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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
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
EU must be ready to publicly name and shame bad actors if law on deforestation-free products is to be effective
30.03.2022 Crucial clause must return
Suspect timber firms lobby for certified wood ‘green lane’ in draft EU anti-deforestation law
09.11.2021 Influential timber industry group run by firms guilty of logging and wood trading abuses calls for proposed EU rules to wave through wood certified by dubious sustainability schemes
