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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
Pasubio pledges no more links to deforestation in Ayoreo Totobiegosode lands, but is this enough?
20.12.2023 Italian tannery announces it’s ready to halt commercial ties to suppliers
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
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
Imports of Russian ‘’conflict timber’’ for US kitchens linked to logging in ancient virgin forests
20.09.2023 US firms continue to purchase plywood from Russian companies
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
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
