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The purpose of this site is to provide information on the key issues in the debate around illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber, via news stories and key documents, as well as details of relevant events, and links to other relevant websites.
Illegal logging and the international trade in illegally logged timber is a major problem for many timber-producing countries in the developing world. It causes environmental damage, costs governments billions of dollars in lost revenue, promotes corruption, undermines the rule of law and good governance and funds armed conflict. It retards sustainable development in some of the poorest countries of the world. Consumer countries contribute to these problems by importing timber and wood products without ensuring that they are legally sourced. In recent years, however, producer and consumer countries alike have paid increasing attention to illegal logging.
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This site is maintained by the Energy, Environment and Development Programme of Chatham House in London, with funding from the UK Department for International Development and additional support from the European Forest Institute's EU FLEGT Facility.
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Sibu - Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan yesterday ..
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A long-running push to ban the import and use of illegally logged timber faces further delay with the ..
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London - Illegal logging in Brazilian Amazonia could result in the destruction of the world’s most-endangered ..
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Every two seconds, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers around ...
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The 2010 State of the Forest report relies on indicators decided on collectively by about sixty contributors. ...
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Tropical rainforest clearing and degradation significantly reduces carbon sequestration and increases ...
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