http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/explanation-of-email-exchange-how.html
The Head of the Forest Products Marketing Council is paid to market Guyana's forest products. The incumbent - Luvindra Sukhraj - worked for Barama and continues to work for them surreptitiously and openly - while paid for by taxpayers.
This email exchange below shows that he is busy sourcing sawmills - why, one might ask? The answer is that he has installed his wife's brother, named Basdeo Singh, as Director of a front company named IWPI which cheated the Amerindians of St Monica's and Akawini in very bad contracts. Barama is logging the timbers on these concessions thru IWPI and the Head of the FPMC. The FPMC is a full-time very highly paid position.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
How the Director of the Forest Products Marketing Council in Guyana spends his time
Extracted from : http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-director-of-forest-products.html
How the Director of the Forest Products Marketing Council in Guyana spends his time
Dear Sir,
I am contact your from Guyana, South America. We are looking to buy a complete sawmill (new or used) that can process about 4,000 m3 of tropical hardwood logs per month.
Some of the equipment to be included:
1. one 1500 or 1800 log band mill
2. two 1200 pony band mills
3. four 1100 auto band mill
4. two cross cut saws
5. complete saw filing room
6. full auto conveyor system
7. log loading deck
8. dust extraction system
We are looking for a good brand. Possibly a used mill from Malaysia etc. can also work.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Mr. Luvindra Sukhraj
Director
Forest Products Marketing Council of Guyana, Inc.
1 Water Street, Kingston
Georgetown, Guyana
South America
Tel: +592 226 7240; 226 7271-4
Fax: +592 226 8956
Email: lsukhraj@fpmcguy.org
Website: www.fpmcguy.org
From: Luvindra Sukhraj [ mailto:lsukhraj@fpmcguy.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:50 PM
To: Sergio Agraz
Cc: Juergen Schumacher; Ralph Viegelmann; Nat Stock; Sandra Pierce
Subject: RE: Please Contact Me - looking for sawmill to purchase
Dear Sergio,
Have you been able to locate any mills as per our discussions.
Regards
Luvindra Sukhraj
-----Original Message-----
From: Sergio Agraz [ mailto:Sergio@exfactory.com]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:48 PM
To: lsukhraj@fpmcguy.org
Cc: Juergen Schumacher; Ralph Viegelmann; Nat Stock; Sandra Pierce
Subject: FW: Please Contact Me - looking for sawmill to purchase
Dear Mr. Luvindra,
It was nice talking to you on the phone. I am confident we will be able to help you. Don’t hesitate to give me a call in case of further assistance. I would pass your request to the right person in our company and he or she will help you further.
Best Regards,
Sergio Agraz
EX-FACTORY INC
+1 704-841-2001 x303 / Fax 704-841-1200
Sergio@exfactory.com
Over (6,000) machines on www.exfactory.com
Ongoing AUCTION www.exfactoryauctions.com
New Equipment SUPERSTORE www.FactoryNew.com
For Leasing www.NationalCapitalLeasing.com
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report
Extracted From http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/environmental-and-social-impact.html
Garner EIA Report: The EIA is itself a fraud - the lead investigator is the son of Harripersaud Nokta, and he gets all these consultancies because he can be counted on to disclose nothing of value. He gets paid by the Chinese (in this case) carpetbaggers who have been shipping out logs for some years now under this trade name, 'Garner'.
Click here to get report
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Harvard report documents mining abuses in Guyana
Extracted from : http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/harvard-report-documents-mining-abuses.html
Cambridge, MA, March 6, 2007) ? Inadequately controlled by the government, gold mining in Guyana?s interior Amazon region has caused severe human rights abuses and devastating environmental damage, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) of Harvard Law School?s Human Rights Program said today.
(Media-Newswire.com) - ( Cambridge, MA, March 6, 2007 ) ? Inadequately controlled by the government, gold mining in Guyana?s interior Amazon region has caused severe human rights abuses and devastating environmental damage, the International Human Rights Clinic ( IHRC ) of Harvard Law School?s Human Rights Program said today.
Its report, ?All that Glitters: Gold Mining in Guyana,? documents the failure of Guyanese mining regulations to prevent this harm to formerly pristine rainforest communities where the indigenous Amerindian population resides.
?Medium and small scale gold mining as currently practiced and regulated inflict severe environmental, health, and social damage on the areas and people near mining operations,? said Bonnie Docherty, clinical instructor at the IHRC.
According to the IHRC report, the results of Guyana?s mining policies have been devastating for Amerindian communities, which depend heavily on rivers for water, food, and transport. For example, excessive sediment from mining operations has turned rivers and creeks near mining sites a milky, orange color, making them unusable for bathing, drinking, and washing clothes. Mercury deposits in rivers from mining are reported to be causing severe public health problems, including childhood deformities, muscle wasting, and mysterious skin rashes. Mercury has also contaminated the local fish population, a primary source of food for Amerindians.
?This is a classic case of the link between environmental damage and human rights abuses,? Docherty said. ?By contaminating the country?s rivers, gold mining is threatening the lives and livelihoods of the indigenous people.?
According to the report, laws that are under enforced or favor mining operations have contributed to the threats to the Amerindian way of life.
The IHRC report provides an in-depth study of the impact of small and medium scale gold mining on Amerindian indigenous communities and extensive legal analysis of the regulatory scheme. Guyana?s legal system has four flaws that have exacerbated the inherent danger of gold mining. Guyanese law gives priority to subsurface rights over surface rights. The country has yet to implement fully environmental regulations from 2005. Its current regulations are under-enforced; only eleven significantly overworked mining officers are responsible for enforcing mining regulations across the country. The monitoring of medium and small scale mines, which represent the majority of those in Guyana, is weak.
These shortcomings have led to violations of international human rights law. In particular they can be linked to abuses of the Amerindians? rights to health, including the right to adequate and safe water; security of property; enjoyment of culture; and security of person. For example, since the process of mining creates new bodies of standing and stagnant water, the mosquito population has ballooned, dramatically increasing malaria cases among Amerindians. The report also notes that mining has led to an increase in deforestation in Guyana, destroying valuable rainforest important to the local communities? traditions.
?Our observations confirmed that the areas around mines resemble a moonscape of barren, mounded sand and mud,? Docherty said. ?Since small scale miners typically wash the topsoil away in order to get to the gold-bearing clayey soil underneath, the sites of former mines are quite infertile and incapable of supporting regenerated rainforest.?
The report urges the government of Guyana to implement institutional reforms to curb the environmental degradation caused by mining and to protect the rights of the Amerindian community. Among its recommendations, the report calls for the government of Guyana to limit locations where mining operations can take place, to implement stricter mining regulations from 2005, to promote the education of Amerindians and miners regarding safety in handling hazardous materials, and to increase the number of mines officers and level of cooperation with Amerindian communities to identify human rights violations and environmental damage.
It also calls on the international community to use its leverage to help protect the rights of the Guyanese Amerindians.
IHRC?s report is based on two field missions to Guyana as well as extensive pre- and post-mission research. To read the full report, visit http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp.
For more information or media interviews, please contact Bonnie Docherty, +1-617-496-7375 ( w ), +1-617-669-1636 ( cell ), or bdocherty@law.harvard.edu.
Link
Cambridge, MA, March 6, 2007) ? Inadequately controlled by the government, gold mining in Guyana?s interior Amazon region has caused severe human rights abuses and devastating environmental damage, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) of Harvard Law School?s Human Rights Program said today.
(Media-Newswire.com) - ( Cambridge, MA, March 6, 2007 ) ? Inadequately controlled by the government, gold mining in Guyana?s interior Amazon region has caused severe human rights abuses and devastating environmental damage, the International Human Rights Clinic ( IHRC ) of Harvard Law School?s Human Rights Program said today.
Its report, ?All that Glitters: Gold Mining in Guyana,? documents the failure of Guyanese mining regulations to prevent this harm to formerly pristine rainforest communities where the indigenous Amerindian population resides.
?Medium and small scale gold mining as currently practiced and regulated inflict severe environmental, health, and social damage on the areas and people near mining operations,? said Bonnie Docherty, clinical instructor at the IHRC.
According to the IHRC report, the results of Guyana?s mining policies have been devastating for Amerindian communities, which depend heavily on rivers for water, food, and transport. For example, excessive sediment from mining operations has turned rivers and creeks near mining sites a milky, orange color, making them unusable for bathing, drinking, and washing clothes. Mercury deposits in rivers from mining are reported to be causing severe public health problems, including childhood deformities, muscle wasting, and mysterious skin rashes. Mercury has also contaminated the local fish population, a primary source of food for Amerindians.
?This is a classic case of the link between environmental damage and human rights abuses,? Docherty said. ?By contaminating the country?s rivers, gold mining is threatening the lives and livelihoods of the indigenous people.?
According to the report, laws that are under enforced or favor mining operations have contributed to the threats to the Amerindian way of life.
The IHRC report provides an in-depth study of the impact of small and medium scale gold mining on Amerindian indigenous communities and extensive legal analysis of the regulatory scheme. Guyana?s legal system has four flaws that have exacerbated the inherent danger of gold mining. Guyanese law gives priority to subsurface rights over surface rights. The country has yet to implement fully environmental regulations from 2005. Its current regulations are under-enforced; only eleven significantly overworked mining officers are responsible for enforcing mining regulations across the country. The monitoring of medium and small scale mines, which represent the majority of those in Guyana, is weak.
These shortcomings have led to violations of international human rights law. In particular they can be linked to abuses of the Amerindians? rights to health, including the right to adequate and safe water; security of property; enjoyment of culture; and security of person. For example, since the process of mining creates new bodies of standing and stagnant water, the mosquito population has ballooned, dramatically increasing malaria cases among Amerindians. The report also notes that mining has led to an increase in deforestation in Guyana, destroying valuable rainforest important to the local communities? traditions.
?Our observations confirmed that the areas around mines resemble a moonscape of barren, mounded sand and mud,? Docherty said. ?Since small scale miners typically wash the topsoil away in order to get to the gold-bearing clayey soil underneath, the sites of former mines are quite infertile and incapable of supporting regenerated rainforest.?
The report urges the government of Guyana to implement institutional reforms to curb the environmental degradation caused by mining and to protect the rights of the Amerindian community. Among its recommendations, the report calls for the government of Guyana to limit locations where mining operations can take place, to implement stricter mining regulations from 2005, to promote the education of Amerindians and miners regarding safety in handling hazardous materials, and to increase the number of mines officers and level of cooperation with Amerindian communities to identify human rights violations and environmental damage.
It also calls on the international community to use its leverage to help protect the rights of the Guyanese Amerindians.
IHRC?s report is based on two field missions to Guyana as well as extensive pre- and post-mission research. To read the full report, visit http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp.
For more information or media interviews, please contact Bonnie Docherty, +1-617-496-7375 ( w ), +1-617-669-1636 ( cell ), or bdocherty@law.harvard.edu.
Link
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Guyana Bulkan Timber Works
Extracted Form :
http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/guyana-bulkan-timber-works.html
LATIN AMERICAN CASE STUDY
Press Release: 25 April 03
BULKAN TIMBER WORKS, Guyana install
British Made Talbott CM3 System as part of their eco-friendly, natural re-generation policy.
BULKAN TIMBER WORKS, Guyana supply a stock range of mouldings and profiles as well as custom machined parts for assembly in building sites and furniture factories in a number of countries from the Caribbean and North America. Their typical product lines are architectural and construction mouldings.
Guyana's National Forestry Policy regulates management of pristine forests to maximise natural regeneration while selectively harvesting a sustainable yield of beautiful and durable hardwoods. Tropical hardwoods provide builders and furniture makers with people-friendly materials made by natural processes, using only a fraction of the non-renewable energy needed to produce steel, aluminium, concrete and plastics.
Bulkan Timber Works are leading the field, adding value to Guyana's sustainable forestry by kiln drying and machining building and furniture components from selected lumber produced in managed forests.
Careful kiln drying of their timber, with heat provided by a British Made Talbott CM3 150kW wood waste fired boiler system, adds to the eco-friendly, natural re-generation policy they have in place.
The Talbott CM3 is a hand fed system so offers a cost effective, easy to transport and simply to install solution to a developing market. This enabling such companies to be at the cutting edge of renewable energy technology, ensuring viable rates of regeneration whilst contributing to economic development.
Talbotts has a similar installation in Belize where the company makes low cost hurricane proof housing and uses the wood waste produced for the kiln drying of their pine. The unit they have there is a Talbott CM4 300kW Hand Fed unit.
Talbott’s Heating Ltd, Stafford, UK offer a range of British made biomass / wood-fired combustors which have been designed to form the key component in renewable energy schemes, sustainable management programmes and remote thermal energy supplies.
A modern biomass / wood chip combuster will not add to the carbon dioxide levels, will produce no soot, and the ash which is less than about 1%, is a valuable source of fertiliser for growing plants.
Link
http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/guyana-bulkan-timber-works.html
LATIN AMERICAN CASE STUDY
Press Release: 25 April 03
BULKAN TIMBER WORKS, Guyana install
British Made Talbott CM3 System as part of their eco-friendly, natural re-generation policy.
BULKAN TIMBER WORKS, Guyana supply a stock range of mouldings and profiles as well as custom machined parts for assembly in building sites and furniture factories in a number of countries from the Caribbean and North America. Their typical product lines are architectural and construction mouldings.
Guyana's National Forestry Policy regulates management of pristine forests to maximise natural regeneration while selectively harvesting a sustainable yield of beautiful and durable hardwoods. Tropical hardwoods provide builders and furniture makers with people-friendly materials made by natural processes, using only a fraction of the non-renewable energy needed to produce steel, aluminium, concrete and plastics.
Bulkan Timber Works are leading the field, adding value to Guyana's sustainable forestry by kiln drying and machining building and furniture components from selected lumber produced in managed forests.
Careful kiln drying of their timber, with heat provided by a British Made Talbott CM3 150kW wood waste fired boiler system, adds to the eco-friendly, natural re-generation policy they have in place.
The Talbott CM3 is a hand fed system so offers a cost effective, easy to transport and simply to install solution to a developing market. This enabling such companies to be at the cutting edge of renewable energy technology, ensuring viable rates of regeneration whilst contributing to economic development.
Talbotts has a similar installation in Belize where the company makes low cost hurricane proof housing and uses the wood waste produced for the kiln drying of their pine. The unit they have there is a Talbott CM4 300kW Hand Fed unit.
Talbott’s Heating Ltd, Stafford, UK offer a range of British made biomass / wood-fired combustors which have been designed to form the key component in renewable energy schemes, sustainable management programmes and remote thermal energy supplies.
A modern biomass / wood chip combuster will not add to the carbon dioxide levels, will produce no soot, and the ash which is less than about 1%, is a valuable source of fertiliser for growing plants.
Link
Guyana - Liana Cane Furniture makers
Extracted From :
http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/guyana-liana-cane-furniture-makers.html
http://guyanaforestry.blogspot.com/2007/03/guyana-liana-cane-furniture-makers.html
Liana Cane
Liana is a generic name for woody rainforest vines that attach themselves to the towering tree canopies while their roots and multiple offshoots droop down to the forest floor. Similar in look and texture to the rattan and bamboo of the Far East, the kufa and nibbi vines are used for the structural elements of the furniture. Nibbi, a small vine that grows from the forest floor up the trunks of trees , is used for binding joints as well as for weaving that gives wicker-like appearance to some of the pieces. A fibre of the Ite palm is made by women into a twine called Tibisiri. This is used for the production of a cord-like material that is woven into fabric for the seats and backs of the chairs and tables, unique to Liana furniture.
http://www.gsmp.org/lianacane/
Monday, March 5, 2007
PRESS RELEASE - from Global Witness
HSBC: world’s local bank raises money for global forest destruction
HSBC appears to be violating its own forest sector guidelines by
arranging the stock exchange listing for Malaysian timber giant
Samling, a company notorious for destroying tropical forests and the
abuse of local communities, said Global Witness, Monday.
Global Witness found evidence that Samling Global was illegally
sourcing timber from a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary in the 1990s, and
has followed its activities ever since. Samling and its related
companies have caused controversy in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea, and
continue to do so in Guyana and Malaysia.
Samling is selling a 25.3% stake on the Hong Kong stock exchange, with
which it hopes to raise a reported $280 million for paying off debts
and expanding into new areas. HSBC, which announces its results today,
is joint arranger of the deal with Credit Suisse and Macquarie
Securities. Public trading in the shares begins on 7 March.
“While HSBC is planting trees to reward its retail customers for
requesting online statements, Samling is cutting them down. By helping
Samling to raise a war-chest for new logging projects, HSBC is turning
its own environmental commitments into meaningless greenwash,” said
Anthea Lawson, a campaigner at Global Witness.
HSBC’s 2004 “Forest Land and Forest Products Sector Guideline”1 says it
will not deal with commercial operations logging in primary tropical
moist forest, high conservation value forest, or logging in violation
of local or national laws.
Logging untouched tropical forest is precisely what Samling and its
related companies have done for years in Cambodia, Malaysia, Guyana and
Papua New Guinea. In the Malaysian province of Sarawak, Samling is one
of the companies logging the last remaining areas of primary forest.
The local Penan people face an on-going battle to prevent the
destruction of the forest and their livelihoods. In addition, 210,000
hectares of a concession in Guyana logged by Samling subsidiary Barama
is high conservation value forest.2 Global Witness also has evidence
that Samling and its related companies have violated laws in Cambodia,
Guyana and Papua New Guinea.
HSBC’s guideline also says that the bank prefers to deal with customers
who operate managed forests that are certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC), or equivalent, or who are ‘following a
credible path towards achieving compliance within a maximum of five
years’.
Global Witness notes, however, that in January 2007 Barama had its FSC
certification withdrawn after an independent audit found ‘systematic
major nonconformities’.2 Barama had failed to conduct appropriate
environmental impact assessments and did not have a forest management
plan for the certified area. In addition the company is logging in
Amerindian lands without the free and informed consent of local
populations.
Only last month HSBC donated $8 million for research into the long-term
effects of climate change on forests. But equally important is effect
of industrial-scale logging on forests and, therefore, on climate
change. According to last year’s Stern Review, emissions from
deforestation contribute more than 18% of global emissions, a greater
share than the global transport sector. 3
“HSBC’s association with Samling makes a mockery of its forest policy
and commitments on climate change. HSBC must terminate its relationship
with Samling with immediate effect, and consider carefully what to do
with the profits raised from this listing,” said Anthea Lawson.
Ends
Contact:
Anthea Lawson on +44 (0)20 7561 6397 or +44 (0) 7809 616 545 or
alawson@globalwitness.org
Notes to editors:
1. The guideline can be found at:
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/3622/1405f62937ef4d/
www.img.ghq.hsbc.com/public/groupsite/assets/newsroom/
forest_land_and_forest_products_summary_3.0_final.pdf
2. ASI-Accreditation Services International GmbH, ‘FSC Annual
Surveillance of SGS for 2006 – Forest Management Audit to Barama Co Ltd
(BCL) Guyana’ November 2006,
http://www.accreditation-services.com/Documents/ASI-
Forest%20Management%20Audit-Guyana-SGS-2006-Final.pdf
3. It has been identified as having particular environmental,
socio-economic, biodiversity or landscape value
3. This figure includes all causes of deforestation.
4. Some of HSBC’s environmental commitments and claims:
· Has guidelines for doing business with companies in the
forestry sector
· Has signed the voluntary Equator Principles which set social
and environmental standards for project finance; was involved in
redrafting them in 2006
· Became carbon neutral in October 2005
· Was voted Sustainable Bank of the Year by the Financial Times
in 2006
· Gave an $8 million grant to the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute in February 2007 to investigate the long-term effects of
climate change on forests
5. Global Witness campaigns to achieve real change by highlighting the
links between the exploitation of natural resources, conflict and
corruption. Through a combination of covert investigations and targeted
advocacy, Global Witness has changed the way the world thinks about the
extraction and trading of natural resources, and the devastating impact
their unsustainable exploitation can have upon development, human
rights and stability. Global Witness was co-nominated for the 2003
Nobel Peace Prize for its leading work on ‘conflict diamonds’ and
awarded the Gleitsman Foundation prize for international activism in
2005. For more information visit www.globalwitness.org.
HSBC appears to be violating its own forest sector guidelines by
arranging the stock exchange listing for Malaysian timber giant
Samling, a company notorious for destroying tropical forests and the
abuse of local communities, said Global Witness, Monday.
Global Witness found evidence that Samling Global was illegally
sourcing timber from a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary in the 1990s, and
has followed its activities ever since. Samling and its related
companies have caused controversy in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea, and
continue to do so in Guyana and Malaysia.
Samling is selling a 25.3% stake on the Hong Kong stock exchange, with
which it hopes to raise a reported $280 million for paying off debts
and expanding into new areas. HSBC, which announces its results today,
is joint arranger of the deal with Credit Suisse and Macquarie
Securities. Public trading in the shares begins on 7 March.
“While HSBC is planting trees to reward its retail customers for
requesting online statements, Samling is cutting them down. By helping
Samling to raise a war-chest for new logging projects, HSBC is turning
its own environmental commitments into meaningless greenwash,” said
Anthea Lawson, a campaigner at Global Witness.
HSBC’s 2004 “Forest Land and Forest Products Sector Guideline”1 says it
will not deal with commercial operations logging in primary tropical
moist forest, high conservation value forest, or logging in violation
of local or national laws.
Logging untouched tropical forest is precisely what Samling and its
related companies have done for years in Cambodia, Malaysia, Guyana and
Papua New Guinea. In the Malaysian province of Sarawak, Samling is one
of the companies logging the last remaining areas of primary forest.
The local Penan people face an on-going battle to prevent the
destruction of the forest and their livelihoods. In addition, 210,000
hectares of a concession in Guyana logged by Samling subsidiary Barama
is high conservation value forest.2 Global Witness also has evidence
that Samling and its related companies have violated laws in Cambodia,
Guyana and Papua New Guinea.
HSBC’s guideline also says that the bank prefers to deal with customers
who operate managed forests that are certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC), or equivalent, or who are ‘following a
credible path towards achieving compliance within a maximum of five
years’.
Global Witness notes, however, that in January 2007 Barama had its FSC
certification withdrawn after an independent audit found ‘systematic
major nonconformities’.2 Barama had failed to conduct appropriate
environmental impact assessments and did not have a forest management
plan for the certified area. In addition the company is logging in
Amerindian lands without the free and informed consent of local
populations.
Only last month HSBC donated $8 million for research into the long-term
effects of climate change on forests. But equally important is effect
of industrial-scale logging on forests and, therefore, on climate
change. According to last year’s Stern Review, emissions from
deforestation contribute more than 18% of global emissions, a greater
share than the global transport sector. 3
“HSBC’s association with Samling makes a mockery of its forest policy
and commitments on climate change. HSBC must terminate its relationship
with Samling with immediate effect, and consider carefully what to do
with the profits raised from this listing,” said Anthea Lawson.
Ends
Contact:
Anthea Lawson on +44 (0)20 7561 6397 or +44 (0) 7809 616 545 or
alawson@globalwitness.org
Notes to editors:
1. The guideline can be found at:
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248
www.img.ghq.hsbc.com/public
forest_land_and_forest_product
2. ASI-Accreditation Services International GmbH, ‘FSC Annual
Surveillance of SGS for 2006 – Forest Management Audit to Barama Co Ltd
(BCL) Guyana’ November 2006,
http://www.accreditation
Forest%20Management%20Audit-Guyana-SGS-2006-Final.pdf
3. It has been identified as having particular environmental,
socio-economic, biodiversity or landscape value
3. This figure includes all causes of deforestation.
4. Some of HSBC’s environmental commitments and claims:
· Has guidelines for doing business with companies in the
forestry sector
· Has signed the voluntary Equator Principles which set social
and environmental standards for project finance; was involved in
redrafting them in 2006
· Became carbon neutral in October 2005
· Was voted Sustainable Bank of the Year by the Financial Times
in 2006
· Gave an $8 million grant to the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute in February 2007 to investigate the long-term effects of
climate change on forests
5. Global Witness campaigns to achieve real change by highlighting the
links between the exploitation of natural resources, conflict and
corruption. Through a combination of covert investigations and targeted
advocacy, Global Witness has changed the way the world thinks about the
extraction and trading of natural resources, and the devastating impact
their unsustainable exploitation can have upon development, human
rights and stability. Global Witness was co-nominated for the 2003
Nobel Peace Prize for its leading work on ‘conflict diamonds’ and
awarded the Gleitsman Foundation prize for international activism in
2005. For more information visit www.globalwitness.org.
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