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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
Ukraine Prime Minister pledges crackdown on illegal logging after Earthsight exposé
25.06.2020 Government announcement came on same day environment authorities reveal criminal probe started into forestry enterprise linked to Ikea suppliers
Flatpacked Forests
23.06.2020 A new Earthsight investigation reveals Ikea's illegal timber problem and the flawed green label behind it
Earthsight exposes Ikea’s illegal logging links
23.06.2020 Brand’s best-selling chairs made from plundered forests home to some of Europe’s last lynx and bears, a new Earthsight investigation has uncovered
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
Robinson Lumber's perilous trade with Peru's Maderera Bozovich
06.01.2020 No US firm imports more high-risk wood from Peru than Robinson Lumber and they continue to buy from a company with a long rap sheet of alleged illegalities
'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua
20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken
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
Sônia Guajajara: “Agribusiness today really is a plague”
29.11.2019 In an exclusive interview, prominent indigenous leader Sônia Guajajara discusses the threats facing indigenous peoples and Europe’s responsibilities towards conservation in Brazil
