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This menu organises news, documents, projects, profiles and links into key topics, and the menu along the top divides the contents of the site by type.

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23rd Jul 08

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Financed by DFID

Welcome to illegal-logging.info. The purpose of this site is to provide background information on the key issues in the illegal logging debate, together with news stories, information on events, key documents and links to other relevant websites. 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.

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.

The views expressed in documents on this site are the opinions of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Chatham House or its funders.

29/06/2008
Combating Climate Change: An International Cooperation Framework Beyond 2012

This paper was commissioned at the GLOBE G8+5 legislators meeting in the US Senate, Washington DC, i ...
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09/06/2008
Controlling illegal logging: Using public procurement policy

Concise summary of how countries are using public procurement policy to create protected markets for ...
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08/06/2008
Social issues in timber procurement policies

Analysis of the inclusion of social issues in timber procurement policies: what is covered, what cou ...
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Latest News

22/07/2008
WWF: Finland EU's Biggest Importer of Illegal Timber
The WWF accuses Finland of being one of the European Union's biggest importers of illegally fel
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21/07/2008
Ban on illegal logging of timber in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para
Following the success of the soya moratorium extension, illegal and destructive logging of timber is
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15/07/2008
Wal-Mart pledges to phase out illegal timber
Wal-Mart's attempts to reduce the environmental impact of its supply chain took another step fo
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