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SCALE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING

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DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


23/09/2012	Green Carbon: Black Trade - Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests This report focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of ...	UNEP/Interpol
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20/03/2012	Justice for Forests: Improving Criminal Justice Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers around ...	World Bank (Marilyne Pereira Goncalves, Melissa Panjer, Theodore S. Greenberg, William B. Magrath)
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01/05/2011	A Poison, Not a Cure: The Campaign to Ban Trade in Illegally Logged Timber The authors of this report claim that illegal logging accounts for only 1% of global timber production, ...	World Growth
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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

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR


31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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09/11/2012	The hidden world of illegal logging The demand for timber worldwide is growing substantially. And, as with every commodity that is available ...	Green Ideal, Canada
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17/10/2012	Organised crime, illegal timber and Australia’s role in deforestation Illegal logging is booming, as criminal organisations tighten their grip on this profitable global industry. ...	The Conversation, Australia
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27/09/2012	Organized crime trade worth over US$30 billion responsible for up to 90% of tropical deforestation Rome - Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa ...	UNEP News Centre
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18/09/2012	An inside look at Latin America’s illegal logging – part one This post was co-authored with Eduardo Arenas Hernández Jr. and Ana Domínguez, who work ...	World Resources Institute (WRI) Insights
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20/08/2012	Insight-DNA tests tell trees from the wood; curb illegal logging * Global illegal timber trade worth up to $30 bln -Interpol * DNA tests reveal species, origin of ...	Reuters
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10/08/2012	Gibson Guitar logging bust demonstrates Lacey Act’s effectiveness On August 6, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it reached a criminal enforcement agreement ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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31/07/2012	Due diligence through DNA The lack of practicable control mechanisms to identify the origins of timber and wood products means ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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09/05/2012	House panel considers Lacey Act changes Washington - Critics took aim Tuesday at an effort by Tennessee lawmakers to change the Lacey Act, a ...	USA Today
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18/04/2012	Africa gears up for the debilitating effects of climate change as efforts are made to save the continent’s forests Of the debilitating effects of climate change the world over, Africa seems to be the most hit continent. ...	Newstime Africa
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05/04/2012	Taking legal action against illegal logging Illegal logging is an international problem that has serious implications for environmental management ...	On Line Opnion, Australia
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20/03/2012	“Dirty money” in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated - World Bank reports Washington – Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ...	World Bank
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15/03/2012	Africa: 'Dirty money' in illegal logging can be tracked and confiscated, says World Bank report Washington — Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by ...	allAfrica.com
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29/02/2012	FAO, partners move to curb deforestation Illegal timber harvest and the increasing rate of charcoal burning are worrying conservationists. Margaret ...	The Observer, Uganda
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09/02/2012	Tropical ecologist: Australia must follow U.S. and EU in banning illegally logged wood Australia should join the widening effort to stamp out illegal logging, according to testimony given ...	Mongabay.com
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24/01/2012	'Peak timber' concerns in tropics Current tropical timber practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the "implications ...	BBC News
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13/05/2011	Regulation role model The EU Timber Regulation means the wood industry is again leading the way in developing responsible procurement ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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10/05/2011	Efforts to tackle $10b illegal logging trade, Liberia, EU sign VPA after Ghana The Liberian government has signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure that all timber ...	Ghana Business News
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04/05/2011	New report – illegal logging not major global problem Jakarta - An analysis by the pro-development NGO World Growth reveals illegal logging is only around ...	World Growth
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28/04/2011	RM754 million loss due to sand theft and illegal logging last year Kuala Lumpur - It is estimated that the country lost RM754 million in revenue due to rampant sand theft ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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28/04/2011	Illegal logging, mining ravages Kalimantan, costs Indonesia $36.4b The Ministry of Forestry says illegal logging, land clearance, forest fires and mining has devastated ...	The Jakarta Globe
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27/04/2011	WWF warns of massive forest loss Jakarta - More than 568 million acres of forest worldwide will disappear by 2050 if no action is taken, ...	UPI.com
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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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