Environmental Investigation Agency
Cutting corners
Despite another damning report, huge strides are being made to cut out illegal logging
Seeing REDD over illegal timber
One of the biggest global get-togethers has outlined plans for a climbdown on deforestation. TiC slices through papers and procrastination to find out that money really does grow on trees.
IS IT right for rich countries to pay poor countries not to cut down their forests after the rich have chopped down all theirs? Environment ministers from 190 countries met in Bali, Indonesia last December, and agreed to pilot projects that will do just this.
Vietnam is hotspot for illegal timber
Vietnam has become a major South-East Asian hub for processing illegally logged timber, according to a report from two environmental charities.
Lost in translation
The tallest residential tower in Western Europe was revealed to contain illegally sourced hardwood earlier this year. But shouldn't the companies involved have known better? Ross MacMillan reports.
MPs urged to legislate against illegal timber trade
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is asking for British Members of Parliament to outlaw sales of illegally logged or traded timber in the UK.
Merbau most foul
Greens have called for a total ban on products that contain the Indonesian hardwood Merbau. The Environmental Investigation Agency earlier this year produced a damning report, which spotlighted manufacturers and retailers that stock the products. Four months after the report, TiC speaks to the organisation to find out how effective its campaign has been.
Travis Perkins finds green options
Flooring contractos could be using Brazilian and Slovenian timber after Travis Perkins
slapped a ban on products that contain merbau coming in from Indonesia.
