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European leather sector tries to evade responsibility despite clear ties to deforestation

31.03.2026 New research shows why leather must remain in the EUDR

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

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

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: Blood-stained birch

29.01.2025 Firms admit laundering Russian wood into the EU, in sanctions-busting trade worth over €1.5bn

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: 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

"Hurt The Dictator": Q&A With Belarusian Dissident Andrei Sannikov

31.01.2023 Andrei Sannikov outlines the urgent need for strong sanctions on Belarusian timber

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