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Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/failingforests.pdf
a WWF report about illegal timber sales in Europe; includes research on the scale of the illegal timber market, origins of illegal timber and policy options for stopping it (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
FERN
follows European Union forestry activities and advocates for changes in their activities to achieve the sustainable management of forests and respect for the rights of forest peoples
Added: Jan. 30, 2001 | Rate It
Forest Stewardship Council -- UK Working Group
the UK branch of the international non-governmental organisation that provides clear guidelines and standards certifying the social, environmental and economic aspects of forest management
Added: May. 23, 2001 | Rate It
Forests Forever
http://www.forestsforever.org.uk/
the environmental voice of the UK timber industry which aims to promote the environmental benefits of timber as well as encourage environmentally responsible trading practices
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Friends of the Earth: England, Wales and Northern Ireland
the first environmental pressure group in the UK to start campaigns for endangered species and tropical rainforests
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Fund for the protection of wild animals (Spain)
http://www.fapas.es/ingles/index.htm
works for nature conservation at a national level within Spain; focusing upon protection of endangered wildlife species (most importantly, the Cantabrian brown bear) in the Cantabrian mountain range
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It
Gibralter Ornithological and Natural History Society
aims to foster the study and protection of wildlife and the natural environment in the area of the Straits of Gibraltar
Added: May. 17, 2002 | Rate It
Great Fen Project
designed to create a connection to two nature reserves in the UK by purchasing wetlands between them
Added: Feb. 08, 2008 | Rate It
Greenpeace UK: Forests
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests
Greenpeace UK's forest campaign site, featuring investigations, exposes and actions undertaken to highlight the UK's role in illegal logging and ancient forest destruction
Added: Aug. 04, 2003 | Rate It
Hellenic Ornithological Society
http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/enmain.htm
the only non-governmental organization in Greece that deals exclusively with the study and protection of wild birds and their habitats
Added: May. 17, 2002 | Rate It
Iceland Nature Conservation Association
campaigns for establishing a National Park North of the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland, one of the biggest unspoiled areas in Europe
Added: Jul. 14, 2002 | Rate It
Information by country: EUROPE
http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/Europe.html
from the World Rainforest Movement
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It
Irish Council Against Blood Sports
campaign against hunting and blood sports
Added: Feb. 15, 2005 | Rate It
Irish Woodland Trust
http://www.nativewoodtrust.ie/
safeguards Ireland's remaining native woodlands, particularly rare ancient woodlands, and seeks to enlarge existing native woodlands and to create new ones
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It
Italian League for Bird Protection - UK
working in Britain for birds in Italy
Added: May. 17, 2002 | Rate It
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
the statutory adviser to the UK government on international nature conservation; working to maintain and enrich biological diversity, conserve geological features and sustain natural systems
Added: Jan. 11, 2003 | Rate It
London Biodiversity Partnership
seeks to integrate the conservation of biodiversity with social, cultural and economic values - providing an action plan for doing so
Added: Apr. 17, 2004 | Rate It
London Wildlife Trust
fights to sustain and enhance London's natural heritage to create a city richer in wildlife
Added: Mar. 14, 2004 | Rate It
Malta Biodiversity Platform
http://www.bioplatformmalta.org/
working to promote local awareness of the needs of biodiversity conservation in theory and practice
Added: Apr. 14, 2005 | Rate It
METLA--Finnish Forest Research Institute
builds the future of the commercial forest sector through research
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
National Biodiversity Network
an information network of British biodiversity data, sharing wildlife information to help people to make informed and wise decisions about out natural environment
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
National Biodiversity Network Gateway
allows you to view distribution maps and download UK wildlife data by using a variety of interactive tools
Added: Sep. 17, 2006 | Rate It
Naturenet -- Countryside Management & Nature Conservation
http://www.naturenet.net/index.php
provides practical nature conservation and countryside management information for the United Kingdom
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Orangutan Foundation UK, The
aims to protect the orangutan and the conservation of its rainforest habitat while caring for and repatriating ex-captive orangutans back into the wild
Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It
PEFCwatch
aims to inform consumers of wood products of the lack of ecological and social credibility of the Pan-European Forest Certification from the perspective of Finnish environmental organizations
Added: Apr. 12, 2001 | Rate It
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