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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
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
EU firms buying timber from wanted suspect at centre of $30m Ukrainian bribery case
03.06.2019 A slew of companies are purchasing wood from a supplier owned by the wife of Ukraine’s former forestry chief, even though a criminal case against the couple is ongoing
Ukraine PM announces crackdown on illegal logging and timber corruption
18.07.2018
Volodymyr Groysman pledges crackdown on rogue operations and appeals to EU for help, in wake of Earthsight investigation
Complicit in Corruption: How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests
14.07.2018 How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests
