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The following documents are made available to the public
in an attempt to shed light on the reality of illegal logging in Madre de Dios,
Peru. Please contact us at
peruforests@peruforests.org
if you possess relevant information that you would like to share. (All
documents)
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CITES |
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Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, CITES Resolution
Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP13), Annex 2 (Ottawa, 1987)http://www.cites.org/eng/res/11/11-01R13.shtml(last
visited April 18, 2006) |
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Word, 36 KB |
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"CITES Appendix III Implementation for Big-Leafed Mahogany
Swietenia Macrophyll."
MWG Doc 7, prepared by TRAFFIC for the First Meeting of the
Mahogany Working Group, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia),
October 3-5, 2001, available athttp://www.fws.gov/citestimber/pdf/doc7traffic.pdf
(last visited January 25, 2006). |
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PDF, 349
KB |
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CITES. Prop. 12.50,
Swietenia macrophylla—Inclusion
in Appendix II of the neotropical populations, including logs,
sawn timber, veneer and plywood. (Guatemala, Nicaragua) (June
2002). |
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PDF, 81 KB |
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"CITES Conference Votes to Tightly Regulate International Trade
in Mahogany," Press Statement, U.S. Department of the Interior,
November 13, 2002. |
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Word, 49 KB |
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U.S. Report on Swietenia Macrophylla, for second meeting of the
Mahogany Working Group, Belem, Brazil, October 6-8, 2003. |
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PDF, 42 KB |
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Summary of the Activities Performed by 'CITES' Scientific
Authority in Regard to Swietenia Macrophylla Species (Mahogany),
University of La Molina, February 11, 2005, SRG 32/4/5/2. |
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PDF, 184 KB |
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"List of Contracting Parties," at http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/parties/chronolo.shtml
(last visited January 24, 2006). |
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Word, 344 KB |
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"Proposal by Guatemala on the
inclusion of big leaf mahogany in CITES Appendix II,"
at http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/12/inf/E12i-33.PDF
(last visited Jan. 27, 2006). |
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PDF, 12 KB |
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Simon Lyster,
International Wildlife Law
240 (Grotius 1985). |
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Documents from the 16th Meeting of the Plants Committee of CITES,
Lima, Peru, 3-8 July 2006 |
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PDF, 935 KB |
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CITES Secretariat Document on
Mahogany for the 54th Standing Committee |
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PDF, 23KB |
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International Agencies |
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World Conservation Monitoring Center CITES Trade Database, at
http://www.unepwcmc.org/citestrade/index/cfm (last visited Jan.
26, 2006). |
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HTML |
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A Revised Forest Strategy for the World Bank Group, October 31,
2002 , available at http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/essdext.nsf/14DocByUnid/
403A34FDD7B9E84A85256BD00077D91B/$FILE/FSSPFinal1Nov02.pdf. |
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PDF, 4.6 MB |
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Duncan Brack et al.,
Controlling the International Trade in
Illegally Logged Timber and Wood Products, Royal Institute of
International Affairs (2002). |
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PDF, 463 KB |
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ITTO - Timber Market Reports, Technical Series, Mission Reports |
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International Tropical Timber Organization,
ITTO Mission Report
ITTC(XXXV)/15, Oct. 2, 2003, based on a June 2-17 2003 visit to
Peru. |
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Word,
780 KB |
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Making the Mahogany Trade Work: Report of the workshop on
capacity-building for the implementation of the CITES Appendix
II listing of mahogany, ITTO, Technical Series 22, October 2004. |
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PDF, 1.15 MB |
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International Tropical Timber Organization,
ITTO Project
Document: "Evaluation of Commercial Stocks and Strategy for
the Sustainable Management of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
in Peru, PD 251/03 Rev. 3(F) (based on a proposal submitted by
the Government of Peru). |
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Word,
3.78 MB (**Warning: Downloads Slowly) |
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ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report 11(1) January 1-15, 2006. |
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PDF, 704 KB |
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ITTO Tropical Forest Updates - Scientific Studies |
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Arthur G. Blundell and Bruce D. Rodan,
Monitoring Mahogany—The
tracking of mahogany from forest to consumer is critical if the
current over-exploitation of the species is to be controlled, ITTO Tropical Forest Update 12 (1) (2002), available at
www.itto.or.jp/newsletter/v12n1/4.html |
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PDF, 1.3 MB |
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Wynet Smith,
The global problem of illegal logging,
ITTO Tropical Forest Update
12(1) (2002). |
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PDF, 1.3 MB |
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Alastair Sarre,
Forest crime: The Mist Clears, ITTO Tropical
Forest Update 12(1) (2002). |
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PDF, 1.3 MB |
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Important Communications |
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Letter from Ari Hershowitz, Director, BioGems Program, Latin
America, NRDC, Atossa Soltani, Executive Director, Amazon Watch,
Caroll Muffett, Director of International Programs, Defenders of
Wildlife (DOW), Scott Paul, Forest Campaign Coordinator,
Greenpeace, and Anna Cederstav, Program Director, Interamerican
Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), to Mr. Steven
Williams, Director, USDOI, USFWS, dated Dec. 17, 2003. |
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web link |
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Letter from Marshall Jones, Jr., Deputy Director USFWS, to Ari Hershowitz,
Director, BioGems Program, Latin America, NRDC dated Dec. 30,
2003. |
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PDF, 941 KB |
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Letter from Peter Thomas, Division of Management Authority,
USFWS, to Ari Hershowitz (NRDC) and William Carroll Muffett
(Defenders of Wildlife), dated July 20, 2004. |
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PDF,
471 KB |
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Letter from Ari Hershowitz, Director, BioGems Program, Latin
America, NRDC and Caroll Muffett, Director of International
Programs, DOW, to Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management
Authority, International Affairs, USFWS, and Bud Petite De
Mange, CITES and Plant Inspection Station Coordinator, USDA,
APHIS, dated Sept. 10, 2004. |
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PDF,
155 KB |
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Letter from Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management
Authority, USDOI, USFWS to Leoncio Alvarez Vasquez, Chief,
INRENA, dated December 14, 2004. (FOIA -1-2) |
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PDF, 215 KB |
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Email from Julio Garcia Burgues, Head of Unit, ENV.E.2,
European Commission, to Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of
Management Authority, USFWS. February 8, 2005. (FOIA-23). |
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PDF, 119 KB |
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Letter from Leoncio Alvarez Vasquez, Chief, INRENA, to Peter
Thomas, Chief, Division of Management Authority, United States
Department of the Interior, USFWS, dated February 9, 2005. (FOIA
-30) |
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Spanish
PDF,
79KB / English,
Word, 28 KB |
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Letter from Eng. Rafael Tolmos to Peter O. Thomas, USFWS,
dated Feb. 11, 2005. |
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PDF,
165 KB |
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Letter from Mark Albert, Division of the Management Authority,
to Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management Authority, USFWS
Andrea Gaski,, Division of Management Authority, Branch of CITES
Operations, USFWS, and Anne St. John, Biologist, Division of
Management Authority, USFWS, dated Feb. 24, 2005. (FOIA-41). |
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PDF, 24 KB |
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Email from Chris Fagan of Parks Watch to Harvey Lee,
International Relations Officer, United States Department of
State, dated March 7, 2005. (FOIA-66). |
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PDF, 87 KB |
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Email from Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management
Authority, USFWS, to Harvey Lee, International Relations
Officer, US Department of State. May 23, 2005. (FOIA-112) |
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PDF, 117 KB |
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Email from Andrea Gaski, Division of Management Authority,
Branch of CITES Operations, USFWS, to Harvey Lee, International
Relations Officer, US Department of State, dated May 23, 2005
(FOIA-111). |
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PDF, 116 KB |
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Email from Rosario Acero, INRENA (the official in charge of
signing CITES export permits), to Peter Thomas, Chief, Division
of Management Authority, USFWS, dated September 9, 2005.
(FOIA-136) |
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Spanish,
PDF, 98 KB /
English,
PDF, 89 KB |
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Attachment to Sept. 9, 2005 email from Rosario Acero, Director
of Bio-diversity Conservation, INRENA, to Peter Thomas, USFWS.
(FOIA-128). |
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PDF, 224 KB |
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Email from Elsie Yang, Reforestation and Forest Management, ITTO
office Japan, to Ani Youatt, Advocate, NRDC. December 16, 2005. |
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Word, 29 KB |
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Letter from 29 forest scientists to 54th Standing Committee |
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PDF, 111KB |
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NGOs |
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Partners in Mahogany Crime, Greenpeace International, (2001) |
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PDF, 2.74 MB |
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Peruvian Authorities |
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Forestry and Wildlife Law (Ley No. 27308) Regulations, Supreme
Decree No. 014-2001-AG, Art. 88, April 9, 2001, El Peruano, p.
201121. |
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Spanish,
Word, 618KB |
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INRENA's website, www.inrena.gob.pe (confirming D.S. Nº
052-2002-AG and containing a link to an El Peruano article dated
October 25, 2002) |
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Spanish,
PDF, 1.76 MB |
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Proposed National Strategy for the Eradication of the Illegal
Extraction and Trade in Forestry Resources in the Peruvian
Amazon January 2003, Multisectorial Commission on the Fight
Against Illegal Logging in Peru (A cabinet-level commission
established by Peruvian law under Supreme Decree Number
052-2002-AG) ("Peru's National Strategy on Illegal Logging
(2003)"). |
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Spanish,
PDF, 3.65 MB/ English,
PDF, 96.8 KB |
Declaran de interés nacional la "Estrategia Nacional
Multisectorial de Lucha contra la
Tala Ilegal" y crean la Comisión Multisectorial de Lucha contra
la Tala Ilegal CMLTI
DECRETO SUPREMO Nº 019-2004-AG (Ministry of Agriculture's
Supreme Decree, "The National Strategy Against Illegal Logging
is Declared a National Priority and the Multisectoral Commission
against Illegal Logging is Created").
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Spanish,
PDF, 111 KB/ English,
Word, 39 KB |
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Letter from Ignacio Lombardi, University of La Molina,
Scientific Authority, CITES-Mahogany to Teddi Peñaherrera, World
Wildlife Fund (WWF), dated March 30, 2004. |
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Spanish,
PDF, 33 KB / English,
Word, 21 KB |
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Peru's National Report to ITTO Workshop on the implementation of
the Appendix II listing, Pucallpa, (May 2004). |
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English,
PDF, 2.95 MB |
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Requirements for the granting CITES export permits for traded
wild flora, INRENA procedure No.76, approved under Supreme
Decree No.014-2004-AG. --Appears to be superceded by INRENA
directive 27 |
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Spanish
PDF, 150kb, (Directive 27-2006) |
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"La Molina" Agrarian University, Summary of the Activities
Performed by 'CITES' Scientific Authority in Regard to Swietenia
Macrophylla species (Mahogany) (Feb. 11, 2005). |
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English,
PDF, 188 KB |
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Report Number 425-2005-INRENA-IFFS-DACFFS/IHM, Report on the
evaluation of documents of the trafficking of false transport
certificates in the ambit of [control post] ATFFS Tambopata-Manu,
¶ 4.7, May 3, 2005. (Informe No. 425-2005-INRENA-IFFS-DACFFS/IHM,
Informe de evaluacion de expedientes sobre tráfico de guías de
transporte falsas en el ámbito de la ATFFS Tambopata-Manu, 03
mayo 2005.) |
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Spanish,
PDF, 1.8MB
(related
report Sept 20, 2005, 440KB)List of
falsified GTFs, from INRENA's website visited 6/5/06
Word 140KB |
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Director's Resolution Number 105-2005-INRENA, May 20, 2005 ("Resolución
Jefatural No. 105-2005-INRENA, 20 mayo 2005"). |
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Spanish,
PDF, 80 KB/ English
Word 31 KB |
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Activities to Date, La Molina University, Scientific Authority
report, approx. June 2005 (entry dated May 23, 2005). |
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Spanish,
PDF, 695 KB |
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Procedure for Supervision [of Concessions], INRENA, Office of
Supervision of Forest Concessions, OSINFOR, July 2005, p.1, at
http://www.inrena.gob.pe/osinfor/rg/rg_005_anexo-OSINFOR_PROCED_PARA_SUPERVISIONES.pdf. |
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Spanish,
PDF, 201 KB |
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Regulations for the Implementation of CITES in Perú, Supreme
Decree No. 030-2005-AG, July 10, 2005. |
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Spanish,
PDF, 2.1 MB |
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Administrative Resolution Number 006-2005-INRENA-OSINFOR, August
18, 2005, ("Otorongo Investigation Resolution (August 2005),
available at http://www.inrena.gob.pe/osinfor/rg/rg_006_OTORONGO.pdf |
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Spanish,
PDF, 22 KB |
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Press Statement, CITES Management Authority, August 23, 2005,
http://www.inrena.gob.pe/comunicaciones/infoficial/comunicado_9conc-forest_2permisos-uca.pdf |
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Spanish,
PDF, 51 KB/ English,
Word, 33 KB |
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Ministry of Agriculture - National Institute of Natural
Resources (INRENA) Official Notice to the Public. El Peruano,
Politics p. 5. Lima, dated Sept. 6, 2005. (Reporting
on falsified GTFs) |
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Spanish,
PDF, 386 KB/ English,
Word, 33 KB |
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Press release entitled "ADEX welcomes INRENA's reconsideration
of its position," September 8, 2005. |
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