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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
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
Russian mercenaries cash in on Europe’s scramble for African timber
16.05.2023 New evidence reveals an EU timber rush in one of the world’s most fragile nations fuels local instability and bolsters Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Rubber-stamping Repression
25.11.2022 Europe’s largest furniture retail chains are linked to the forced labour and torture of political prisoners in Belarus
The Fixers
29.09.2022 In a joint investigation with Mongabay, we reveal how a failing US law allowed a Brazilian flooring giant to flood America with millions of dollars of suspect wood
Taiga King 2: Back In Business
21.02.2022 Russian tycoon Alexander Pudovkin flooded Europe with dirty wood. He and his customers got away with it
Ikea's House of Horrors
15.07.2021 Ikea has for years sold children's furniture made from wood linked to vast illegal logging in protected forests in Russia.
Untamed Timber
02.02.2021 A new Earthsight report reveals how a Brazilian flooring giant let off the hook by Bolsonaro’s government is now thriving across the US and EU
