Last November amid the burgundy red buildings and blues skies of Marrakech countries from all over the globe came together for the annual Conference of Parties (COP) meeting on climate change. One of the agreements to come out of the COP 22 was to...
Corruption is rife in many of the developing countries that supply the EU market with tropical timber. How can the EU rise to the challenge of protecting the world’s forests from corruption and deforestation? New report by Transparency...
On 12 October 2016, Transparency International EU organised a debate on illegal logging and corruption in the forestry sector, focusing in particular on REDD+, we discussed corruption risks in the timber trade.
We are the first generation in history with the tools to detect, prevent and deter corruption. Transparency and open data can change the nature of the game. The ability to see where, what and how money is spent can help stop corruption.
Seventy-five diverse civil society organisations have today joined forces to formally launch SDG Watch Europe, which will work to ensure that the EU lives up to its commitments to enable a sustainable future at home and abroad.
Environmental crime is growing at an alarming pace – at a rate that is two to three times faster than global GDP. Illegal logging, due to corruption and organised crime, tops the ranking with an estimated value of $50-152 billion annually....
Demand for deforested land for agriculture, housing and resource exploitation is unrelenting, causing an increase in deforestation. Forests are being degraded and removed at a current rate of 13 million hectares each year. The global illegal timber...
Fern and Transparency International (TI) welcome the European Parliament resolution adopted on 7 June 2016, calling on the European Union (EU) to halt its support to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The EU Parliament resolution...
The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan was established in 2003 as an innovative first attempt by the EU to curb illegal logging and related trade, promote sustainable forest management, and address some of the...
