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18/06/2013 Fighting Illegal Markets: Next Step For Myanmar – Analysis
On 20 May 2013, former general Thein Sein became the first Burmese president to visit the White House ...
Eurasia Review

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17/06/2013 Nigeria: Ogun forestry operators urge government to license private investors
Citing the need to harness the huge revenue accruable from forest resources and agro-allied products, ...
The Guardian, Nigeria

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17/06/2013 RI exports flourishing despite delays in signing of VPA deal
With or without the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on timber with the European Union (EU), Indonesia’s ...
The Jakarta Post

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14/06/2013 Peru opens deforestation data to the public, shows drop in Amazon forest clearing
Peru has made its comprehensive deforestation data available to the public. ...
Mongabay.com

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13/06/2013 The EU and Côte d'Ivoire are to launch negotiations on partnership to fight illegal logging
The European Union and Côte d'Ivoire announced today that they will launch negotiations of ...
European Union

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13/06/2013 Philippines: Certification issue clouds furniture export prospects
Lack of a certification system could mar the country’s furniture export business. ...
Malaya

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12/06/2013 EU vote marks birth of global transparency standard – G8 to pick up the challenge
Today the European Parliament voted through legislation that will force natural resource companies to ...
Global Witness

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12/06/2013 India: Police Registers Case Against Army For Smuggling Timber
Police Wednesday registered FIR against Territorial Army for illegally smuggling timber in Kupwara district. ...
Kashmir Life

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11/06/2013 International protection for Siam rosewood begins
As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) come into ...
EIA

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10/06/2013 Deforestation reefs' worst threat
Better land use is the key to preventing further damage to the world's coral reefs, according to ...
Science Alert

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