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
A high court in Indonesia has upheld the conviction, jail term and substantial fine of a major corrupt timber trader
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
A fortnight ago we revealed how consumers are being conned about the sustainability of palm oil – and now the RSPO, the leading industry certification body which we criticised, has pledged to investigate
As the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) annual meeting concludes in Bangkok, we and 14 other environmental NGOs call on it to do its job properly