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Earthsight files complaints against 31 EU firms following confirmation of Russian wood use by their birch ply suppliers

16.04.2024 Earthsight has filed EUTR complaints pertaining to 31 firms across nine member states whose suppliers were confirmed by the EU to be using Russian wood

Press Release: Cargo ship loaded with €40m of Russian conflict timber seized in Germany

22.03.2024 Sanctioned Russian plywood worth an estimated €40 million seized

Commentary: Biden’s sanctions on Russia should include timber exports

06.03.2024 New US sanctions target hundreds of Russian entities and individuals, but should also cover areas that are good for the planet

Press Release: EU politicians, NGOs demand probe into ethical wood label’s certification of Belarusian penal colonies

22.02.2024 Open letter demanding an independent investigation by the FSC into how it came to certify the tainted Belarusian wood and furniture trade

UK announces deforestation due diligence rules, but cause for concern remains

11.12.2023 UK gov announces details of its deforestation legislation

Some – but not all – Russian conflict timber imports banned in US

27.11.2023 The US Treasury Department has banned one of the largest and most controversial suppliers of Russian conflict plywood

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 

Revealed: Timber linked to Russia’s Wagner private army on sale in Europe

16.05.2023 Scandal has implications for new law meant to address EU role in deforestation overseas 

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