UK criticised over illegal timber
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A WWF report claims that the UK is the world's third largest importer of illegal timber and calls for a Europe-wide ban.
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Christmas tree growers in Denmark are charged after being accused of trying to rig prices of festive firs.
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The Confederation of British Industry has launched a blistering attack on proponents of free trade, notably France and Spain, who it said sought to block controversial foreign-backed takeovers.
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BRATISLAVA, Dec 1 (IPS) - Environmentalists have attacked the government over  plans for redevelopment of the country's largest national  park after one of the biggest ecological catastrophes in the area  in the last hundred years.
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Â· 'PM and family complicit as troops loot forests'Â·  Watchdog says world's donors turn blind eye
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Plans to build up to 500,000 homes in the east of England are strongly criticised in a report.
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More than 2,000 tonnes of timber off a sunken ship have washed up on the English south coast, littering beaches with giant piles of wood.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday pushed for tougher rules to stop American companies from buying illegally logged timber plundered from fragile forests around the world.
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Environmentalists in Peru criticise plans to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas firms.
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In a sign the United States is taking a more aggressive stance in a long-running dispute over Canadian lumber imports, a US trade official Thursday accused Canada of failing to negotiate in good faith.
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Bulgaria&#39;s wilderness areas, among the largest in Europe, are threatened by property investors who use legal loopholes to contest the territories&#39; protected status to build holiday flats.
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With up to one billion cards and six million trees set to be thrown out, the government calls on Britons to recycle this Christmas.
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Activists storm an art gallery in Glasgow in protest at what they claim is the use of rainforest timber.
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SHOREHAM, Vermont  - Vermont officials are going   to court and activists are threatening a boycott of the world's   largest forest products company as a battle intensifies over a   plan to burn old tires as fuel in New York state.
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Ugandans suspected to be illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom are languishing in the country s various asylum seekers detention centres with some alleging torture and mistreatment by the authorities.
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British ministers have condemned the &quot;disgraceful&quot; racial abuse of England&#39;s black players during Wednesday&#39;s friendly international against Spain in Madrid and demanded that soccer authorities take action.
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