A group of nine non-governmental organisations, including Greenpeace, has launched a proposal for a national agreement to end Amazon deforestation at an event attended by the Brazilian Minister of Environment and State Governors in October.
The proposal aims to achieve a broad commitment from sectors of the Brazilian Government and civil society for measures to ensure […]

Some 13 million people were formally employed in the forestry sector worldwide in 2000. The Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-based Products: An introduction, produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Resources Institute, represents a significant step forward in helping organizations of all sizes and types find their place in ensuring […]

The Forest Dialogues, a multi-stakeholder initiative whose objective is to improve the sustainable management of forests, has published its findings and recommendations following a discussion surrounding European smallholdings. The scoping dialogue took place in Brussels at the end of June 2007 and brought together 35 leading players from the forestry sector in a discussion aimed […]

The US Forest Service has revised its guidelines for management of wildlife on national forests in Arizona and New Mexico, and in doing so has rejected a decade of restoration-based forest management, according to a ENN report.
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has filed a formal objection to the first logging project to be proposed […]

An ecologically strategic piece of one of the world’s most threatened habitats - the Atlantic Forest of Brazil - will be reforested and protected as part of a partnership brokered by Rainforest Alliance and organisers of the Transat Jacques Vabre, according to an ENN report.
Jacques Vabre - the coffee brand behind the transatlantic yacht race […]