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SCALE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


01/07/2008	Illegal wood for the European market: An analysis of the EU import and export of illegal wood and related products This report looks at EU timber imports and concludes that one-fifth of wood imported into the European ...	WWF
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01/01/2008	The illegal trade in timber and timber products in the Asia-Pacific region This report examines the scale of the illegal timber trade in the Asia-Pacific region, encompassing the ...	Australian Institute of Criminology (Andreas Schloenhardt)
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01/10/2007	No Questions Asked: The impact of US Market demand for illegal timber - and the potential for change A report by EIA on the global illegal logging crisis charging that the U.S.'s current imports policy ...	EIA
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09/07/2007	Illegal Logging Concise overview of the impacts and scale of illegal logging, and of international attempts to tackle ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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08/11/2004	Illegal Logging and Global Wood Markets: the competitive impacts on the US Wood Products Industry The presence of illegally procured wood fiber affects the competitiveness of American and other producers ...	American Forest & Paper Association, Seneca Creek Associates and Wood Resources International
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01/09/2004	Timber Trafficking A report on illegal logging in Indonesia, South East Asia and the international consumption of illegally ...	EIA and Telapak Indonesia
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01/09/2003	Illegal Logging and Illegal Activities in the Forestry Sector: Overview and Possible Issues for the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission A paper presented as basis of an expert presentation at the UNECE Timber Committe Market Discussions ...	Quebec Wood Export Bureau (Carl-Eric Guertin)
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01/01/2001	Extent and Causes of Illegal Logging: An Analysis of a Major Cause of Tropical Deforestation in Indonesia A working paper considering the activity of illegal loggers as the principal cause of recent high rates ...	CSERGE (Charles Palmer)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


20/07/2010	Troublesome timber The past weeks have brought rare good news for the world’s forests. On July 15th a ...	The Economist, UK
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16/10/2009	Second International Timber Trade Federation Day – timber trade demands level playing field Geneva - World Leaders of the timber trade industry gathered in Geneva on the 8 and 9 October for the ...	The Forest Trust
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29/10/2008	In major conference on timber trade, private sector prepares for proposed tight regulations to prevent illegal logging Geneva, Switzerland - Forestry business representatives came together this week to discuss how industry ...	Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
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26/04/2008	Illegal logging must end for Australia-PNG Forest Carbon Partnership to be successful Greenpeace today cautiously welcomed the first steps taken towards a Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest ...	Trading Markets (USA)
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30/05/2007	Peru's mahogany exports threaten survival of indigenous tribes and violate international law A new report documents widespread illegal and unsustainable logging of mahogany in Peru. The Peruvian ...	AIDESEP (National Association of Amazon Indians, Peru) and Rainforest Foundation Norway
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27/04/2007	Greenpeace: Restrict trade in endangered merbau wood Environmental organisation Greenpeace recently released a report showcasing the illegal and unsustainable ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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29/03/2007	Report: China, India are raping hardwoods Tanzania - Chinese and Indian emerging markets are wrecking havoc of the country's forest cover ...	This Day (Tanzania)
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16/09/2006	Illegal logging costing nations billions - World Bank Singapore - Illegal logging is threatening the livelihoods of millions of the world's poor, robbing ...	Reuters (UK)
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09/06/2006	Governor vows clampdown on illegal logging in Russian Far East Alexander Tishanin, the governor of the Siberian province of Irkutsk, has pledged to curtail the trade ...	Global Insight
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20/04/2006	Conflict timber and forest mining The responsible practices of our industry are being obscured, big time, by the massive scale of illegal ...	PaperAge (USA)
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23/03/2006	China cites illegal Burma logging Beijing - China on Thursday admitted that some of its companies and individual citizens are involved ...	Bangkok Post (Thailand)
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21/07/2005	New Enquiry: UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (Press Release) UK - The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) yesterday set up a sub-committee to conduct ...	EAC (UK)
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