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US firms bet big on risky Brazilian timber imports after a helping hand from Bolsonaro
02.02.2021 Earthsight's Untamed Timber report details how a Brazilian flooring giant was let off the hook by authorities and is now thriving across the US and EU
Untamed Timber
02.02.2021 A new Earthsight report reveals how a Brazilian flooring giant let off the hook by Bolsonaro’s government is now thriving across the US and EU
Europe awash with wood from billion-dollar Russian illegal logging scandal
16.12.2020 Spies. Lies. Lumber. A new Earthsight investigation
EU and Ukraine authorities urged to ‘systematically reform’ forest sector
06.07.2020 To end Illegal logging, reform must go beyond national efforts announced so far
Flatpacked Forests
23.06.2020 A new Earthsight investigation reveals Ikea's illegal timber problem and the flawed green label behind it
Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood
27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits
Forest 500 report laments “painfully slow” progress of brands to tackle deforestation
19.02.2020 New analysis of corporate efforts to fight against deforestation accuses Amazon, Nike, McDonald’s and dozens of other firms of falling short
New probe finds EU demand for oak flooring fuelling corruption and violence in Ukraine
19.12.2019 $35m of timber purchased by major EU parquet flooring manufacturers from two Ukraine firms linked to widespread illegal logging, corruption and business malpractices
