing countries united under UN agency to counter deforestation According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), deforestation causes a fifth of global ...	The International
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22/09/2011	Amazon deforestation up moderately in August, but forest degradation falls Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to be slightly higher than this time last year, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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19/09/2011	Amazon Indians confirm logging invasion near uncontacted tribes A recent expedition in the Amazon has confirmed that illegal logging in Peru is continuing ‘at ...	Survival International
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12/09/2011	Rising gold prices drives 6-fold increase in deforestation of Amazon Record high prices for gold have driven a recent six-fold increase in deforestation in parts of the Peruvian ...	Click Green, UK
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19/08/2011	Google begins Amazon river Street View project Google is expanding its Street View service into some of the world's most remote places. ...	BBC News
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17/08/2011	Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up 15% Brasilia — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months, ...	AFP
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07/08/2011	Googling Earth to fight graft Malaysia - A few clicks here and a few drags of the mouse there, and one can be in any place in the world. ...	AsiaOne
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03/08/2011	Amazon deforestation on the rise Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometres destroyed, ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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31/07/2011	Brazil: Domestic consumer awareness programme launched Concerns have been raised on the level of wood waste generated by the timber industry due to inefficient ...	Fordaq, the Timber Network
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21/07/2011	Forestry Commission seeks independent monitor for the VPA The Forestry Commission of Ghana has called for expressions of interest for the engagement of an Independent ...	IHB Network
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13/07/2011	Satellites keep forest management in check Satellites can bring new transparency to how forests are being managed. With the increasing production ...	redOrbit
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01/07/2011	Amazon deforestation rates double as farmers anticipate pardons Deforestation rates in the Amazon, the world’s biggest rain forest, more than doubled in May as ...	Bloomberg
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01/07/2011	Forests of Brazil: Strengthening public policies by using accurate and updated information on forest resources - a way forward Brazil’s forests constitute 13% of the global forest area and almost 30% of the tropical forest ...	IISD Reporting Services
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29/06/2011	EIA: Satellite images show illegal logging in Indonesia After palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) denied ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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28/06/2011	Challenges for better forest governance Carbon-dense peatland. Carbon emission reduction. Low-carbon economy. These are key terms in Indonesia’s ...	The Jakarta Post
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17/06/2011	Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued to rise as Brazil's Congress weighed a bill that ...	Mongabay.com
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17/06/2011	Beef barons exposed by space pics face jail Brazilian beef barons whose illegal clearance of land inhabited by uncontacted Indians in Paraguay was ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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27/05/2011	Destruction of Brazil's most endangered forest, the Mata Atlantica, slows Deforestation of Brazil's most threatened forest ecosystem dropped substantially during the 2008-2010 ...	Mongabay.com
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24/05/2011	Authorities launch stealth operation in Amazon after satellite images reveal deforestation Brazil’s environmental enforcement agency busted an illegal logging ring following analysis of ...	Mongabay.com
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24/05/2011	Satellites catch loggers red-handed Oftentimes it seems like our Big Brother-like society -- with its thousands of satellites swerving overhead, ...	Discovery News
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23/05/2011	UN presents new checklist to manage forest stocks Everyone knows that trees are good for the environment and that well-run forests might become lucrative ...	UN News Centre
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23/05/2011	Helveta joins Forest Legality Alliance to help protect vulnerable forests Oxford, UK – Helveta, the provider of supply chain intelligence software CI World™, has strengthened ...	Helveta
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20/05/2011	Soybean farms destroying Amazon Brasilia - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon jumped almost sixfold in the March-April period, led ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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20/05/2011	Satellites spot illegal logging of uncontacted tribes’ home Some of the world’s most sophisticated technology is being used to protect indigenous people who’ve ...	Wired
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16/05/2011	Information leak: Amazon deforestation increases sharply while forest code debated Deforestation has increased sharply in Mato Grosso over the past nine months according to information ...	Mongabay.com
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13/05/2011	Fires burn in Sumatra, drive air pollution in Malaysia More than 100 Indonesian firefighters are battling peatland fires set by oil palm plantation developers ...	Mongabay.com
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11/05/2011	Developing countries urgently need better REDD data Developing countries urgently need to be given better tools to quantify their emissions from deforestation ...	Environmental Research Web
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04/05/2011	NASA image reveals extent of deforestation in western Brazil The Brazilian state of Rondônia has undergone tremendous change over the past decade as revealed ...	Mongabay.com
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27/04/2011	Deforestation goes into hyperdrive with rising gold price Deforestation around the Amazon River in Peru has increased six-fold in recent years as miners, driven ...	Science-a-go-go
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19/04/2011	Demand for gold pushing deforestation in Peruvian Amazon Deforestation is on the rise in Peru's Madre de Dios region from illegal, small-scale, and dangerous ...	Mongabay.com
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12/04/2011	Looking down on deforestation: Brazil sharpens its eyes in the sky to snag illegal rainforest loggers After reaching the lowest Amazon deforestation rate ever recorded, Brazil faces a its next hurdle: how ...	Scientific American
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11/04/2011	NGO sues to save forest for Paraguay natives Asuncion - An NGO supporting the rights of native Paraguayans said Monday that it filed complaints with ...	AFP
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30/03/2011	Tanzania: Kigoma intensifies war on illegal charcoal exports Over 100 charcoal bags worth over a half a million shillings were impounded from illegal traders accused ...	allAfrica.com
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29/03/2011	Malaysian forestry claims refuted by Google Earth satellite images While officials in the state of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo have insisted that 70 percent of the region's ...	Reuters
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23/03/2011	Amazon deforestation flat since last year Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is roughly flat for the 7 months ended February 28 relative to ...	Mongabay.com
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12/03/2011	‘Govt has no intention of converting forest land into revenue land’ Karachi - The Sindh government had no intention whatsoever of converting forest land into revenue, the ...	The News, Pakistan
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09/03/2011	Resolution to create local task forces vs illegal logging In its effort to combat illegal logging operations, the government recently passed a resolution that ...	Sun Star Manila, Philippines
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07/03/2011	Palm oil plantations equal deforestation Another day and there's another study that undermines the case for biofuels as an eco-friendly source ...	Time
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06/03/2011	Moratorium on Amazon deforestation for soy production proving effective The Brazilian soy industry's moratorium is proving effective at slowing deforestation for soy production ...	Mongabay.com
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03/03/2011	First map of annual forest-cover loss in Indonesia Researchers from the US have used remote-sensing data to put together the first-ever annual maps showing ...	Environmental Research Web
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25/02/2011	Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra lose 9% of forest cover in 8 years Kalimantan and Sumatra lost 5.4 million hectares, or 9.2 percent, of their forest cover between 2000/2001 ...	Mongabay.com
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08/02/2011	Monitoring deforestation: an interview with Gilberto Camara, head of Brazil's space agency INPE Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world's best deforestation tracking system is found in the country with ...	Mongabay.com
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07/02/2011	Satellite imagery reveals Malaysian peatland destruction Palm oil production is rapidly leading to the destruction of Malaysia’s sensitive peat swamp forests, ...	ICTSD
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07/02/2011	Scepticism over Wetlands report Petaling Jaya - A report that says Malaysia is destroying its forests at three times the rate of the ...	Sun2Surf, Malaysia
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04/02/2011	Satellite scan may improve forest watch Remote sensing through a radar satellite may advance monitoring on forest carbon, the focal point of ...	The Jakarta Post
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01/02/2011	Malaysia destroying its forests three times faster than all Asia combined Malaysia is destroying its forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, new satellite ...	The Telegraph, UK
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27/01/2011	Deforestation monitoring system for the Amazon The Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) has developed a new system of assessing the ...	IHB Network
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27/12/2010	Satellite data reveals fires in region plagued by illegal logging in Madagascar New satellite data reveals active burning in Sava, a region in Madagascar that has been ravaged by illegal ...	Wild Madagascar, on Mongabay.com
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14/12/2010	New atlas maps future of the environment in Latin America and Caribbean From deforestation in Guatemala to the effects of mining in Colombia, a new atlas produced by the United ...	VAdvert.co.uk, UK
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13/12/2010	Google opens world's forests for all to see New Google tool will allow users to explore woodland conditions, monitor degradation. ...	Contra Costa Times
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03/12/2010	Google lends its massive computing cloud in fight against deforestation Google officially launched Earth Engine, a technology platform that enables scientists using the search ...	Mongabay.com
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02/12/2010	Google unveils satellite platform to aid forest efforts Cancun, Mexico - Google Inc unveiled technology on Thursday it says will help build trust between rich ...	Reuters
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01/12/2010	Brazil protects climate with record low Amazon deforestation Brasilia, Brazil - Brazil has reduced destruction of its Amazon rainforest to the lowest rate since satellite ...	Environment News Service
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01/12/2010	Tk 956m projects to fight climate impacts okayed: Digital map to be used to save forests The government is going to develop a digital map of the country's forest to build a stronger forest ...	The Daily Star, Bangladesh
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30/11/2010	Novel services for tropical forest monitoring with satellite A consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing methods for monitoring tropical ...	CisionWire
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04/10/2010	India to launch satellite to monitor deforestation/afforestation in real time The Indian space agency plans to launch a satellites dedicated to monitor deforestation activities and ...	EcoPolitology
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29/09/2010	Free availability of satellite imagery has boosted deforestation monitoring applications, but risk of data gap looms In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of satellite-based monitoring applications ...	Mongabay.com
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23/09/2010	Less smoke, less ire: Brazil, long the world’s deforester-in-chief, is mending its ways The Amazon’s dry season, from July to September, is when the grileiros cut and burn the rainforest. ...	The Economist, UK
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20/09/2010	Space-age mapping of the world's forests Using satellites and lasers, scientists have produced a unique map that details the heights of the world's ...	BBC News
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15/09/2010	Brazil urges closer environmental cooperation in Latin America Brazilian Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira on Tuesday called for closer environmental cooperation ...	People's Daily Online, China
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07/09/2010	First high-res maps of carbon trapped in rain forests revealed Using satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists have come ...	The Hindu, India
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06/09/2010	Peru's rainforest highway triggers surge in deforestation, according to new 3D forest mapping Scientists using a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot ...	Mongabay.com
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02/09/2010	80% of tropical agricultural expansion between 1980-2000 came at expense of forests More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense ...	Mongabay.com
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31/08/2010	Brazil officials: Amazon deforestation declining Brasilia, Brazil — Brazil's government says deforestation in the Amazon is falling significantly ...	Associated Press
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02/08/2010	Satellite monitoring of concessions The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) signed a technical ...	ITTO Market Report
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30/07/2010	Brazil emerges: A space agency with an eye on Earth While other space agencies shoot for the moon, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research has ...	Tonic.com
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27/07/2010	How Brazil cut deforestation rates to record lows Traveling from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the Tropical savannah climate of the Brazilian capital ...	TreeHugger
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21/07/2010	UK to open Earth observation hub Science minister David Willetts has announced a new UK centre for monitoring the Earth from space. ...	BBC News
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21/07/2010	NASA plots first-of-a-kind map of the Earth’s forests A first-of-a-kind map plotted by scientists using data from NASA satellites shows the Earth's tallest ...	The Independent, UK
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20/07/2010	Forest concession monitoring system launched The Brazilian Forest Service has launched a monitoring system for forest concessions in Brazil. Concessions ...	ITTO Market Report
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16/06/2010	Malaria increases 50 percent following deforestation in the Amazon A new study shows that deforestation in the Amazon helps spread disease by creating an optimal environment ...	Mongabay.com
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14/06/2010	Deforestation on the rise again in Brazil Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may be on the rise again after reaching record-low levels last ...	Mongabay.com
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07/06/2010	REDD alert for forest climate change policy Curitiba, Brazil - Carbon dioxide emissions from an unexpected rise in the number of forest fires in ...	SciDev Net
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04/06/2010	Burning need for REDD rethink? The UN REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) scheme looks like a promising, and ...	Environmental Research Web
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03/06/2010	Independent monitoring vital to address governance and corruption in US$4 billion deal to end deforestation, new report says Money pledged to help developing countries prevent deforestation and reduce carbon emissions is likely ...	Global Witness
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19/05/2010	Online protest drives Nestlé to environmentally friendly palm oil Nestlé, the world's biggest food manufacturer, says it will make the palm oil in its best-selling ...	The Independent, UK
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18/05/2010	NASA, Google Earth catch North Korea logging protected area Employing satellite data from NASA and Google Earth, Guofan Shao, a professor of geo-eco-informatics ...	Mongabay.com
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06/05/2010	Deforestation targets a bad example: expert A new academic report claims Australia's high reduction targets for deforestation emissions set ...	ABC News, Australia
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29/04/2010	Google powers up its 'Earth Engine' with eye on saving the Amazon Google is putting a new spin on its global mapping program, with a goal of not just peering into locations ...	Solve Climate
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16/04/2010	Does growing soy destroy Amazon rainforest? In the first seven years of this century, around 19 million hectares of rainforest in the Legal Amazon ...	Environmental Research Web
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09/04/2010	NGOs collect logging data for SBY’s taskforce Several environmental NGOs met Thursday to compile data on illegal logging activities at the request ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/04/2010	Unilever backtracks: may purchase palm oil from Sinar Mas The world's biggest buyer of palm oil, Unilever, says it will again purchase palm oil from PT SMART, ...	Mongabay.com
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06/04/2010	British firm vows to use software and satellites to track down illegal timber shipments ...	Business Green
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26/03/2010	New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellite data Having a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to understand better the ...	Environmental Research Letters
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01/03/2010	Uncontacted Amazon tribes get internet connection For the first time, indigenous Amazonian tribesmen, long isolated by their location deep within the rainforest, ...	TreeHugger
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07/02/2010	Google Earth boosts deforestation monitoring capabilities Google has taken a step towards boosting the deforestation monitoring capabilities the Google Earth Engine ...	Mongabay.com
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05/02/2010	DMCii welcomes UK-Indonesia climate change partnership British satellite imaging company DMCii welcomes International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander’s ...	Technology Newsroom
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03/02/2010	Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia falls by 72.5 percent Brasilia - Brazilian Amazonia lost 247 square kilometers of forest between October and November of 2009, ...	Inside Costa Rica
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29/01/2010	Eyes in space map changing Congo rainforests British company DMCii is using satellites to acquire new images of the Congo rainforests from space, ...	Technology Newsroom
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28/01/2010	Satellites being used to track illegal logging, rosewood trafficking in Madagascar Analysts in Europe and the United States are using high resolution satellite imagery to identify and ...	Mongabay.com
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21/01/2010	Phuket's timeless beauty stolen by timber thieves About 3000 rai of forest trees have been illegally harvested on a Thalang hilltop. Only 1500 rai of good, ...	Phuket Wan, Thailand
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20/01/2010	Space agency plans satellites for solar energy and forest monitoring EADS Astrium - Europe's biggest space company - is working on satellites to supply solar energy ...	TG Daily
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28/12/2009	MRV could be ‘double-edged sword’ for Indonesia Allowing independent auditors to verify carbon emission cuts in Indonesia could benefit the country, ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/12/2009	Rainforest conservation: a year in review 2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ...	Mongabay.com
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18/12/2009	Can climate action resuscitate tropical forests? ...	WRI
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17/12/2009	Congo villagers look to Copenhagen to save forest As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming, tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed ...	World Bulletin
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11/12/2009	Breakthrough in monitoring tropical deforestation announced in Copenhagen Palo Alto, California - Tropical forest destruction accounts for some 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. ...	Insciences Organisation
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11/12/2009	Google tool to help watch over world's forests San Francisco - Google has unveiled a tool that lets scientists and defenders of the environment use ...	AFP
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09/12/2009	Deforestation linked to drought Scientists looking at climate change have found a link between deforestation and drought. ...	Wales Online, UK
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28/11/2009	Satellites to monitor countries for climate change under Gordon Brown plan An international satellite monitoring system to check countries comply with new climate change targets ...	Telegraph, UK
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22/11/2009	Google – the new eye in the sky for protecting forests? Google looks set to play a part in a called-for "new environmental world order" by satellite-monitoring ...	Mongabay.com
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20/11/2009	Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images ...	Times Online, UK
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21/10/2009	Leaps forward in satellite forest monitoring Efforts to tackle deforestation and develop a robust REDD mechanism have received a double boost this ...	Carbon Positive
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18/10/2009	Tribe teams with Google to make stand in Amazon The chief of an endangered Amazon tribe will unveil today the product of an unusual partnership with ...	San Francisco Chronicle
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14/09/2009	Brazil to use satellites to control Amazon deforestation Brasilia – The government plans to use satellites to monitor cattle herds in the Amazon and punish ...	Latin American Herald Tribune
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09/09/2009	Brazil launches ‘electronic markers’ to fight Amazon deforestation Brasilia - The Brazilian government will use electronic markers to detect illegal felling of trees in ...	Breaking News 24/7
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12/08/2009	Satellite images reveal Congo deforestation The first images from Britain's satellite spacecraft UK-DMC2 have been returned. ...	Cool Earth
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11/08/2009	Brazil Amazon governor backs cattle control effort Sao Paulo - Cattle ranching has become the biggest environmental challenge for Brazil's Mato Grosso ...	Reuters
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10/08/2009	Indigenous peoples protect the rainforest with hi-tech tools Illegal logging is a threat to the rainforests of Peru. But the indigenous communities are using both ...	Deutsche Welle
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05/08/2009	Amazon deforestation speeds up: Brazil space agency Brasilia - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in June was four times more devastating than ...	AFP
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04/08/2009	Logging curbs Deep in the worlds tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into hardwood trees ...	The Star, Malaysia
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24/07/2009	Ghana: new deal to help conserve forests The Ghanaian government has signed a landmark agreement which will help it stop the export of illegally-cut ...	allAfrica.com
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10/07/2009	British company barcodes trees to protect forests London - Deep in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into ...	Reuters UK
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10/07/2009	The next big green industry: barcoding trees to save forests? Keeping track of illegally logged trees is a lot easier when you know how many trees there are. At least ...	Fast Company
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30/06/2009	Guyana sets pace for combatting illegal logging Guyana is moving towards completion of a project on 'Improving the detection and prevention of illegal ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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19/05/2009	Prince Charles: web is salvation of world Prince Charles today hailed the internet as a vital tool to tackle environmental crises after meeting ...	Daily Express, UK
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14/05/2009	Liberia barcodes trees to log profits Liberia is having its lumber trees tagged electronically as the government rushes to restart an industry ...	BBC News
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04/05/2009	CIA invests in ImageTree's forest-tracking technology ImageTree, a company that tracks individual trees in forests, has signed a technology development agreement ...	Fast Company
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27/04/2009	Eco warrior Prince Andrew Britain's Prince Charles' standing as the country's greenest royal could be challenged ...	Monsters and Critics
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17/04/2009	Brazil: Satellites to monitor deforestation Rio de Janeiro - Brazil is expanding satellite monitoring of deforestation to the entire nation. ...	The Associated Press
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22/03/2009	British firm barcodes trees to save the worlds forests A system developed by Helveta will prevent illegal logging by keeping track of timber ...	The Times (UK)
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28/12/2008	Malaysia uses satellite to fight illegal logging: report Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysia is zooming in on forests with a satellite in order to fight illegal ...	AFP
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28/12/2008	Eye in sky to deter illegal loggers Six hours. That is all the time it takes to detect illegal logging in Peninsular Malaysia, thanks to ...	New Straits Times (Malaysia)
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15/10/2008	Brazil bets on technology to control Amazon Brasilia, Brazil - When the pilot of a Colombian drug-smuggling plane landed at a clandestine air strip ...	Reuters (USA)
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08/08/2008	Africa: New Technology to Sever Timbers Link to Conflict? New York, USA - While conflict diamonds or blood diamonds, as they are known, have gained attention the ...	IPS (Italy)
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03/08/2008	Forestry firm seeks funds for system to track illegal logging UK - An Oxford-based company is looking to raise £8m from international investors to exploit a ...	Times Online (UK)
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16/07/2008	Groundbreaking Study Finds the "Hotspots" Most Responsible For Deforestation A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the worlds deforestation is isolated in a ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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17/06/2008	Spy satellite will monitor illegal logging across six African countries A spy satellite is to be trained on the vast rainforests of central Africa as part of a British project ...	Independent (UK)
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30/01/2008	Interactive forest mapping launched for communities in Cameroon Yaounde, Cameroon - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British High Commission Yaounde and ...	FCO/Helveta (UK)
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10/01/2008	Monitoring the forest sector in Nicaragua: plenty of evidence, more actions needed A report published this week by Global Witness, the Independent Forest Monitor in Nicaragua, documents ...	Global Witness (UK)
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18/11/2007	Helveta mapping technology profiled in detail by BBC Radio The use of Helveta's CI Earth interactive cartography application to produce online maps for sharing ...	Helveta Ltd
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21/07/2007	Eye in the sky to detect illegal logging Kuching, Malaysia - Sarawak police are using helicopters from the police air wing to detect illegal logging ...	Borneo Bulletin (Brunei Darussalam)
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18/06/2007	Brazil Indians hope to use Google Earth to combat illegal logging Sao Paulo, Brazil - A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid ...	San Jose Mercury News (USA)
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02/06/2007	Editorial: Not out of the woods Malaysia - With remote sensing technology, it is now possible to make an inventory of the timber and ...	New Straits Times (Malaysia)
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15/05/2007	The trees have eyes Bringing technology to the wild will curb illegal hunting. ...	The Economist (UK)
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30/03/2007	Eight months of Independent Forest Monitoring in Nicaragua (Press Release) Global Witness today publishes the First Summary Report of the Independent Forest Monitoring ...	Global Witness (UK)
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05/03/2007	Towards a better knowledge of forest ecosystems Rome, Italy - Stressing that improved forest policies and sustainable forest management necessarily entail ...	UN FAO (Italy)
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21/12/2006	Satellite imagery to be used to detect illegal logging, determine sustainability New types of satellite imagery to be used to detect illegal logging and help determine sustainability ...	Mongabay.com
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25/08/2006	Army is logging onto a problem in Bosnia BRITISH soldiers tackling illegal logging in the Balkans are claiming success following a training programme ...	Powys County Times (UK)
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03/08/2006	Satellites Spying on Loggers Russia - Forestry officials have gone high-tech in an effort to stop illegal logging, deploying satellites ...	The Moscow Times (Russia)
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14/07/2006	Now available worldwide: CIEarth ' the premier application for forest inventory and community resource mapping Helveta has released its exciting new mapping application ' CIEarth. CIEarth enables interactive ...	Helveta (UK)
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14/07/2006	MFI to assist in combating illegal logging An independent forest-monitoring system (MFI) for Peru will be designed by the NGO Global Witness to ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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10/07/2006	Activists to monitor illegal logging cases PADANG, West Sumatra: Activists are vowing to closely monitor how the authorities handle evidence of ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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15/05/2006	Guyana audits its timber tracking system The Guyana Forestry Commission has engaged UK's PROFOREST to conduct a comprehensive audit of the ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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04/05/2006	Group says Sierra Madre rape goes on The Philppines - Illegal logging continues to threaten half of the country's remaining forest cover ...	Philippine Daily Enquirer
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26/04/2006	Power and illegal logging (poder y tala ilegal) The Independent Forest Monitor in Honduras publishes today two new reports, both of which document illegal ...	Global Witness (UK)
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13/04/2006	Perum Perhutani uses latest technology to monitor timber Perum Perhutani, Indonesian 57 site plantation operation commence use of TracElite for timber traceability ...	TracElite (UK)
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21/03/2006	Successful regional workshop on forest independent monitoring The first Regional Workshop on Forest Independent Monitoring took place in Honduras, from February 26th ...	ACICAFOC (Costa Rica)
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02/02/2006	UPM's Russian wood suppliers operating at a good level In 2005 UPM carried out 112 supplier audits covering 235 different logging sites. These suppliers accounted ...	UPM
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25/08/2005	APP & Rainforest Alliance Sign Landmark Agreement to Monitor Conservation of Biodiversity Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. (APP) and the Rainforest Alliance, a leading international non-profit ...	APP
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07/08/2005	Remote way of protecting natural resources Malaysia - Federal and state authorities now have the technology at their fingertips to better protect, ...	The Star (Malaysia)
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29/07/2005	Cambodia says outspoken ex-forestry monitor unwelcome, blacklists staff Cambodia's former outspoken forestry monitor Global Witness was no longer welcome in the kingdom ...	Agence France Presse
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28/07/2005	Global Witness launches Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) Global Witness today launches 'A Guide to Independent Forest Monitoring', the definitive guide ...	Global Witness (UK)
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26/07/2005	Illegal Logging can be Detected by Satellite Technology Malaysia - Illegal logging can be detected and monitored by using remote sensing or satellite technology ...	Bernama (Malaysia)
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11/07/2005	Soil Association and Tropical Forest Trust join forces Following the launch of TracElite Always On, the online application service for chain of custody, traceability ...	Green Building Press (UK)
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07/07/2005	Helveta and Tropical Forest Trust announce Soil Association Woodmark as an exclusive audit partner Following the launch of 'TracElite Always On', the online application service for analysis ...	Blitz PR (UK)
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05/05/2005	World Bank ombudsman investigates forestry fiasco in Cambodia (Press Release) UK - Global Witness warmly welcomes the recent decision by the World Bank board to authorise ...	Harold Doan and Associates (USA)
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18/06/2004	See No Evil: The Government's new forest crime monitor The publication last month of the first quarterly report by the new official independent monitor of Cambodia's ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
07/02/2013	Independent monitoring of forest law enforcement and governance (IM-FLEG), Republic of Congo	Brad Mulley, Forests Monitor
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07/02/2013	Experiences from Indonesia: the Independent Forest Monitoring Network (JPIK)	Zainuri Hasyim, Telapak
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09/02/2012	Independent market monitor methodology	Rupert Oliver & Emily Fripp
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21/01/2010	Biomass Estimations Through Remote Sensing - The Value of the Third Dimension to Mapping	Charles Crossthwaite-Eyre, Eyre Consulting
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17/01/2008	Mission findings and policy recommendations from a feasibility study for Independent Forest Monitoring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)	Reiner Tegtmeyer, Global Witness
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01/11/2007	Legal Wood Verification: Approach of a private sector inspection company	SGS Forestry Monitoring Services (Bruce Telfer)
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26/01/2007	Potential development of IFM in Indonesia to anticipate the implementation of the legality standard	Titian Foundation/KAIL (Darmawan Liswanto)
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25/01/2007	IFM Project in Honduras	Honduran Commission for Human Rights/ CONADEH (Fausto Mejía Zelaya)
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21/07/2006	Responsible Procurement of Forest Products: A practical guide for customers	World Resources Institute (Fred Stolle)
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20/07/2006	Independent monitoring and FLEGT in Cameroon	REM (Stuart Wilson)
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03/04/2006	Commerce, transparency and civil society: lessons from the EITI for the forest sector	Global Witness (David Young)
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20/01/2006	IFM in the Republic of Congo	REM (Stuart Wilson)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Thursday 17th January 2008	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 11 The eleventh in a series of update meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the meeting ...
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Monday 21st May 2007	FLEGT Independent monitoring stakeholder discussion Independent Monitoring will be a requirement for FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements. The exact form ...
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Friday 24th March 2006	Indonesian civil society and FLEGT Chatham House hosted the visit of a group of 15 representatives of Indonesian forest civil society. The ...
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Thursday 19th January 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 7 The seventh in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 30th August 2005	Tropical Forest Governance and Trade - Cameroonian and UK Initiatives The meeting aimed to share information about current efforts to combat illegal logging by UK/EU and Congo ...
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Wednesday 27th July 2005	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 6 The sixth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 17th June 2004	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 4 The fourth in a regular series of meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting covered ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
'Vision' Interactive GIS Tool	This web-GIS tool currently focuses on the three study areas that are part of the IES programme on Environmental Security for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA). These areas are: Central Kalimantan, Indonesian part of Borneo; the Mataven region in Colombia; the transboundary region between Rwanda, Uganda and the DR Congo, in the African Great Lakes region. The tool allows users to access and analyse mapping and monitoring information, including forest cover and deforestation, thus increasing transparency and fostering accountability.	Broken link
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Global Witness	Since establishing the first field-based independent monitoring of forest law enforcement in 1999, Global Witness has acquired considerable experience in providing credible information on the natural resource sector to the public, governments and donors, as well as in IFM project management in Cambodia and Cameroon to date.	Broken link
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Independent Forest Monitoring Cameroon	Independent site devoted to forest monitoring in Cameroon. Hosted by REM and funded by the European Commission (in French with some reports in English).	Broken link
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Resource Extraction Monitoring	Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM) is an NGO that operates as an Independent Monitor of Law Enforcement and Governance. The aim of their activities is to increase transparency, support governments in tackling illegal activities in the logging and fishing industries and increases their accountability.	Broken link
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Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)	REM monitors the extraction of natural resources, law enforcement and governance through a constructive approach involving governments, the international donor community, the private sector and civil society. REM is the official Independent Monitor of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Cameroon. Link here to their Independent Monitoring in Cameroon website (in French).	Broken link
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SGS	SGS is a major global verification, testing and certification company. SGS' Sustainable Forestry Programme includes services for forest management auditing and monitoring, certification and independent verification of legal timber.	Broken link
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Video Guide to IFM in Cameroon	The link takes you to a Global Witness web page where you can view a video explaining their role as independent forest monitor in Cameroon.	Broken link
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Woods Hole Research Center mapping and monitoring	Woods Hole Research Center scientists combine satellite remote sensing with on-the-ground research to map and monitor forests, biomass, habitats, environmental change, and other ecosystems and services throughout the globe. WHRC works around the Earth, from local to global scales, including the Amazon and Cerrado of South America, the Congo Basin and East Africa, the high latitudes of North America and Eurasia, and across the United States.	Broken link
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