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EU Commission, Parliament respond to ‘blood birch’ scandal – now the Council must act
16.05.2025 Wood sanctions must be expanded to tackle the oligarch-linked trade
Press release: Blood-stained birch
29.01.2025 Firms admit laundering Russian wood into the EU, in sanctions-busting trade worth over €1.5bn
FSC must terminate negotiations with paper giant APRIL over its continued links to deforestation
12.12.2024 It's been a decade since it cut ties with the Indonesian paper giant
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
EU finally bans torture-stained Belarusian furniture trade
15.07.2024 The decision will shut down a supply chain long marred by human rights abuses and torture
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
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
The Belarusian furniture industry is the backbone of Lukashenko’s regime. So why hasn’t the EU sanctioned it yet?
19.10.2023 Demanding Belarusian sanctions
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
