(Forestry and Poverty Project Newsletter - Issue 15, August 2010) - Crunch Time for US Papermakers. Early next month the United States is expected to hand down its decision on a protracted trade dispute over imports of Chinese and Indonesian paper.  The case has garnered attention in forestry circles because it has brought together mature-market companies, organized labour and the environmental movement under one banner. All are pushing for the exclusion of emerging producers from the US market.

(Forestry and Poverty Project Newsletter - Issue 14, July 2010) - Chatham House on Illegal Logging: Perception is Everything. A new report from Chatham House, a UK-based think-tank, indicates there has been a substantial fall in levels of illegal logging from exporting nations. The report states that levels of illegal logging have fallen by as much as 75 per cent in Indonesia and Brazil.

(Forestry and Poverty Newsletter - Issue 13, June 2010) - REDD On The Horizon? Unlikely - The recent ‘REDD+ Partnership’ conference in Oslo promised much for advocates of reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) mechanisms. But REDD finance and funding mechanisms seem no closer to getting off the ground, and doubts from recipient countries and NGOs are mounting by the day.

(Forestry and Poverty Project Newsletter - Issue 12, May 2010) - Indonesian Communities Strike Back at Greens.  Indonesian forestry workers and palm oil farmers have struck back at the international campaigners that have been vilifying their industry over the past month.  The major news story among Green activists of late has been palm oil. Greenpeace, in particular, was declaring victory after its international web campaign against food products from Indonesia, in the form of palm oil, used in popular Nestle products.