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By Toby Mason

Added Wednesday 20/01/2010

Totally are pleased to announce the imminent launch of Global Witness campaign site "Making the Forest Sector Transparent"

Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.

Global Witness was the first organisation that sought to break the links between the exploitation of natural resources, and conflict and corruption; and the results of our investigations and our powerful lobbying skills have been not only a catalyst, but a main driver behind most of the major international mechanisms and initiatives that have been established to address these issues; including the Kimberley Process and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Global Witness is largely responsible for natural resources occupying the prominent role in the international agenda that they currently do.

"Making the Forest Sector Transparent" is working with civil society groups in forest-rich countries to engage with policy makers and advocate for capable, responsive and accountable forest sector governance.

The project supports local environmental and human rights campaigners in up to eight countries to monitor transparency and to advocate on issues of importance to local communities. In the first six months of this four-year project Global Witness has formed partnerships with NGOs in Peru, Ghana, Cameroon and Liberia, and will start working with more countries from Year Two.