US LACEY ACT

The Lacey Act is a piece of US legislation which was introduced in 1900 to prevent transportation of illegally captured wildlife across state lines. It has been amended several times, most recently in June 2008 when US Congress agreed to extend the Act to timber products.

This made the US the first country to legislate against the handling of timber which is illegal according to the laws of the country the timber originated from. The European Union has been exploring the possibility of adopting similar legislation, for details of this please see our EU FLEGT: Due Diligence page.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
04/05/2010	Illegal Logging In Indonesia: The Environmental, Economic and Social Costs This report claims that illegal logging undermines the strength and sustainability of the forest products’ ...	The BlueGreen Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club & United Steelworkers
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20/01/2010	Setting the Story Straight - the US Lacey Act: Separating Myth from Reality This brief document sets out to dispel common myths related to the 2008 amendment to the Lacey Act, which ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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20/01/2010	Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures Summary and analysis of the range of measures taken by consumer countries to control imports of illegal ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/01/2010	SFI 2010-2014 Program The SFI 2010-2014 Standard promotes sustainable forest management through 14 core principles, 20 objectives, ...	SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)
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01/12/2009	Are You Ready for the Lacey Act? This fact sheet explains what the Lacey Act is, the risks do buyers, traders, and sellers of wood, paper, ...	Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) & World Resources Institute (WRI)
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01/11/2009	Have Your Products Been Legally Produced? This brochure is a reaction to recent amendments in the EU and the US, which require verification that ...	World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) & World Resources Institute (WRI)
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02/09/2009	Implementation of revised Lacey Act provisions (September 2009) Extract from Federal Register: revised plan to phase in enforcement of the timber import declaration ...	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture
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22/06/2009	Combating Illegal Logging: Interaction with WTO Rules Controlling international trade in illegal timber is an essential part of the international effort to ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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01/03/2009	Early impacts of the 2008 Lacey Act Plant Amendments On May 22, amendments to the Lacey Act passed as Section 8204 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act ...	Environmental Investigation Agency for the Lacey Coalition
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03/02/2009	Implementation of revised Lacey Act provisions (February 2009) Extract from Federal Register: revised plan to phase in enforcement of the timber import declaration ...	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture
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01/12/2008	Amendment to the US Lacey Act: Implications for exporters of Malaysian forest products Malaysia is one of the largest producers and suppliers of tropical hardwood and related products destined ...	Forest Trends and Sidley Austin LLP (R. Juge Gregg and Amelia Porges)
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01/12/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 8 Welcome to the eighth and last edition of the TTAP newsletter of this year. This issue highlights the ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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31/10/2008	Amendment to the US Lacey Act: Implications for exporters of Indonesian forest products Indonesia is a large producer and supplier of forest products for the US market and has a well-documented ...	Forest Trends and Sidley Austin LLP (R. Juge Gregg and Amelia Porges)
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08/10/2008	Implementation of revised Lacey Act provisions (October 2008) Extract from Federal Register: official notice of new Lacey Act provisions, particularly the import declaration ...	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture
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01/10/2008	Amendment to the US Lacey Act: Implications for Vietnamese forest product exporters The possibility that some of the Vietnam wood products being exported to the United States are associated with ...	Forest Trends and Sidley Austin LLP (R. Juge Gregg and Amelia Porges)
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01/10/2008	Amendments to Lacey Act In May 2008 the US Congress agreed to amend the Lacey Act, which makes it illegal to handle fish or wildlife ...
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01/08/2008	Amendment to the US Lacey Act: Implications for Chinese forest product exporters Many of China's wood product exports are manufactured from raw wood materials that have been harvested ...	Forest Trends and Sidley Austin LLP (R. Juge Gregg and Amelia Porges)
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01/08/2007	Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 Bill tabled in the US Senate by Senator Wyden (supported by others) to extend the coverage of the Lacey ...	Senator Wyden
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09/07/2007	Controlling illegal logging: Lessons from the US Lacey Act The Lacey Act makes it illegal, in the US, to import, sell or possess fish or wildlife produced illegally ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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13/03/2007	Legal Timber Protection Act Bill tabled in the US House of Representatives by Congressmen Blumenauer, Weller and Wexler to extend ...	Congressmen Blumenauer, Weller, Wexler
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22/02/2007	Illegally Logged Wood Act (Illinois) Bill, and subsequent amendment, tabled in the Illinois state legislature to ban the sale of illegally ...	Representative Susana A. Mendoza
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
24/08/2010	Timber suppliers learn about legal issues A workshop was launched in Hanoi on August 23 to help Vietnamese timber suppliers update with revisions ...	Voice of Vietnam News
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19/08/2010	Newly launched forestry standard combats illegally harvested timber Emeryville, California - Illegal logging damages forest ecosystems, local communities and the economies ...	PR Web
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19/08/2010	Saving forests with carrots as well as sticks - part 1 Forests cover about a third of Earth's land area and contain about 70% of the carbon found in living ...	The Huffington Post, US
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02/08/2010	Guyana’s response to US Lacey Act The revised US Lacey Act (1 April 2010) includes an expanded product coverage list covering many of the ...	ITTO Market Report
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30/07/2010	Lacey Act can curb illegal logging: Dept Kota Kinabalu - Sabah could do with the likes of the Lacey Act - a United States law aimed at addressing ...	Daily Express, East Malaysia
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20/07/2010	European illegal logging legislation passes last major hurdle During June, representatives of the European Commission, Council and Parliament reached agreement on ...	ITTO Market Report
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15/07/2010	Major decline seen in illegal logging Illegal logging in the world's forests has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2002, according to what ...	BBC News
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15/07/2010	China, the timber baron The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from being traded; ...	IRIN News
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14/07/2010	Forest exports under closer watch for illegal logging US team expounds on amended Lacey Act: "This is here to stay and it’s just going to get worse. ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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14/07/2010	US introduces stringent laws on wood imports The US has introduced new regulations governing the importation of wood and its products into that country ...	Kaieteur News Online, Guyana
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07/07/2010	Violence a part of the illegal timber trade, says kidnapped activist The European parliament made a historical move today when it voted overwhelmingly to ban illegal timber ...	Mongabay.com
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17/06/2010	Wood industry needs concerted effort to surmount barriers Experts expressed concerns on Tuesday over the high risk of Vietnam’s furniture products facing ...	VietNamNet Bridge
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17/06/2010	Landmark legislation’s anniversary highlights strong need for continued efforts to curb illegal logging Marking the amended Lacey Act’s two-year anniversary, Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer ...	Earth Times
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14/06/2010	Helveta helps tackle illegal logging trade Lost among the more headline-grabbing Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition plans for the economy ...	Financial Times, UK
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03/06/2010	Lacey Act requires declaration for musical instruments, chairs and hand tools Importers of wooden chairs, musical instruments, hand tools, sculptures, revolvers and pistols, and other ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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01/06/2010	International alliance created to help corporations avoid illegal wood Given the complexities of the global wood trade and the difficulty of deciphering a product's source ...	Mongabay.com
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26/05/2010	New global alliance formed to undercut illegal logging Washington DC - To reduce trade in illegally harvested wood, a global initiative was launched today in ...	Environment News Service
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20/05/2010	Newly elected UK government commits to Lacey-style legislation The agreement reached between the Conservative and Liberal parties to form a coalition government following ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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13/05/2010	New US law affects handicraft businesses A new law passed by the United States Congress in 2008 is significantly affecting businesses, especially ...	My Joy Online, Ghana
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05/05/2010	US alliance targets illegal logging in Indonesia An alliance of US environmental groups and a workers union have called for trade sanctions to be used ...	CarbonPositive
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16/04/2010	Forest footprint makes its mark How much or little your business contributes to deforestation is set to be an increasingly significant ...	TTJ - The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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31/03/2010	Furniture, musical instruments must now declare basic information under US Lacey Act WASHINGTON DC—April 1, 2010 marks the beginning of enforcement for basic information transparency ...	Laceynews press release
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29/03/2010	Lacey Act amendment puzzles wooden furniture exporters Vietnam’s wooden furniture exporters are now as nervous as cats on hot bricks because a new American ...	VietNamNet Bridge
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22/03/2010	The Lacey Act: Timber trade enforcement gets some teeth In May 2008, the United States became the first country in the world to place an outright, criminally ...	ICTSD
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16/03/2010	USAID helps interpret Lacey Act in Indonesia USAID is working with the Forestry Ministry of Indonesia and various timber product and trade associations ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Market Report
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15/03/2010	Environmental groups call on French shipping company Delmas to cancel shipment of precious wood from Madagascar Washington - Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today called on French shipping ...	PR Newswire
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13/03/2010	Wood export rules change HCM [Ho Chi Minh] City — Vietnamese wooden products makers have to conform to new US and EU laws ...	Viet Nam News
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04/03/2010	Indonesian and U.S. laws aim to block illegal logging Yogyakarta, Indonesia — It is no secret that Indonesia is quickly losing its forests: since 1950, ...	USAID
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09/02/2010	Martin and other guitar makers go green CEO Chris Martin watched the price of precious woods go up and order sizes go down - and realized his ...	Mother Nature Network
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29/01/2010	Call for tougher moves on illegal timber The Forest Owners' Association says New Zealand should be looking to the United States for inspiration ...	Radio New Zealand International
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28/01/2010	Satellites being used to track illegal logging, rosewood trafficking in Madagascar Analysts in Europe and the United States are using high resolution satellite imagery to identify and ...	Mongabay.com
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21/01/2010	Dispelling myths about the US Lacey Act The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has released a document ...	Mongabay.com
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18/01/2010	EU spitting chips over timber plan The European Commission has delivered a blistering attack on Federal Government research that questioned ...	The Age, Australia
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13/01/2010	SFI launches new standard - leads forest certification forward Washington - Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc. has released a new ...	WhatTheyThink
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07/01/2010	Facing cash crunch, will Madagascar's politicians sanction rainforest plunder? Facing a severe cash crunch in the aftermath of a March military coup which triggered donor governments ...	WildMadagascar.org (part of Mongabay.com)
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05/01/2010	Groundbreaking 'One Good World ECOngress' gives impetus for critical wood sourcing issue in the home furnishings industry LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ushering in a new era of environmental responsibility in ...	PR Newswire
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27/12/2009	Rainforest conservation: a year in review 2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ...	Mongabay.com
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22/12/2009	Is your company prepared for the Lacey Act? A recent U.S. government raid on illegally sourced wood is a wake-up call to businesses. ...	WRI
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15/12/2009	Stop importing illegal timber, US tells Rudd Eleven members of the US Congress have written to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, urging him to fulfil ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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10/12/2009	System to ensure sustainability, legality of logging In an effort to ease possible trade friction with the United States and the European Union, China is ...	China Daily
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02/12/2009	RI reluctant to sign EU accord against illegal logging Following three years of intensive negotiation with the EU, Indonesia remains reluctant to sign a voluntary ...	The Jakarta Post
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02/12/2009	In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests Rising demand for timber and agricultural products could work against a proposed initiative to reduce ...	Mongabay.com
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30/11/2009	Destruction of Indonesia’s forests will be stopped by reform, not money At last there is an equal amount of money on the side of good that can compete with the forces of evil,” ...	The Jakarta Globe
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19/11/2009	Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided Gibson Guitar's factory Tuesday afternoon, ...	Mongabay.com
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18/11/2009	Double Helix Tracking Technologies uses DNA to track timber, fight illegal logging Think of it as CSI for the timber industry. Singapore-based Double Helix Tracking Technologies (DHTT) ...	Triple Pundit
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04/11/2009	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 ...	Chesterton Tribune, US
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20/10/2009	European timber sector not ready for recovery - U.N. Geneva - The European forestry sector, hit hard by the U.S.-led housing crash, could benefit from more ...	Reuters
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16/10/2009	Second International Timber Trade Federation Day – timber trade demands level playing field Geneva - World Leaders of the timber trade industry gathered in Geneva on the 8 and 9 October for the ...	The Forest Trust
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08/10/2009	REDD for green Riddled with pitfalls, REDD may nevertheless hold out hope for meeting emissions reduction targets globally, ...	International Relations and Security Network, Zurich
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01/10/2009	What do drugs and trees have in common? Examining the US Lacey Act It’s no big secret that our nation has been fighting a “war on drugs” for decades. ...	ConduciveMag
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01/10/2009	Major US illegal logging law enters new enforcement phase Washington - It has been five months since the official beginning of the declaration requirement phase-in ...	SOA World Magazine
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25/09/2009	Indonesia, China to cooperate in wood certification Jakarta - Indonesia and China will cooperate in management and certification of forest products to ensure ...	China View
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12/09/2009	The true costs of illegal logging The use of endangered wood to make elegant furniture and hardwood floors for homes in the US, Europe ...	The National, Abu Dhabi
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03/09/2009	US introduces new approach to combat illegal wood trade The United States has been intensifying regional dialogue with a number of Asia's wood exporting ...	The Jakarta Post
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19/07/2009	RILA welcomes common sense consensus solutions on Lacey Act Washington, DC - The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today applauded the release of a consensus ...	Integrated Solutions for Retailers
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06/07/2009	Indonesia to clean up timber exports Jakarta - Indonesia will launch a new system of independent certification for all timber exports to combat ...	AFP
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01/06/2009	Time running out for industry to get forest produce certification Kochi - After the US and Europe tightened conservation laws last year to curtail illegal logging globally, ...	livemint.com
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20/05/2009	Forestry Commission appeals for sustainable timber industry The Forestry Commission has appealed to Ghanaian timber producers and exporters to join hands and support ...	The Statesman (Ghana)
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06/05/2009	FC appeals to timber industry players to support initiatives The Forestry Commission (FC), has appealed to Ghanaian timber producers and exporters to join hands and ...	GhanaWeb
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04/05/2009	Exporters unaware of new certification The majority of owners of furniture companies in Bali are not aware of a new wood certification process ...	The Jakarta Post
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01/05/2009	Chinese baby furniture company pleads guilty to smuggling internationally protected wood Washington - Style Craft Furniture Co. Ltd., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., ...	PR Newswire
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15/04/2009	Three Indonesian companies prove ready for Lacey Act; with Verified Legal Origin certificates in place, 'VLO' furniture production for a US market can commence Two Tropical Forest Trust (TFT) supported forest projects and one factory have been issued certificates ...	Environmental News Network
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07/04/2009	Jakarta to be hit by moves on illegal logging New US and European Union efforts to clamp down on the illegal timber trade are expected to take a multi-billion ...	Financial Times, UK
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31/03/2009	European traders push for verified legal products in Indonesia At the end of March, European timber trade representatives visited Indonesia to discuss the need for ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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05/03/2009	US Lacey Act: Respecting the laws of trade partners Indonesia - Over the past decade Indonesia has been struggling to control illegal logging. The Indonesian ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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22/02/2009	Timber import restriction snagged in trade dispute Legislation to block illegally logged timber from being imported has become embroiled in an ideological ...	WAToday
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09/02/2009	US revises Lacey Act enforcement schedule The US Department of Agriculture has revised the phase-in schedule for enforcement of the Lacey Act amendments ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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04/02/2009	Lacey Act enforcement delayed until April 2010 for furniture Move gives importers another 10 months to comply ...	Furniture Today
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03/02/2009	USDA Revises Implementation Plan for Declaration Requirement under Lacey Act WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2009--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...	USDA APHIS Newsroom
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17/12/2008	RI risks losing $435.6m in wood exports on new U.S. policy Indonesia could potentially lose at least US$435.6 million a year in exports of wood-based products to ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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15/12/2008	GFC and USAID host forum on US Lacey Act The Guyana Forestry Commission and USAID Guyana hosted a forum on the US Lacey Act on 11 December 2008. ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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15/12/2008	Indonesia responds to US government guidelines on certification The Indonesian government acted quickly and positively to set up a team of officials from various ministries ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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04/12/2008	WRI, EIA Form Partnership to Stem Illegal Forest Products Imported Into U.S. The World Resources Institute and the Environmental Investigation Agency today launch a partnership to ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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29/10/2008	In major conference on timber trade, private sector prepares for proposed tight regulations to prevent illegal logging Geneva, Switzerland - Forestry business representatives came together this week to discuss how industry ...	Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
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28/10/2008	Companies wary as U.S. shapes illegal logging rules Washington, USA - A new U.S. law aimed at stopping illegal logging that generates billions of dollars ...	Reuters (USA)
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14/10/2008	U.S. Government Rolls Out Implementation for World's First Ban on Trade in Illegally Logged Wood Washington DC, USA - U.S. government agencies today held the first public meeting to present the government's ...	MarketWatch (USA)
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05/09/2008	US Bans Illegally Harvested Wood USA - Effective November 18, all importers must declare each type of wood being imported and where it ...	Interior Design (USA)
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24/06/2008	Updated Lacey Act becomes worlds first ban on illegal logging Washington DC, USA ' Importers of wood products may want to keep an eye on newly passed regulations ...	Furniture Today (USA)
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15/06/2008	IWPA, NWFA praise passage of illegal logging provision Washington, USA - The International Wood Products Association (IWPA), an international trade association ...	FloorBiz.com (USA)
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15/05/2008	Environmental Investigation Agency Applauds U.S. Congress for Passing World's First Ban on Import of Illegally Logged Wood Washington, USA - The United States Congress today passed landmark legislation to address the global ...	PRNewswire (USA)
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15/05/2008	U.S. farm bill cracks down on timber trade Washington, USA - Congress' new agriculture bill, which looks certain to become law, would tighten ...	Reuters (USA)
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15/05/2008	Farm Bill Passes with Illegal Logging Provision Intact Washington, D.C., USA - Protecting ecosystems across the globe and businesses here at home that are being ...	Salem-News (USA)
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19/01/2008	Common purpose In his Wood Futures perspective, Jameson French of US-based Northland Forest Products urges closer ties ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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15/01/2008	Burmese timber legislation may be redundant The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) recently said the U.S. Senate passed an amendment ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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21/12/2007	US cracks down in illegal timber imports: why not NZ (New Zealand Green Party Press Release) The United States Senate has passed a law cracking down on the ...	Scoop (New Zealand)
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14/12/2007	United States Senate Passes Ban on the Import of Illegal Wood (EIA Press Release) Washington, USA - The Senate today passed ground-breaking legislation to stop the ...	EarthTimes.org
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14/12/2007	Farm bill provision targets illegal logging USA - Regulators would be able to crack down on illegal timber importers under an amendment in the U.S. ...	Capital Press (USA)
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11/12/2007	Illegal Logging: Where Does Your Wood Come From? USA - This week Congress could pass an act that would cut down on illegal logging, which has devastating ...	New California Media (USA)
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17/11/2007	The Cross, Honduras and Stopping the Global Timber Thieves Honduras - Father Andres Tamayo now gets company as he drives the church pickup truck around his rugged ...	Pacific Free Press (Canada)
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09/11/2007	WWF welcomes House Committee approval of Legal Timber Protection Act to protect U.S. industry and save global forests (WWF Press Release) Washington, USA - World Wildlife Fund applauded the Committee on Natural Resources ...	PR Newswire (USA)
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08/11/2007	House panel tackles illegal foreign timber Legislation to block timber illegally logged in foreign countries from being imported into the United ...	Charleston Gazette (USA)
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07/11/2007	IWPA Praises Compromise on Illegal Logging Legislation in House; Urges Senate to Follow Same Path Washington, USA - The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) praised a compromise approach to ...	International Wood Products Association
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07/11/2007	House Natural Resources Committee Unanimously Clears Major Legislation to Fight Illegal Logging Washington DC, USA The House Committee on Natural Resources this morning unanimously passed the bipartisan ...	EIA (USA)
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02/08/2007	US Senator takes aim at illegal logging in Asia Washington, USA - Former US Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry on Wednesday unveiled ...	Agence France-Presse (France)
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01/08/2007	United States Congress: Wyden legislation endorsed by unusual coalition of industry, labor and environmental groups Washington, D.C. With the collective support of the timber and timber-products industry, organized labor, ...	United States Congress (USA)
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01/08/2007	Historic Bill Introduced in Senate today to Combat Illegal Logging: Backed by unprecedented coalition of conservation, industry and labor groups Washington , D.C. The bipartisan Combat Illegal Logging Act, introduced today in the U.S. Senate by ...	EIA (USA)
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01/08/2007	Lawmakers seek to curb worldwide trade in illegal timber and timber products Washington, USA - Lawmakers worried that hardwood imports increasingly are derived from illegally harvested ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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01/08/2007	Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007 Deputizes U.S. Businesses to Enforce Foreign Laws and Increases Burden on Security-Stressed Customs Officials (International Wood Products Association Press Release) "Illegal logging overseas is best combated ...	International Wood Products Association (USA)
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29/05/2007	Goods Made From Illegal Wood Might Have to Pay the Piper Stateside USA - Don't look now, but 'green' might become more than what a lot of furniture manufacturers ...	Home Furnishings Business (USA)
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15/04/2007	Illinois, U.S. push ban on illegal timber: State proposal would hold retailers liable Beijing, China - U.S. and Illinois lawmakers are weighing landmark legislation against the trade of illegal ...	Chicago Tribune (USA)
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15/03/2007	Greens team with timber industry on new anti-illegal logging bill A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill to ban the use of illegally-harvested timber and ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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14/03/2007	US Lawmakers Bid to Keep Out Ill-Gotten Timber Wshington, USA - A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Tuesday pushed for new rules to stop American ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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13/03/2007	Members of congress announce bipartisan bill to curb illegal timber trade USA - Members of congress announce bipartisan bill to curb illegal timber trade - and are joined by supporters ...	EIA (USA)
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13/03/2007	Lawmakers Seek to Curb Illegal Logging Washington, USA - It could be your new hardwood floor or coffee table, with a rich mahogany hue. While ...	Guardian (UK)
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07/03/2007	Illinois Lawmakers Consider Country's First Prohibition on Illegally-Logged Wood (Press Release) In a precedent setting action, the Illinois General Assembly Tuesday became the first ...	24-7 PressRelease.com (USA)
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18/12/2004	Urgent Need for President Bush to Close the U.S. Border to Illegal Wood In the aftermath of the landslides and flash floods that recently left over a thousand Filipinos dead ...	YubaNet.com (USA)
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
24/06/2009	Lacey Act as applied: case studies	Elinor Colbourn, US Department of Justice
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24/06/2009	The US Lacey Act one year on: implementation, impressions, initial impacts	Andrea Johnson, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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10/12/2008	Lacey Act Amendments	American Forest & Paper Association (William R. Murray)
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18/06/2008	The US Lacey Act and recent prosecutions under CITES	US Department of Justice (Elinor Colbourne)
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18/06/2008	Amendment to the US Lacey Act: Implications for Chinese forest products exporters	Sidley & Partners Law Offices (R Juge Gregg and Amelia Porges)
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24/01/2008	A Lacey Act for the EU? Excluding Timber from EU Markets	Duncan Brack
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17/01/2008	US Lacey Act revision update	Chip Murray, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
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09/07/2007	Controlling imports of illegal timber to the United States	United States Department of Justice (Rocky Piaggione)
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
Environmental Investigation Agency Lacey Act site	Contains background and resources on the US Lacey Act and its implementation with regard to timber.	Broken link
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United States Department of Agriculture Lacey Act Site	US government site which provides background on the Lacey Act and the latest information on the implementation of the new Lacey Act amendments.	Broken link
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United States: Department of Agriculture	The US Department for Agriculture is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the amended Lacey Act, which makes it illegal, in the US, to handle timber produced illegally outside the US. This page serves as a clearing-house for all information related to the implementation of the Lacey Act declaration requirement.	Broken link
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