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Coast man charged with timber thefts
Simmons is accused of stealing over about $375,000 worth of timber on 16th section land in Pearl River County

Underwater Loggers Sunk By Law Enforcement
During timber's heyday, it was common to see tugboats pulling huge rafts of logs to area mills

Man charged with illegal salvage of Columbia River logs seeks dismissal
A Deer Island man accused of illegally salvaging submerged logs from the Columbia River near Willow Grove in 2006 has asked that his case be dismissed

Illegal logging funding Taliban attacks on U.S. troops
The article actually blames the logging ban, rather than the Taliban forces doing the logging and profiting from it

Satellites being used to track illegal logging
Analysts in Europe and the United States are using high resolution satellite imagery to identify and track shipments of timber illegally logged from rainforest parks in Madagascar

Illegal loggers besiege Vietnamese foresters for over 9 hours
Yok Don National Parks foresters and inspectors were besieged for over nine hours by loggers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak while looking for illegal logging activity

Breaking Local News from Syracuse & Central New York
Nothing seems to deter Pulaski logger Delbert Shaw from stealing timber.

Indonesia Losing US$2 Billion Annually From Corruption In Forestry Industry
Corruption in Indonesia's lucrative forestry industry is costing the country US$2 billion annually, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released recently

Report: Indonesia loses $2B from forest corruption
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Corruption and mismanagement inside Indonesia's lucrative forest industry now costs the developing country $2 billion a year the equivalent of its entire health budget, a human rights report said Tuesday.

Investors Grilled by Charcoal Scam
(SEC) charged four executives of Mantria Corporation for perpetrating a $30 million Ponzi scheme based on phony development of the purportedly carbon negative soil additive biochar (charcoal).

U.S. Seizes Wood Under New Law to Fight Illegal Logging
Local news sources reported Tuesday that agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service searched the Tennessee manufacturing facility of Gibson Guitars as part of an investigation under the Lacey Act into harvested wood from Madagascar.

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

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