
Indonesia shelves plan to undermine legal timber exports under cover of coronavirus
The Government of Indonesia has backed away from a plan to drastically dilute timber regulations
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The Government of Indonesia has backed away from a plan to drastically dilute timber regulations
Welcome to the first EIA 'What on Earth?' podcast, asking why Indonesia wants to water down rules keeping stolen timber out of its exports
Indonesia is taking steps to significantly water down the rules keeping illegal timber out of its international trade – and is using the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an excuse
Two years after a seizure of timber by the Myanmar Forest Department at the port in Yangon, the incident has led to nine people being sentenced to 10 years each in prison for timber smuggling
A Dutch court has ruled that importers of teak from Myanmar must be able to trace the legality of the luxury timber all the way back to felling
China is changing its Forest Law to include a nationwide ban on buying, processing or transporting illegally sourced timber