Pages tagged with Timber Trade

Governments of forest-rich countries routinely flout their own rules on forest protection, striking secret deals for access to forested land. Yet these abuses don’t happen in isolation. They depend on international markets that accept illegal timber and other products associated with deforestation

Ten European traders could be importing illegal Congo timber worth millions, breaking the EUTR and damaging climate-critical rainforests.

Illegal logging in Peru’s forests is still widespread and systematic, contributing towards the degradation of the Amazon.