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As Head of Forest Policy and Trade at WWF, my role is to find and promote positive solutions to some of the biggest threats to our natural forests - everything from the expansion of commodities such as palm oil and soya to the more familiar such as timber, beef and mining.

Before joining WWF, I spent time monitoring and evaluating European Commission funded projects, as well as working more than seven years in the field on community, commercial and nature conservation projects in places ranging from Costa Rica to deepest, darkest Berkshire, via Scotland, New Zealand and the US.

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Illegal Wood Gets the Chop From Europe

(0) Comments | Posted 1 March 2013 | (17:46)

A landmark piece of environmental law is coming into effect. From Sunday 3 March for the first time ever legislation across all 27 EU member countries bans the import, sale or commercial use of illegally sourced timber and wood products.

It's a big step forward for protecting the world's...

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Up in Smoke: Gabon Burns Elephant Ivory

(7) Comments | Posted 29 June 2012 | (01:00)

2012-06-28-Gabonivory.JPG PHOTO: WWF-Canon/James Morgan

The air is acrid and the flames are scorching the grass around this huge bonfire. I am in Gabon, central Africa, watching tonnes of elephant ivory go up in smoke. There are 1,293 elephant tusks and a huge amount of...

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