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Illegal Deforestation Monitor
IDM tracks illegalities relating to conversion of forests for export-oriented agribusiness, the largest driver of global deforestation Continue reading
Open letter: FSC is no longer fit for purpose and must urgently reform
25.10.2021 As the Forest Stewardship Council General Assembly kicks off, NGOs and civil society groups urge the ethical wood label to instigate serious change of its practices
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FSC hall of shame: The ethical wood label’s long line of scandals
25.10.2021 The Forest Stewardship Council label is supposed to guarantee products are sustainably sourced, sadly it is not always the case
NGOs urge ‘immediate’ reform at ethical wood label to fight global deforestation
25.10.2021 Open letter signed by environmental and civil society organisations accuses the Forest Stewardship Council of failing to protect forests and indigenous groups
Grand Theft Chaco II: The Vice Continues
13.10.2021 One year on, failed response from Paraguayan government and leather industry to the scandal demonstrates urgent need for new laws
Amazon slaughterhouses eye greater share of American pie as Brazil beef sales surge
23.09.2021 New facilities approved underlines the need for strong US regulation
More suspect Amazon beef is US-bound after facilities in deforestation hotspots approved
23.09.2021 Beef sold in the US increasingly likely to be linked to illegal deforestation amid growing exports from Brazilian Amazon states
Calls grow for House of Lords to strengthen UK Environment Bill
13.09.2021 Government proposals to end UK role in driving deforestation overseas must be beefed up for benefits to be realised
Ikea, FSC actions on Siberia illegal logging scandal are a start. In our climate crisis, they must do much more
06.09.2021 Swedish retail giant and green timber label have moved to address problem of illegal sanitary felling in eastern Russia, but their measures must go further
An Illustrated guide to Europe’s role in Paraguay forest destruction
21.07.2021 Supply chain graphic shows how EU car leather helps fuel the loss of indigenous land in South America
Ikea's House of Horrors
15.07.2021 Ikea has for years sold children's furniture made from wood linked to vast illegal logging in protected forests in Russia.
The illegal Russian wood hidden inside Ikea children’s furniture
15.07.2021 A new Earthsight investigation unpacks Ikea's latest illegal timber problem
