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No logging ban for Myanmar despite reported announcement

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2016

Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups

David Njagi 6 May 2016

Illegal logging “mafia” arrested in Peru

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2016

Mill owner in Washington gets prison time for trafficking in illegally harvested wood

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

Killing of Guatemalan activist in the Maya Biosphere Reserve raises alarm

Sandra Cuffe 18 Mar 2016

Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

DNA evidence just helped convict illegal loggers in the US Pacific Northwest

Mike Gaworecki 10 Mar 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Review finds EU plan to curb illegal logging has had little success

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Feb 2016

Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

International embargo on exports of Madagascar’s precious woods extended

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

Is eco-certification the solution to forest destruction?

Saul Elbein 14 Jan 2016

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

The most recent seizure shows the scale and extent of illegal timber trafficking in Peru

Ruxandra Guidi 14 Dec 2015

DNA and beyond: The challenges of identifying wood and addressing illegal timber products

Caleb O'Brien 25 Nov 2015

EU scheme failing to stop timber trafficking, finds audit

John Cannon 20 Nov 2015

Forest rangers killed in Cambodia while patrolling for illegal loggers

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2015

Leaked report reveals massive illegal logging in Laos

Ethan Harfenist 6 Nov 2015

US judge accepts plea deal from Lumber Liquidators over Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 22 Oct 2015

Illegal wood imports to US are way down, but still worth as much as $3b a year

Mike Gaworecki 15 Oct 2015

Illegal timber trade destroying Myanmar’s forests uncovered in new report

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

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