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White-handed gibbon

U.S. traders flouting sanctions on buying Myanmar teak, report says

Carolyn Cowan 22 May 2023
Long-tailed macaques roam free across the Angkor Wat temple complex

Alleged macaque-smuggling ring exposed as U.S. indicts Cambodian officials

Gerald Flynn 18 Nov 2022
A barge transports teak logs

Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report

Carolyn Cowan 7 Apr 2022
Furniture CIFOR

Amid a furniture boom, timber certification is just a start, say experts

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2021

Companies use COVID-19 to weaken standards, secure subsidies: Report

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020

European Parliament to vote on timber legality agreement with Vietnam

John Cannon 11 Mar 2019

Top U.S. flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust

John Cannon 4 Dec 2018

Leading US plywood firm linked to alleged destruction, rights violations in Malaysia

John Cannon 19 Oct 2017

US retailers halt sales of hardwood flooring linked to illegal logging in PNG

Mike Gaworecki 1 Aug 2017
An Amazon rainforest tree in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peru pledges tougher stance against illegal timber

Joseph Charpentier 5 Dec 2016

Timber from Peru 90 percent illegal, finds report issued by U.S. gov’t

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Aug 2016

Why helping civil society investigate illegal timber is about much more than protecting forests and forest peoples [commentary]

Sam Lawson 25 Jul 2016

Search warrant executed at Global Plywood over alleged Lacey Act violations

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

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

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2016

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

Mike Gaworecki 22 Oct 2015

Lumber Liquidators pays $13.2M to end illegal logging probe

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

High pressure: is U.S. policy deterring illegal wood imports?

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 May 2015

Progress being made in curbing illegal timber imports

Mongabay.com 25 Nov 2014

Hedge fund downgrades stock over company’s links to illegal logging in Russian Far East

Rhett A. Butler 2 Dec 2013

World’s biggest companies lay out path toward zero-deforestation commodities

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2013

Birders urge ban on imports of 5 snake species

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2012

Corruption still plundering forests in Laos for furniture

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2012

Illegal lobster fishermen slammed with over $50 million penalty

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2012

Gibson Guitar to pay $300,000 for violating Lacey Act with illegal timber imports from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2012

We should help solve illegal logging, not be part of the problem

William F. Laurance 14 May 2012

U.S. gobbling illegal wood from Peru’s Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2012

Fight illegal logging by going after criminal masterminds

Jeremy Hance 22 Mar 2012

Investigation links APP to illegal logging of protected trees

Jeremy Hance 1 Mar 2012

Feds bust rhino horn traffickers

Mongabay.com 23 Feb 2012

National Association of Music Merchants does ‘disservice’ to members by misleading them on illegal logging law, says letter

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2012

Environmental groups to Japan: stop importing illegally logged timber

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2011

Cooper-Blackburn bill seeks exemptions for illegal wood imports

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2011

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