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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
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
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
Paraguayan authorities complicit in illegal razing of country’s forests by EU-linked agribusiness
20.06.2022 Documents confirm the extent of illegalities committed by ranches
REVEALED: European leather industry peddling misinformation in bid to escape deforestation-free law
15.06.2022 Leather may remain unregulated under a planned EU law on deforestation-free products as industry associations lobby against its inclusion with worrying signs of potential success
