Major international webinar focuses on the places where forest and wildlife crime overlap
This week saw EIA share our unique perspectives on environmental crime as part of a major international webinar
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Tag: timber
Conviction and jailing of timber criminals in Myanmar welcome – but what happens to the wood?
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
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Dutch court rules importers of Myanmar teak must be able to trace legality from stump to shipping
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
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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
Vietnam still has work to do before its timber exports to Europe can be deemed legal
Our senior Forests campaigners are at the European Parliament today (30 January) to sound a note of caution over an imminent EU timber trade deal with Vietnam..
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On UN Forests Day, new studies put EU in position to take action on deforestation
Today is the UN International Day of Forests and this year’s theme is ‘Forests and Sustainable Cities’, with an emphasis on vertical forests. to focus on trees in urban settings on this day makes us realise the need to communicate what is actually happening to real forests and how it can be addressed
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