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Amendments to EUDR could harm EU efforts to block Russian and Belarusian ‘conflict timber’
14.07.2025 Changes could incentivise laundering of wood into the EU
Blood-stained birch: Exposing the EU trade in Russian conflict ply
29.01.2025 Firms admit laundering Russian wood into the EU, in sanctions-busting trade worth over €1.5bn
Press release: Political parties undermining landmark forest protection law have received donations linked to illegal deforestation
12.11.2024 Over €1.7 million in deforestation-linked funds donated since 2018
Political parties undermining forest protection law have received donations linked to illegal deforestation
12.11.2024 The EUDR is under threat
European Commission proposes year-long delay to crucial supply chain law, threatening 2,300 sq km of forest
02.10.2024 The European Commission wants to refuel the bulldozers
Orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo faces imminent threat of destruction
24.09.2024 Planned clearance for timber plantation underlines critical importance of EUDR
Despite landmark law, Europe faces tough test to end role in global forest loss (commentary)
16.05.2023 Success of EU's landmark deforestation law far from assured
Russian mercenaries cash in on Europe’s scramble for African timber
16.05.2023 New evidence reveals an EU timber rush in one of the world’s most fragile nations fuels local instability and bolsters Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Fresh G7 sanctions fail to stop multibillion-dollar “conflict timber” trade
01.03.2023 New sanctions missed opportunity to prevent cash flows into the pockets of key Putin allies
EU agrees on much needed landmark law, but work still needed to fully protect forests and communities
06.12.2022 The final agreement compromised between contrasting priorities
