reports

Publication date: March 2004

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Illegal logging continues to play a huge part in the destruction of the world's ancient forests. Its impacts are devastating: contributing to loss of biodiversity; linked to human rights abuses and organised crime; impacting on the sustainable development of forest producing countries; and undermining the trade in timber from legal and sustainable sources. The World Bank estimates that some US $10-15 billion per annum is lost to Governments each year because of the illegal trade in timber.

Publication date: February 2004

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Offshore wind could power every home in Europe by 2020

A review of cetacean bycatch in pelagic trawls and other fisheries in the north-east Atlantic

Publication date: 23rd December 2003

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Independent laboratory tests carried out on the meat and the wrapping from products sold at Tesco, Sainsbury, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose and Asda. All but one revealed the presence of phthalates and nonylphenol, toxic chemicals which can cause liver, kidney and testicular damage, interfere with human DNA and affect sperm production in mammals.

GM Soya's tales of the unexpected

Publication date: November 2003

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The proponents of GM crops often refer to the 'precision' of the GM technique. This briefing examines the unintended and unpredictable impacts of genetic modification by looking at the longest standing and most widely planted (largely in USA and Argentina) GM crop - Roundup Ready soya.

Publication date: October 2003

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