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WELCOME TO ILLEGAL-LOGGING.INFO


Welcome to illegal-logging.info. The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the debate around illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber, together with news stories, information on events, key documents and links to other relevant websites.

Illegal logging and the international trade in illegally logged timber is a major problem for many timber-producing countries in the developing world. It causes environmental damage, costs governments billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, undermines the rule of law and good governance and funds armed conflict. It retards sustainable development in some of the poorest countries of the world. Consumer countries contribute to these problems by importing timber and wood products without ensuring that they are legally sourced. In recent years, however, producer and consumer countries alike have paid increasing attention to illegal logging.

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This site is maintained by the Energy, Environment and Development Programme of Chatham House in London, with funding from the UK Department for International Development.

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LATEST NEWS
27/07/2010
How Brazil cut deforestation rates to record lows

Traveling from the heart of the Amazon rainforest to the Tropical savannah climate of the Brazilian capital ..
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26/07/2010
US forest strategy boomerangs in Brazil

A recent ad campaign aimed at gaining Midwestern senators support for US climate change legislation has ..
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26/07/2010
Amazon soy and deforestation: Collaboration delivers for Greenpeace and Cargill

A Brazilian ban on buying soybeans from illegally deforested areas in the worlds largest standing forest ..
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LATEST PAPERS
15/07/2010
Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response

Over the last decade governments, the private sector and civil society have recognized these impacts ...
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15/07/2010
Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response - Briefing Paper

The key points covered in this briefing paper are:

- An in-depth Chatham House study of twelve producer, ...
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15/07/2010
Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response - Country Report Cards

This document contains the individual report cards for each country covered in the study. ...
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HIGHLIGHT
Chatham House has launched a major report, Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response.

The landmark report examines and analyses efforts in the past decade to control illegal logging in nations that consume, produce and process wood and wood products, thereby revealing the significant impacts that tackling illegal logging and improving forest governance can have on the development of poor countries, as well as on climate change.

The report assesses the response and progress in 12 countries – five producer countries (Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia and Malaysia), two processing countries (China and Vietnam) and five consumer countries (Japan, the USA, the UK, France and the Netherlands). Together, these countries represent not only a large part of the problem but also potential solutions, as demonstrated by the report’s findings.