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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Palm oil watchdog’s sustainability guarantee is still a destructive con
Consumers around the world are still being conned about the sustainability of the palm oil contained in the products they buy
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International task force agrees to target money laundering in illegal wildlife trade
Agreement has been reached by the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crack down on money laundering linked to the illegal wildlife trade
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Room to improve in Europe’s ongoing crackdown on high risk teak from Myanmar
The European Union is cracking down on shipments of illegal teak from Myanmar but needs to step up its game to be more effective
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Watching the world burn – fires threaten the planet’s tropical forests and millions of people
In recent weeks, the world has looked on transfixed as huge tracts of the precious Amazon rainforest have been engulfed in flame.
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Chinese enforcement raid targets major timber-smuggling syndicate plundering Myanmar
Details are emerging from local media in China of an unprecedented enforcement operation in the country’s Yunnan Province against smuggling of precious timber from neighbouring Myanmar
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