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