<![CDATA[certification news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.]]> Tribun Pontianak. An environmental group is using the scandal as the basis for a request for the E.U. to delay timber trade talks with Malaysia.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html <![CDATA[How sustainable is your canned tuna? It depends on the retailer]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_tuna.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_tuna.html <![CDATA["Turtle carbon" could help protect rainforests and save endangered sea turtles]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-turtle_carbon.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-turtle_carbon.html <![CDATA[Woolworths drops contract with APP, activist group remains wary]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0810-hance_woolworths.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0810-hance_woolworths.html <![CDATA[Shift from poverty-driven to industry-driven deforestation may help conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-tree_pr.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-tree_pr.html <![CDATA[Corporations become prime driver of deforestation, providing clear target for environmentalists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-hance_tree_deforestation.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-hance_tree_deforestation.html <![CDATA[Amazon timber industry declares ban on illegal logging]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0718-amazon.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0718-amazon.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil_sarawak.html <![CDATA[Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html <![CDATA[Malaysian government says no more forest clearing for oil palm plantations]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Sarawak to continue logging forests for oil palm plantations]]> New Straits Times.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0630-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Amazon soy moratorium extended; may be expanded to other products]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-soy_amazon.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0623-soy_amazon.html <![CDATA[EU may mandate certification system for Amazon timber]]> O Estado de Sao Paulo and the International Tropical Timber Organization, the European Union is considering a green-labeling program for certifying the origin of timber imports. The label is said to target widespread illegal logging in the Amazon. Europe about 47 percent of timber produced in the Amazon region.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0618-eu.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0618-eu.html <![CDATA[Amazon beef producer creates eco-certified meat product with help of scientists]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0605-amazon_beef.html <![CDATA[Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-congo.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-congo.html <![CDATA[Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0528-wetlands.html <![CDATA[Will consumers pay 10% premium for sustainable palm oil?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Brazil will forge its own path for developing the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-amazon.html <![CDATA[Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests]]> The Jakarta Post. The move is a response to growing criticism that oil palm expansion is destroying biologically-rich rainforests and contributing to global warming.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Unilever calls for ban on rainforest destruction for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0501-unilever.html <![CDATA[What you do to help save rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-rainforests.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0422-rainforests.html <![CDATA[The FSC is the 'Enron of forestry' says rainforest activist]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-hance_interview_counsell.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0417-hance_interview_counsell.html <![CDATA[The FSC responds to its critics]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-hance_fsc_interview.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-hance_fsc_interview.html <![CDATA[Land invasions undermine Amazon forest law]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-carter_amazon.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-carter_amazon.html <![CDATA[Amazon soy ban seems to be effective in reducing explicit deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0403-amazon_soy_ban.html <![CDATA[FSC has 'failed the world's forests' say critics]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-hance_fsc.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-hance_fsc.html <![CDATA[Fighting illegal logging to be a top G8 priority in 2008]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0305-g8_timber.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0305-g8_timber.html <![CDATA[Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html <![CDATA[Cheap ranch loans may be driving jump in Amazon deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-amazon.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-amazon.html <![CDATA[55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry prepares geen initiative to counter criticism]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0118-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Brazil bans illegal soy and cattle production in the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1224-brazil.html Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1224-brazil.html <![CDATA[Dutch bank arranges carbon-conservation deal in the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-amazon.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-amazon.html <![CDATA[Palm oil industry announces "eco" standards for production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1126-palm_oil.html Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1126-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Greenwashing the palm oil industry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Environmentalists and palm oil producers should work together]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0925-palm_oil.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0925-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[China urged to join sustainable soy efforts in the Amazon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-amazon.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-amazon.html <![CDATA[World's first sustainable tuna fishery certified]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-wwf_tuna.html Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-wwf_tuna.html <![CDATA[In Alaska, fishing industry drives marine conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-interview_benton.html Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-interview_benton.html <![CDATA[Wal-Mart demand drives "greener" shrimp farms]]> Wall Street Journal (WSJ).]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-shrimp.html Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-shrimp.html <![CDATA[Cosmetics retailer announces sustainable palm oil initiative]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0712-oil_palm.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0712-oil_palm.html <![CDATA[How to save the world's oceans from overfishing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0709-interview_mike_sutton.html Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0709-interview_mike_sutton.html <![CDATA[Norway bans tropical timber]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-norway.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-norway.html <![CDATA[Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html <![CDATA[Can cattle ranchers and soy farmers save the Amazon?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-carter_interview.html Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-carter_interview.html <![CDATA[Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-nepstad_interview.html Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-nepstad_interview.html <![CDATA[U.S. tropical timber imports fall by half in 2006]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0528-itto.html Mon, 28 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0528-itto.html <![CDATA[EU will demand sustainable biofuel production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0524-eu.html Thu, 24 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0524-eu.html <![CDATA[Peru makes progress on illegal mahogany logging]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0516-peru.html Wed, 16 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0516-peru.html <![CDATA[Dutch plan restricts biofuels that damage environment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html