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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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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EIA rebuttal to biased and incorrect allegations in Myanmar media re State of Corruption report
On 1 July 2019, Eleven Media Group published an article entitled “EIA Exposed – the campaign against Myanmar’s teak trade accused of making false allegations against innocent timber trader”. Although the article is labelled as an interview, it reads more like a biased opinion piece and is riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods. In this letter, […]
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Confronting a legacy of crime and corruption in Myanmar’s illegal teak trade
Myanmar President U Win Myint stated that “The Union Government will take effective administrative steps to rectify the weak areas in fighting corruption.” A bold and welcome statement, but no President, Minister or Ministry alone has the power to fight the deep cancer destroying all parts of Myanmar’s fragile future – corruption.
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German firm reported for Myanmar teak imports violating Europe’s legal timber rules
Our Forests campaigners today (21 March) formally submitted a dossier of evidence to German and European enforcement authorities over a German company’s imports of Myanmar teak.
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Urge your MP to get the UK working with China to end trade in big cats!
If you live in the UK, we ask you to call on your local MP to join our campaigners at an event in Parliament on 2 April 2019 to explore how the UK can work with China to become big cat conservation champions.