Articles tagged as: forest agency

Malaysian Indigenous People Face Arrest at Logging Blockade

MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, June 17, 2008 (ENS) – A month-long blockade of logging roads by indigenous people in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia set to protest illegal logging on their communal lands is about to be broken up by police. More than 100 indigenous Kenyah people gathered at the blockade site on the upper Moh [...]

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Russia Plans Timber Tracking to Control Illegal Logging

MOSCOW, Russia, April 10, 2008 (ENS) – By 2011 there will be a unified information system in operation in Russia for controlling timber circulation that may help the government combat illegal logging, according to a report in “Russian Forestry Review” magazine. The new system was announced by Valery Roshchupkin, head of the Russian Ministry of [...]

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