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Illegal Logging. Cut It Out!
WWF-UK, January 2007
The UK's role in the trade in illegal timber and wood products
Capital Offence: Is London failing the forests
WWF-UK, March 2006
This report shows that nearly half of all the London Local Authorities have no policies in place to prevent them from sourcing illegal forest products and only a third asked for documentary evidence that the product had come from a credibly certified forest.
Failing our forests - Europe's illegal timber trade
WWF-UK, November 2005
Based on trade data for six timber producing regions, this report examines the role of the EU in trade in illegally sourced timber and assesses the potential for the EU to limit illegal logging over the next ten years. An executive summary of this report is also available.
Window of opportunity
WWF, July 2005
This report shows that throughout the use and disposal of the product, the overall environmental impact is significantly less for timber windows than for PVC windows. WWF is encouraging specifiers and buyers of windows to choose wood which has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Local - Global Forest Footprints
WWF, Winter 2004 issue
WWF-UK's newsletter on responsible purchasing of forest products by local authorities.
WWF responsible timber policy guidance for local authorities
WWF 2004
WWF produces guidance for local authorities on developing and implementing a "responsible purchasing" approach, including a model policy on timber procurement for adoption.
Forest Renaissance
Michael Garforth and Nigel Dudley, 2003
Discussion paper on the role of state forestry in Britain 1919-2050.
Statistics on the production, import, export and consumption of timber by the UK during 2003
WWF, 2004
The UK consumes 37 million cubic metres of timber each year at a cost of over £5 billion. The following WWF report provides a summary of UK timber imports by country, the cost of these imports, and consumption by end-use sector.
UK imports of wood-based products 1997 to 2003 (by value)
WWF, 2004
The total value of the UK's imports of wood-based products (timber, furniture, pulp and paper) has risen from £8.5 billion in 1997 to £10.4 billion in 2003, with growth taking place primarily in the years 2000, 2001 and 2003.
The Forest Industry in the 21st Century
2002
This report examines threats to the world's forests and the industry that depends on them. It argues that it is in the industry's interests to demonstrate responsible management, and that this can be achieved through certification schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council's.
The timber footprint of the G8 and China: Making the case for green procurement by government
Paul Toyne, Cliona O'Brien and Rod Nelson June 2002
This report highlights trade flows between the countries of the G8 and China, and those countries with known problems of illegal activities in the forest sector.
Reversing the habitat fragmentation of British woodlands
George Peterken January 2002
This report is about habitat fragmentation, the damaging effects it has had on wildlife, and the measures that can mitigate its effects. It refers particularly to British woodland - the habitat that once covered the land, but which has been fragmented for millennia.
This report comprises four main parts. It:
- describes forest fragmentation, the natural forest and woodland species;
- assesses the impacts of fragmentation on woodland species;
- considers how fragmentation might be reversed by building a forest habitat network;
- asks "how well have we been doing?"
Development Threats to Ancient Woodlands
Land Use Consultants December 2001
This research, commissioned by WWF and the Woodland Trust, shows that the present system is inadequate to protect ancient woods against the relentless tide of development. The study is the first attempt to assess the real impact of built development on ancient woodland nationwide. A summary of the report is also available.
The UK's Forest Footprint
Sue Stolton, Nigel Dudley and Paul Toyne February 2001
This report covers most of the ways in which the UK's footprint extends to forests beyond our borders. It suggests specific policy options for reducing any negative impacts caused by the British people, government and industry. A summary of the report is also available.
Protected Forest Areas in the UK
Simon N Pryer and George F Peterken January 2001
This report, commissioned jointly by the Forestry Commission and WWF, aims to analyse the potential implications for the UK of adopting WWF's international campaigning target - for countries to classify at least 10 per cent of their forests as protected areas.
WWF International Forests for Life Programme reports
Borneo: Treasure Island at Risk
WWF, June 2005
The report Treasure island at risk supports a 2001 World Bank report that predicted all lowland rainforests in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of Borneo - would disappear by 2010, and predicts an uncertain future for the island's remaining forests.
Borneo's Lost World: Newly Discovered Species on Borneo
WWF, 25 April 2005
This report on Borneo highlights the urgent need to conserve the habitat of endangered species such as orang utans and pygmy elephants, as well as thousands of plant and animal species left to discover on Borneo - the world's third largest island.
Deadwood - living forests
WWF, Oct 2004
The report reveals that a third of forest-dwelling species rely on dead or dying trees, logs, and branches for their survival. The removal of decaying timber and old trees from Europe's forests has led to a drastic decline in species relying on deadwood for food and/or shelter. These species make up the single biggest group of threatened species in Europe.
The timber footprint of the EU
WWF June 2004
The EU is one of the world's major wood consumers, and with an annual import of close to 200 million cubic metres of timber, has a major responsibility to ensure that its wood consumption does not lead to illegal exploitation and destruction of forests. The timber is imported from all parts of the world, including Russia, eastern Europe and many tropical countries, where illegal logging is a serious threat to the forests.
Are protected areas working? An analysis of forest protected areas by WWF
WWF, June 2004
WWF has surveyed management effectiveness in more than 200 forest protected areas in 37 countries - the widest sampling of countries yet undertaken of protected area effectiveness.
Facing Reality: How to halt the import of illegal timber in the EU
WWF/Greenpeace/FERN April 2004
WWF, Greenpeace and FERN provide further recommendations to EU policy-makers to ensure the successful implementation of their Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan.
Corporate Responsibility Reporting: The Pulp and Paper Sector in Europe
WWF March 2004
Do pulp and paper companies report on corporate responsibility aspects? Is there a consistency of reporting? To answer these two questions, WWF has examined the Corporate Responsibility Reporting of the top 46 pulp and paper companies in Europe.
Responsible purchasing of forest products
WWF (George White and Darius Sarshar), February 2004
This guide has been developed by WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) for use by organisations wishing to develop a responsible programme for the procurement of forest products.
Forests for Life: Working to Protect, Manage & Restore the World's Forests
2003
In 1996, WWF launched 'Forests for Life'. Through this programme WWF is working to protect, manage and restore the world's most important forests, identifying problems and threats, and finding solutions to them.
Elephant Forests on Sale: Rainforest loss in the Sumatran Tesso Nilo region and the role of European banks and markets
2003
European banks and companies have been contributing to the destruction of Tesso Nilo, one of the world's richest rainforests, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Since the middle of the 1980s, more than half of the forest, home to the threatened Sumatran elephant, has been converted into plantations.
State of Europe's Forest Protection
2003
The lack of protection for Europe's forests is alarming. Dramatic loss of biodiversity continues daily. Many countries in Europe have inadequate knowledge about how much and what forest types need to be protected in their countries in order to sustain biodiversity on national or European level.
WWF guidelines for investment in operations that impact forests
WWF September 2003
These guidelines formed part of the background material prepared by WWF for the Forest Investment Forum in Washington DC between 22-23 October 2003.
Running Pure: The importance of forest protected areas to drinking water
Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton, August 2003
A research report by the World Bank / WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use.
Forest Landscape Restoration: working examples from five ecoregions
Written by Tim Ecott for WWF June 2002
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) identifies the right balance of goods, services and processes that can be sustained in the landscape to provide a broad range of benefits to people and nature. The report includes five case studies, which demonstrate some examples of FLR: Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Malaysia and New Caledonia.
Counting on the Forest: FSC in Eastern Europe
Written by Peter Rickwood for WWF Revised January 2002
This brochure is a snapshot of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification successes in some eastern European countries and Asian Russia. Its message is clear: there is increasing demand from buyers in western Europe for FSC-certified wood from the East, while a growing number of wood producers, from the River Danube to the Pacific Ocean, are seeking FSC certification.
Local authorities can make a difference: the role of local authorities in promoting responsible forest management
WWF December 2001
This brochure outlines the role local authorities can play through public procurement, the support of FSC certification and educational activities and subsidies. Examples in the country fact sheets underline in practical terms what local authorities are already doing to contribute to the protection of the world's forests, and we invite other local authorities to follow their lead.
Download country factsheets:
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
The Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
The Pan-European Forest Certification system (PEFC): An analysis
Written by Nancy Vallejo and Pierre Hauselmann (Pi Environment Consulting) for WWF January 2001
This study concludes that The Pan-European Forest Certification system (PEFC) has only a limited capability to promote good forest management or contribute to sustainable development.
Squandering Paradise? - The importance and vulnerability of the world's protected areas
A WWF Report Summary 2000
The report explains why protected areas are important, looks at the trends and nature of the threats facing them, and makes some predictions about the likelihood of losses. It ends with some proposals and a call for action in the lead-up to the World Parks Congress in 2002.
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Time for Action
WWF International/IUCN 2000
This publication explains what Tropical Montane Cloud Forests (TMCFs) are and why they are so special. It introduces the reader to both the beauty and special values of these forests. While cloud forests are being destroyed around the world, there are also success stories in conserving them. This publication is a challenge for commitment and action.
Keeping the Forest - Making the Money
Count Herman Hatzfeldt, Oliver Tickell, Pieta Poldervaart, Donné Norbert Beyer, Jan Nasstrom and WWF November 2000
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit membership organisation providing credible independent verification of good forest management. In this report, a number of forest owners tell their own FSC stories.
European Forest Scorecard 2000
WWF 2000
WWF has produced European Forest Scorecards based on commitments made by European countries in the declaration of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), including the forest principles, and the resolutions of the Pan-European Process on forestry. WWF hopes that these scorecards will serve as a catalyst to improve both the knowledge and the actual stewardship of Europe's forests. A summary of the report is also available.
Results of an independent NGO evaluation of SAPAD: national plans and processes in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia
Written by Charlie Avis, Andreas Beckman, Miroslava Cierna, Catalin Gheorghe, Reka Elod and Laszlo Potozky for WWF July 2001
This Summary Report brings together the results of a multi-country collaborative one-year project within the Carpathian Ecoregion Initiative between April 2000 and April 2001. This initiative promotes the harmonisation of socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation in this unique European region.
Publication available from:
Charlie Avis
WWF-Hungary Programme Office
Nemetvolgyi ut 78/b
1124 Budapest, Hungary |
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