US LACEY ACT

The Lacey Act was introduced in 1900 to prohibit the transportation of illegally captured wildlife across state lines. It has been amended several times, most recently in June 2008 when US Congress extended the Act to plants, including timber, paper and other forest products.

This made the USA the first country to prohibit the trade in timber which is illegal according to the laws of the country from which it is sourced.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
08/02/2013	NEPCon LegalSource Standard The LegalSource (TM) Standard has been developed for evaluating and certifying due diligence in legal ...	NEPCon
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30/11/2012	International Developments in Trade in Legal Timber The USA, the EU and Australia are large producers and consumers of timber and timber products. In recent ...	EFI FLEGT Facility
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16/04/2012	Logging and the Law: How the U.S. Lacey Act Helps Reduce Illegal Logging in the Tropics This report details the negative effects of illegal logging and associated trade on U.S. businesses and ...	Union of Concerned Scientists, US
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10/04/2012	The Laundering Machine: How Fraud and Corruption in Peru’s Concession System are Destroying the Future of its Forests This multi-year investigative report reveals evidence that, since 2008, over 20 US companies have imported ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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19/01/2012	No Strings Attached: The Latest Expansion of the Lacey Act A briefing on the US Lacey Act by this US law firm. ...	Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, US
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09/01/2012	How Viet Nam is Prepared to Meet Legal Requirements of Timber Export Markets This report aims to provide some initial assessments of the impacts on Viet Nam of the newly emerged ...	Tropenbos International (Nguyen Ton Quyen and Tran Huu Nghi)
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16/12/2011	White Collar Crime Report: The Lacey Act Gives Gibson Guitar the Blues This brief report provides a legal analsys of the Lacey Act. ...	The Bureau of National Affairs, US
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07/11/2011	The Bali Declaration Ten Years On In September 2001, Ministers from the East Asia Region attending the Forest Law Enforcement and Governance ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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25/07/2011	Fairly Trading the World's Timber: Lessons on Global Forest Governance and Trade from Europe and Liberia Each year, 12 million hectares of timber are lost to logging, both legal and illegal. Reducing this rate ...	World Policy Institute / Demos (William Powers & Andrea Wong)
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15/03/2011	Controlling Illegal Logging: Consumer-Country Measures The summary points in this briefing paper are as follows: - Consumer countries contribute to the ...	Chatham House Briefing Paper (Duncan Brack & Jon Buckrell)
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28/02/2011	Federal Register Notice on the Lacey Act The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 amended the Lacey Act to expand its protections to a broader ...	US Department of Agriculture
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24/01/2011	Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance. A Global Assessment Report In November 2009, the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) Steering Committee established an expert panel ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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24/01/2011	How Western Environmental Policies Are Stunting Economic Growth in Developing Countries The author argues that governments and large agribusinesses are increasingly using the environmentalist ...	The Heritage Foundation, US (James Roberts)
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15/11/2010	Risk Free: Paper and the Lacey Act This paper documents the results of a study to examine the wood fibre content of paper products in the ...	WRI (World Resources Institute) (Ruth Noguerón & Craig Hanson)
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01/07/2010	Market Requirements for Legal and Sustainable Timber and the Implications for Chinese Suppliers This report provides information for anyone involved in the timber trade on the emerging market requirements ...	Proforest (Cura, A. & Lam, J.)
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01/06/2010	Exporting in a Shifting Legal Landscape The authors describe this document as a guide for organisations that currently export, or intend to export, ...	WWF GFTN (Global Forest & Trade Network)
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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
16/05/2013	Earth to Tea Party: Lacey Act Still Working Last year, Tea Party Members of Congress temporarily persuaded GOP leadership to abandon their usual ...	Glenn Hurowitz, for The Huffington Post
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04/04/2013	The Lacey Act: A Sharp Tool From the Climate Action Shed President Obama couldn't have been more explicit in 2013 in voicing America's need to address ...	Huffington Post (blog)
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25/03/2013	How China's purchasing power can save the world's forests Worldwide, 13 million hectares of forests are disappearing every year. With so many of the world's ...	South China Morning Post
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06/03/2013	SFI Applauds EU's New Illegal Logging Rules Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI), today applauded the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), ...	PR Newswire
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25/02/2013	Russia’s Primorye Runs Out of Commercial Forest – WWF The innocent act of buying furniture in America may make you an unwitting accomplice to Russia’s ...	Ria Novosti
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12/02/2013	Standard for legal timber sourcing launched ahead of EU Timber Regulation NEPCon unveiled the LegalSource ...	NEPCon
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27/11/2012	Film outlines effects of illegal logging on lemurs A documentary set to air across the U.S. in December exposes the impact illegal rosewood logging has ...	The Chronicle, Duke University, US
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12/11/2012	DNA based methods leave illegal loggers with no place to hide Illegal logging is a major contributor to tropical deforestation and forest degradation. Australia is ...	The Conversation, Australia
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10/10/2012	Australia attempts to stump illegal loggers The Australian Senate is about to take on the task of stopping illegal logging, with legislation banning ...	The Conversation, Australia
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19/09/2012	An inside look at Latin America’s illegal logging – part two This post was co-authored with Eduardo Arenas Hernández Jr. and Ana Domínguez, who work ...	World Resources Institute (WRI) Insights
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14/09/2012	Lessons from the US: stopping illegal logging benefits both sides of politics As the Australia Parliament currently debates legislation to fight illegal logging, it’s worth ...	The Conversation, Australia
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11/09/2012	Interpol clamps down on illegal logging The illegal logging industry is worth almost as much as drug production, according to the international ...	BBC News
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03/09/2012	Reputations put at risk by illegal timber trade International governments are waging war on illicit forest products and certification is their key weapon. By ...	ProPrint, Australia
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20/08/2012	Lacey Act has teeth: US gets serious about illegal logging Gibson Guitars has finally faced the music. After nearly a year of crying foul, running to the Tea Party ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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16/08/2012	In Ghana’s forests, should chainsaw loggers be legalized? The West African nation of Ghana prohibits small operators using chainsaws from logging its forests, ...	Yale Environment 360
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10/08/2012	Gibson Guitar logging bust demonstrates Lacey Act’s effectiveness On August 6, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it reached a criminal enforcement agreement ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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06/08/2012	Environmental Investigation Agency: Gibson Guitar held accountable for importing illegal wood in landmark Lacey case Washington - In a Criminal Enforcement Agreement with the Department of Justice, Gibson Guitar Company ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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27/07/2012	Weakened Lacey Act would hurt state Today, the U.S. forest products industry produces about $175 billion annually in products and employs ...	The Tennessean, US
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23/07/2012	New legislation threatens American jobs and forests Ilana Solomon, Trade Representative, Sierra Club If there's one thing the Sierra Club and ...	The Huffington Post
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19/07/2012	Musicians unite to fight logging in Madagascar Singer, songwriter and environmental activist Razia Said hopes that awareness raised by the “Wake ...	San Fransisco Examiner, US
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18/07/2012	Businesses are opposed to efforts to undermine the Lacey Act: they don't want to compete against illegal loggers Next week the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill to undercut efforts to address ...	National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) blog
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09/07/2012	Dave Matthews Band on Deforestation: We need to keep the Lacey Act in place and reject efforts to gut this critical law Stefan Lessard, founding member of Dave Matthews Band, recently wrote an editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch ...	National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) blog
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08/06/2012	House committee OKs bill to alter Lacey Act amendments Washington — The House Natural Resources Committee voted 25-19 on Thursday to amend the Lacey Act ...	Furniture Today, US
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07/06/2012	House committee considers bills to alter Lacey Act Washington - The House Natural Resources Committee today will mark up and vote on two bills that could ...	Furniture Today, US
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24/05/2012	Africa: Why we need laws to protect what's left of our forests Opinion piece by Tom Picken, Global Witness International efforts to protect forests and the people ...	allAfrica.com
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09/05/2012	House panel considers Lacey Act changes Washington - Critics took aim Tuesday at an effort by Tennessee lawmakers to change the Lacey Act, a ...	USA Today
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08/05/2012	Musicians, Forest Industry, Labor, and Environmental groups take stand against bills to undercut U.S. efforts to address illegal logging At a hearing today before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee leading individuals ...	Natural Resources Defense Council Blog
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08/05/2012	NRF calls on Congress to reform law regulating imported products containing wood or plant material Washington - The National Retail Federation today urged Congress to review and revise controversial rules ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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08/05/2012	NAHB wants to protect homeowners from illegal wood, via the Lacey Act Pop quiz for homeowners. Where did the wood come from that was used to frame your house? Was it the byproduct ...	Home Buying Institute, US
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18/04/2012	Don't touch Lacey Act, scientists tell Congress Washington — A federal raid of Nashville-based Gibson Guitar’s facilities last summer spurred ...	The Tennessean, US
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16/04/2012	Illegal logging threatens economies and the environment Washington – Anti-regulation forces are working to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from ...	Woodworking Network, US
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10/04/2012	American companies engaging in trade of illegal hardwoods from Peru, report charges More than 20 American companies have played roles in fostering a steady flow of illegal hardwoods from ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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05/04/2012	Much still unsettled with Lacey Act: Companies still uncertain about law's affect Raleigh, NC - Brent McClendon has heard wood products suppliers likened to lab rats when it comes to ...	Furniture Today, US
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15/03/2012	Ministry of Forestry signed off on clearing of forest with protected species in Indonesia Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry signed off on a plan by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) suppliers to ...	Mongabay.com
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13/03/2012	Madagascar, lemurs and spies: One man reveals how he helped expose a link between illegal logging and expensive guitars in new documentary As we headed upriver into the rain forest of Madagascar, I knew something was wrong. Every so often, ...	The Daily Mail, UK
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09/02/2012	Tropical ecologist: Australia must follow U.S. and EU in banning illegally logged wood Australia should join the widening effort to stamp out illegal logging, according to testimony given ...	Mongabay.com
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20/01/2012	Seeing the forests for the trees and stopping illegal logging Each year the United Nations selects several common themes for action. Last year, one of the themes was ...	Natural Resources Defense Council Blog
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20/01/2012	Musicians, environmental groups in tune to stop illegal logging Anaheim, CA - In a vocal demonstration of support for the Lacey Act, a group of musicians joined environmentalists ...	Woodworking Network, US
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18/01/2012	New timber regulation to force companies away from business-as-usual practices Beijing, China - New regulations banning sale of illegal timber in consumer countries will force companies ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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29/11/2011	Play responsibly: guitar makers seek sustainable sound Famed manufacturers, like Gibson and Fender, are experimenting with innovative ways to use their ever-dwindling ...	The Atlantic, US
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14/11/2011	Gibson Guitar strikes back in feds' logging probe Three years ago, Democrats and Republicans joined to expand the nation's oldest federal wildlife ...	SFGate, San Francisco, US
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14/11/2011	Gibson Guitar ignites debate over environmental protections Three years ago, Democrats and Republicans joined to expand the nation’s oldest federal wildlife ...	The Washington Post, US
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09/11/2011	Governments need to deal with corruption to further curb illegal logging Beijing, China - The fight to curb rampant illegal logging in the Asia Pacific region has come a long ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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09/11/2011	Madagascar interim president: sell rosewood stocks Madagascar should sell its stocks of illegally logged rainforest timber, Madagascar's interim leader ...	Mongabay.com
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08/11/2011	Relief Act would “put out the welcome mat” for foreign illegal loggers Legislation would gut Lacey Act prohibition against import of illegally logged forest products. In ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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05/11/2011	Cooper-Blackburn bill seeks exemptions for illegal wood imports A proposed bill would gut the Lacey Act, undermining an amendment that bans import of illegally logging ...	Mongabay.com
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02/11/2011	Repeal the Lacey Act? Hell no, make it stronger On August 24, agents from the Fish and Wildlife Service raided the facilities of my company, Gibson Guitar, ...	The Huffington Post, US
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01/11/2011	Good intentions gone wrong? Lacey Act lessons from the Gibson Guitar raid Hardwood Review offers lessons to the hardwood industry coming from the recent Gibson Guitar raids and ...	Pallet Enterprise, US
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10/10/2011	Tea Party rallies in favor of Gibson Guitar, ignores reasons instrument-maker is under investigation This weekend around 500 people showed up for a rally and concert in Nashville, Tennessee. The rally was ...	Mongabay.com
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03/10/2011	Lacey Act: the diverse coalition that supports it and why efforts to weaken it should be resisted Name an environmental law strongly supported by both Republicans and Democrats, America’s timber ...	Natural Resources Defense Council, US
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30/09/2011	Guitar Antihero 4: Gibson’s crusade is off-key with U.S. workers This is the final story in a four-part series about how Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz and foreign ...	Grist
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30/09/2011	Madagascar holds concert against illegal logging, week before tea party’s pro-Gibson rally Nairobi, Kenya — Musicians in Madagascar are holding a concert Friday to promote a message against ...	The Washington Post, US
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29/09/2011	Guitar Antihero 3: How Congress fell for Gibson’s bunk crusade This is the third story in a four-part series about how Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz and foreign ...	Grist
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29/09/2011	Business owners say Lacey Act can save jobs Gibson Guitar's attacks on the Lacey Act have left many small wood industry businesses wondering ...	Furniture Today, US
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28/09/2011	Guitar Antihero 2: Lawless logging and slaughtered wildlife didn’t stop Gibson Guitar This is the second story in a four-part series about how foreign timber companies, Tea Party groups, ...	Grist
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27/09/2011	Guitar Antihero 1: How Gibson Guitars made illegal logging a conservative cause célèbre This is the first story in a four-part series about how foreign timber companies, Tea Party groups, and ...	Grist
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25/09/2011	Lacey Act protects U.S. jobs from illegal logging In late August, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service executed a search warrant on Gibson Guitar, suspecting ...	The Tennessean, US
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23/09/2011	U.S. Lacey Act, programs in Rwanda and Gambia, awarded for forest protection Forest policies in the United States, Rwanda, and Gambia won U.N. backed awards for contributing to efforts ...	Mongabay.com
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22/09/2011	Feds won't target unwitting owners of illegal wood Owners of musical instruments made with illegally imported wood don't face prosecution, two federal ...	ABC News
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20/09/2011	Gibson is playing a Tea Party tune Gibson, the maker of the iconic Les Paul electric guitar, has become an unlikely political symbol in ...	The Hill, Washington DC, US
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20/09/2011	Democratic lawmaker circulates letter to protect Lacey Act Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) began circulating a letter to his colleagues Monday asking them to protect ...	The Hill, Washington DC, US
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19/09/2011	Trade law hits raw note for guitar maker Gibson When federal agents seized rare ebony and rosewood from famed guitar maker Gibson Guitars, it sparked ...	Reuters
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13/09/2011	Gibson and the Lacey Act: a game changer in the music industry Musical instrument manufacturers generally do not ask detailed questions about the conditions under which ...	Sound & Fair Campaign
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02/09/2011	Forestry law splits wood industry The 111-year-old Lacey Act, originally passed to protect wildlife and later expanded to cover wood products, ...	The Wall Street Journal, US
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29/08/2011	Feds raid Gibson Guitar to save endangered foreign trees At approximately 8:45 a.m. on August 24, federal agents raided Gibson Guitar Corporation facilities in ...	New American
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18/08/2011	Vietnam faces setback in wood furniture export Nguyen Ton Quyen, Secretary General of the Vietnam Timber & Forest Products Association is concerned ...	Saigon GP Daily, Vietnam
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10/08/2011	Samling denies exporting illegal timber The Samling Group has denied exporting illegally sourced timber to the U.S., saying there is "no ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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28/07/2011	EIA stresses Samling Group customers exercise 'due care' The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has said the Samling Group—the same company near the ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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11/07/2011	U.S. recognized for 2008 Lacey Act Amendment The United States was selected as a finalist for an international award that recognizes government policies ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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03/07/2011	Wood exporters to cope with tougher rules Vietnamese timber and wood product exporters will have to develop an elaborate system to ensure the legality ...	VietNamNet Bridge
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11/05/2011	EU signs accords with Indonesia, Liberia in bid to curb illegal timber trade The EU and Indonesia last week finalised an agreement on monitoring bilateral trade in timber products ...	ICTSD
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05/05/2011	Logging off: protecting Indonesia's forests An agreement signed this week by Indonesia and the European Union offers hope that Indonesia may begin ...	The Economist, UK
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21/04/2011	Companies, environmental groups campaign against illegal logging Big corporations and environment groups have formed an unlikely alliance in an attempt to make Australia ...	Herald Sun, Australia
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14/04/2011	Pro-deforestation group calls for weakening of U.S. law against illegal logging A group that lobbies on behalf of forestry conglomerates in Indonesia and Malaysia is calling on the ...	Mongabay.com
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13/04/2011	Malagasy hardwood for western guitars Malagasy leader Andry Rajoelina recently accused environmental agencies Global Witness and EIA of issuing ...	Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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08/04/2011	Obama’s radical climate change agenda driving U.S. foreign aid policy President Obama and his congressional allies’ domestic climate change agenda—“cap and ...	The Heritage Foundation, US
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22/03/2011	Behind the music: Gibson Guitars’ timber sourcing debacle As the legendary guitar riff of “Sweet Child of Mine” blared through Cowboys Stadium at this ...	Triple Pundit
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17/02/2011	Gibson guitar tangled in Madagascar wood law One of Nashville's emblematic companies, Gibson Guitar, has been under a cloud of suspicion for ...	WSMV, Nashville, US
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08/02/2011	Export markets erect new trade barriers Ha Noi — Trade barriers used by export markets will become more diverse and sophisticated in the ...	Viet Nam News
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03/02/2011	Strong action needed against Illegal Logging during the International Year of Forests As UN launches 2011 theme, green group calls on all nations to take responsibility. ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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24/01/2011	New study suggests global pacts like REDD ignore primary causes of destruction of forests New York - A new study issued ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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07/01/2011	The year in illegal logging: a look back 2010 was a significant year for global efforts to tackle illegal logging. Here’s a look back on ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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05/10/2010	Declarations and due care: insights from another Lacey case Enforcement of the amended Lacey Act has begun, both on and off the public radar. Here are tips on how ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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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
18/01/2013	US Lacey Act: implications for supply chains	Jill Birchell, US Fish and Wildlife Service
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27/01/2011	US Lacey Act: update on implementation and enforcement	Andrea Johnson, Environmental Investigation Agency
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27/01/2011	Learning about FLEGT and the US Lacey Act	Ramon Alvarez Lazzaroni, AMADHO (Associación de Madereros de Honduras)
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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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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Monday 18th July 2011	Proforest Summer Training Programme In the past ten years more than 400 participants from over 50 different countries have participated in ...
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Wednesday 13th April 2011	Does banning illegal logging rule out wood? Implications of recent trade legislation within the UNECE region for the forest-based sector. This workshop is organised by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The objectives of the workshop ...
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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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