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Sierra Club and United Steelworks Union target illegal logging
The Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers (USW) are both voicing concerns over a decision by regulators which they say would grant special exemptions for pulp and paper from the Lacey Act reforms of 2008

Nine charged in nearly $5 million timber scam
Nine men were arraigned Monday on federal charges they tricked a paper mill into paying $4.8 million for timber that was never delivered.

MT - Ravalli County, Forest Service at odds over logs, slash
The U.S. Forest Service is investigating whether timber was stolen and trespassing occurred during a controversial roadway improvement project in Ravalli County.

The true costs of illegal logging
The World Bank estimates costs more than US$10 billion in lost sales and assets every year.

AU - Illegal Timber Hard To Identify
Forestry Minister Tony Burke has hit back, saying authorities had no way of telling if imported timber is legal or illegal

BC - Kamloops Company Probed In High-Tech Log Scam
Three men associated with a Kamloops log-handling company are facing serious charges following a lengthy investigation by the RCMP and the B.C. Ministry of Forests

British Company Barcodes Trees To Protect Forests
Deep in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into hardwood trees to help in the fight against illegal logging, corruption and global warming

EC Pledges Funds To Stop Illegal Logging
The European Commission has upped its fight against illegal logging by pledging 4.5m to the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) facility at the European Forest Institute (EFI).

Ghana - Government Loses $18m Annually Through Illegal Lumbering
An overview of a research presented on Monday in Accra said government lost $18 million annually as result of illegal chainsaw milling

Vietnam - Rangers Hit Hard By Police Inaction Against Illegal Loggers
Illegal loggers in the Central Highlands and nearby provinces are prepared use lethal force to retrieve confiscated logs, but few of the bloody scuffles are investigated by local police

Illegal Wood Soon Excluded From EU Markets
WWF has welcomed todays decision by the European Parliament to support strict rules to eliminate illegally harvested wood from the European market

Pair Stopped Loggers In Amazon Rain Forest
Jabini and Eduards, leaders of the Maroon community established by freed African slaves in the 1700s, fought uncontrolled logging on their traditional lands

Vietnam: Forests disappear at rapid rate
Deforestation intensified during the last year, with 440 hectares lost an increase of 55 percent from the previous year

WA - Timber Embezzlement Makes Judge 'Fear For Our Future'
In sentencing Smith, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton noted that the young man encouraged about 25 others to join in the scheme. Most have been convicted on related charges

Dozen Illegal Logging Operations Shut Down in Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian police shut down 13 illegal logging operations responsible for felling 80,000 hectares (310 square miles) of trees in an indigenous reserve in the Amazon rainforest, the Environment Ministry said

WA - Local logger picks a bad time to go on TV
A Cle Elum logger is in trouble with the state's timber police, after he was seen removing logs from the bottom of the Hoquiam River on a popular History Channel show

Canadian Firms Pleased With EU Logging Crackdown
The Canadian forest products industry is welcoming a European Union bid to crack down on the illegal logging trade - as long as the proposed rules aren't written in a way that results in creating trade barriers

Vietnam - Illegal Logging Creates Logjam
Forest wardens in central Quang Nam Province have seized around 4,700 cubic meters of illegally logged lumber this year, leaving them with stockpiles of hard to-move wood

Russia - Logging Called Threat to Krasnodar Reserve
Krasnodar regional authorities are turning a blind eye to a massive, illegal logging project in a nature reserve on the Black Sea, local environmentalists say

Hackers Help Loggers Smuggle 1.7 Million Cubic Meters of Wood Out of Brazil
Hackers in Brazil have managed to break into the computerized system that tracks quotas for logging companies, allowing for the illegal logging and smuggling

Burma - Tay Za Logging in Karen State
Burmese business tycoon Tay Zas Htoo Trading Company has recently started logging timber in Karen rebel-held territory

Companies wary as U.S. shapes illegal logging rules
A new U.S. law aimed at stopping illegal logging that generates billions of dollars and threatens the world's forests is causing concern among companies on the front line of implementing the legislation.

Stricter trade rules seen cutting illegal timber
Stricter trade standards could help reduce the amount of illegal timber used as furniture and flooring around the world, but some legitimate exporters may be pinched as a result, industry officials said on Monday.

NY: Timber Theft On The Rise
State Foresters Association Warns Land Owners Of Problem

Russia - The Stolen Forests
Inside The Covert War On Illegal Logging

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