For 20 years we’ve urged China to ban the use of illegal timber – now it’s happening!
China is changing its Forest Law to include a nationwide ban on buying, processing or transporting illegally sourced timber
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Corrupt Indonesian timber company boss jailed for five years and fined more than $180,000
A high court in Indonesia has upheld the conviction, jail term and substantial fine of a major corrupt timber trader
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Our push to WTO helps protect Indonesia’s vital log export ban from threat of trade tariffs
We have contributed to a victory for Indonesia over Australia at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a case about paper – which should make it more difficult for countries to use trade tariffs to attack Indonesia’s log export ban
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From tiger trafficking to supermarket plastics – the differences we’ve made in 2019!
As we prepare to get our teeth into a new decade of challenges, here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a busy year in 2019
China’s rogue emissions of banned CFC-11 could delay recovery of ozone layer
Rogue emissions of CFC-11 in China could still significantly delay recovery of the Earth’s ozone layer
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Illegal trade pressure on pangolins pushes three species further up the risk register
Three species of pangolins have moved into a higher category of threat due to the growing impacts of habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade