Peru
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- Livestream: Defend the Defenders
Livestream: Defend the Defenders
Musicians from Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band and Guster Join Peruvian Indigenous Leaders, Advocate End to Illegal Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
- U.S. Government Confirms Challenges Remain for Peru to Ensure Legal Origin of Timber
U.S. Government Confirms Challenges Remain for Peru to Ensure Legal Origin of Timber
In a report recently released by the U.S. government, the Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from Peru (the Interagency Committee) found that challenges remain for Peru to ensure that timber exported from that country to the United States has been legally harvested.
- Gobierno de EE.UU. Confirma que Continúan los Problemas para Garantizar el Origen Legal de la Madera del Perú
Gobierno de EE.UU. Confirma que Continúan los Problemas para Garantizar el Origen Legal de la Madera del Perú
En un reciente informe publicado por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, el Comité Multisectorial sobre el Comercio de Productos de Madera provenientes del Perú (el Comité Multisectorial) encontró que continúan los retos para que el Perú pueda garantizar que la madera que exporta hacia EE.UU. ha sido talada legalmente.
- Alerta: El Gobierno Peruano Amenaza la Independencia del Osinfor
Alerta: El Gobierno Peruano Amenaza la Independencia del Osinfor
Alerta: El Gobierno Peruano Amenaza la Independencia del Osinfor
- Alert: Peruvian Government Threatening the Independence of Osinfor
Alert: Peruvian Government Threatening the Independence of Osinfor
Alert: Peruvian Government Threatening the Independence of Osinfor
- USTR Timber Verification Request Echoes EIA's Concerns About Traceability in Peru
USTR Timber Verification Request Echoes EIA's Concerns About Traceability in Peru
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) took action yesterday under the US – Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), calling on the Peruvian government to verify that three 2017 timber shipments from Peru to the United States complied with all applicable Peruvian laws and regulations.
- Destino China: resumen complementario al informe Momento de la Verdad
Destino China: resumen complementario al informe Momento de la Verdad
El reciente informe de EIA, El Momento de la Verdad mostró que la ilegalidad y el fraude son generalizados en todo el sector maderero peruano, y que una gran parte de la madera talada ilegalmente se exporta a decenas de países. En “Destino China: resumen complementario al informe Momento de la Verdad”, EIA parte de los mismos datos y análisis para destacar el mayor mercado de destino para las exportaciones de madera ilegal de Perú: China.
- Moment of Truth: Promise or Peril for the Amazon as Peru Confronts its Illegal Timber Trade
Moment of Truth: Promise or Peril for the Amazon as Peru Confronts its Illegal Timber Trade
EIA’s new report describes important advances since 2012 in Peru’s fight against illegal logging, timber laundering, and its associated international trade – as well as the backlash against these new approaches.
- Peru's Fight Against Illegal Timber Trade at Risk as Authorities Weaken Rules and Regulations
Peru's Fight Against Illegal Timber Trade at Risk as Authorities Weaken Rules and Regulations
Peruvian forest authorities are weakening the tools and inspections necessary to prevent illegal timber trade, in the face of overwhelming evidence that Peru’s exports to the United States, China, Mexico and 15 other countries contained high percentages of illegal or high-risk wood. Moment of Truth, a new report from the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency, demonstrates the extent of this illegal trade and the backlash against attempts to fight it.
- Retrocesos en Regulaciones e Inspecciones Debilitan La Lucha Del Perú Contra el Comercio de Madera Ilegal
Retrocesos en Regulaciones e Inspecciones Debilitan La Lucha Del Perú Contra el Comercio de Madera Ilegal
Las autoridades forestales peruanas están debilitando las herramientas e inspecciones necesarias para prevenir el comercio de madera ilegal, ante una abrumadora evidencia de que las exportaciones del Perú a Estados Unidos, China, México y otros 15 países incluyeron altos porcentajes de madera ilegal o de alto riesgo. El Momento de la Verdad, un nuevo informe de investigación de la ONG internacional Agencia de Investigación Ambiental (EIA – Environmental Investigation Agency), demuestra los alcances de este tráfico ilegal y las reacciones en contra de las acciones para combatirlo.