European Commission proposes year-long delay to crucial supply chain law, threatening 2,300 sq km of forest

02.10.2024 The bulldozers were just about to switch off their engines. Now the European Commission wants to re-fuel them

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

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

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 

Fresh G7 sanctions fail to stop multibillion-dollar “conflict timber” trade

01.03.2023 New sanctions missed opportunity to prevent cash flows into the pockets of key Putin allies

"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

Key changes blocked by industry at “make or break” FSC meeting in Bali

15.11.2022 Green label’s ‘multi-stakeholder approach’ fails to deliver for forests and forest peoples

If it truly aspires to leadership on climate and forests, the US must first break its addiction to the products driving their destruction

08.11.2022 The US has pledged to end deforestation, but it continues to fund destruction overseas via imports of forest-risk commodities

The Fixers: Key Findings From The Investigation

29.09.2022 Court leak reveals go-betweens, failing law helped Brazilian flooring giant flood USA with suspect wood

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