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Singapore court: illicit timber traffick through our ports not our problem
2015-11-13 17:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a decision that environmentalists say sets a "dangerous precedent" against efforts to stop trafficking in illegal timber, a court in Singapore has okayed the release of a large shipment of rosewood from Madagascar. The timber, which was seized by authorities in Singapore more than a year ago, was shipped despite both a national ban on such exports and a lack of permits. The decision rested on the argument that the shipment was in transit to Hong Kong and not intended for import to Singapore....
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Product Launch - Isle of Arran Distillery's Smugglers' Series The Illicit Stills
2015-09-28 16:45:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Isle of Arran Distillery has launched the first expression in its Smugglers' Series, the 56.4% abv The Illicit Stills.
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Jimmy Choo Illicit ~ perfume review
2015-08-21 00:12:46| Footwear - Topix.net
The latest fragrance release from luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo is Illicit, a "modern floriental" developed by perfumer Anne Flipo . Illicit's notes include ginger, bitter orange, rose, jasmine, honey-amber accord and sandalwood; its ad campaign is fronted by singer, model and actress Sky Ferreira.
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Illicit timber feeds Indonesias industrial forestry sector, alleges new report
2015-02-19 20:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Amid government schemes to curb illegal land clearing and systematically enhance a struggling legal wood certification system, a new report analyzing Indonesias forestry industry alleges that more than roughly 30 percent of wood used by the countrys industrial forest sector is derived from illegal sources. But some say the report's analysis wasn't deep enough to support its claims. The report, released by Washington, DC-based NGO Forest Trends and The Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, an umbrella...
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Small Illicit Gold Mines Devour Peruvian Amazon Rainforest
2013-10-29 00:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The area covered by gold mining in the biologically rich Madre De Dios region in the Peruvian Amazon has quadrupled in the years from 1999 to 2012, finds new research published online today. For the first time, researchers have been able to map the true extent of gold mining by combining information from field surveys with airborne mapping and high-resolution satellite monitoring. The Carnegie Airborne Observatory flies over the Madre De Dios region of Peru.(Photo courtesy Greg Asner, Carnegie...