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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: Cargo ship loaded with €40m of Russian conflict timber seized in Germany
22.03.2024 Sanctioned Russian plywood worth an estimated €40 million seized
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
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
NGO letter: EU Member States urged to properly implement and enforce the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products
10.07.2023 Civil society organisations urge EU Member States to learn valuable lessons from EUTR and take urgent steps to effectively implement and enforce the new law
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
