Silent Stadium, Silent Forest
The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony is set for July 23 and the games have already begun in Japan, as Tokyo remains under a declared state of emergency because of the…
NGO Statement of Concern on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ revised Timber Sourcing Code
We, the undersigned NGOs, are deeply disappointed by the recent revision of Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ timber sourcing policy (1), which fails to end the use of timber associated with rainforest…
Earther: Prized Forests Lost Big at This Year’s Olympics
“Half of the tropical plywood used in Japan comes from the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, which has one of the highest rates of deforestation in…
Sumatra hunger strike: the last recourse for a forest community
Here in Riau, Indonesia, signs of the struggle to save the last of Sumatra’s forest is everywhere. Daily, the papers cover stories of timber and oil palm companies destroying forests,…
