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SCALE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING



DOCUMENTS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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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

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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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