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- Gibson Guitars Under Investigation for Using Illegal Wood 24 Nov 2009 09:46 GMT
... Gibson has shipped the illegal wood from Madagascar via Germany, reports the Guardian . Rosewood ... doesn't come cheap. It's also an important export for the troubled East African island state ... environmental issues US companies were barred from importing it under the Lacey Act. The act ...
- Madagascar's lemurs in trouble 24 Nov 2009 08:48 GMT
... There are dozens of lemur species in Madagascar — 99 at last count — most ... In January, the former government allowed the export of precious ancient ebony and rosewood trees ...
- Calling all guitarists... 24 Nov 2009 01:54 GMT
... the alleged use of rosewood smuggled from Madagascar. Rosewood is the material of choice for ... African island of Madagascar is a prime exporter of the hardwood, but concerns over the ...
- Vanilla farmers assured of guaranteed market 23 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
... enterprise, and UVAN Limited, a local vanilla exporting company, have signed an agreement to ensure continued export of good quality and traceable Ugandan vanilla at ... the price of vanilla, which came after Madagascar the world’s leading producer was hit by ...
- Gibson bluegrass not affected by Fish & Wildlife raids 23 Nov 2009 17:34 GMT
... as currently amended makes it illegal to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase any ... a scheme that shipped the wood from Madagascar to Germany and then to the United ...
- Joint venture picks up export award 19 Nov 2009 22:18 GMT
... firm Hatch’s
involvement in Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM)
ilmenite project saw its wet ... design engineers winning first place in the export category of this year’s Southern African Institute ... construction of the mine had to be
imported. Everything that needed
to be on site ...
- Food: If words were food, nobody would go hungry 20 Nov 2009 21:13 GMT
... into a breadbasket: in 2005, the country imported over 40% of its food; this year, ... they own or control abroad rather than import it through international trade. “Land grabbers” (mostly ... control prices indirectly. Other countries, such as Madagascar, have imposed direct price controls. The picture ...
- If words were food, nobody would go hungry 19 Nov 2009 16:18 GMT
... into a breadbasket: in 2005, the country imported over 40% of its food; this year, ... they own or control abroad rather than import it through international trade. “Land grabbers” (mostly ... control prices indirectly. Other countries, such as Madagascar, have imposed direct price controls. The picture ...
- Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade 19 Nov 2009 16:33 GMT
... into a breadbasket: in 2005, the country imported over 40% of its food; this year, ... they own or control abroad rather than import it through international trade. “Land grabbers” (mostly ... control prices indirectly. Other countries, such as Madagascar, have imposed direct price controls. The picture ...
- Water Scarcity, Food Security Concerns Prompt Global Land Grab 18 Nov 2009 03:15 GMT
... feed their own people without relying on international trade,” said La via Campesina in a statement ... even more profits as the expansion of export-oriented agribusiness is at the heart of it. ... between South Korean company Daewoo and the Madagascar government eventually turned into the . Daewoo ...
- USA - Credit guarantees from USDA 21 Nov 2009 01:11 GMT
... Service (FAS) announced the credit guarantees for export sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity ... payments due from approved foreign banks to exporters or financial institutions in the United States. ... Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, ...
- Gibson Guitars Raided by FBI Feds for Illegal Importation of Rosewood [Updated] 18 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
... a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species of rosewood from Madagascar. Rosewood is widely used in the construction ... a key producer of the [hardwood], the export of which has links to international criminal ...
- Madagascar's lemurs in danger from political turmoil 18 Nov 2009 06:12 GMT
... The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from ... BELOW The government, which levies a 40% export tax, is accused of not only failing ...
- 'They burn, they cut, they destroy, they steal' 20 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
... The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from ... BELOW The government, which levies a 40% export tax, is accused of not only failing ...
- U.S. Seizes Wood Under New Law to Fight Illegal Logging 19 Nov 2009 17:51 GMT
... the Lacey Act into harvested wood from Madagascar. This search represents the first use of ... hardwoods, such as rosewood and ebony, for export to international markets. EIA recently completed a ...
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