CHINA

Over the centuries, Chinas forests have been cleared by agricultural expansion and wars; by the time of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949, forest covered only 8.6% of the land area. Further deforestation occurred from the 1970s. Most timber currently comes from the northeast provinces and less densely populated areas of northwest and southwest China.

The government has undertaken afforestation projects to prevent natural disasters and has established high yield plantations of conifer and pine. The aim is to increase forest cover to 17% of the land area by 2010 and 26% by 2050. Between 2001 and 2010, the government aims to have developed 6.4 million ha of high yield plantations, more than half of which are new plantations. From 2011-2050, a further 13 million ha is planned. In addition, large-scale afforestation is being undertaken in barren and arid areas of western China. These conservation efforts have been relatively successful to date, particularly the multi-species forests that have been developed around the upper reaches of major rivers, which have significantly reduced flooding and soil erosion. Commercial logging has also been banned in these, and other environmentally sensitive, areas. However, by contrast, many plantations are said to be inefficient and of poor quality.

The key challenge facing Chinas forests is the growing level of demand from the domestic market. The demand for fuelwood, industrial timber and paper are all growing significantly, whilst accessible forest resources are declining. For example, the proportion of forest that is mature or over-mature will have fallen from 33% in 1993 to 15% by 2010. In the last 10 years there has, therefore, been a steady increase in Chinese imports of timber and pulp and paper products. There are concerns that much of the timber has, to date, come from Russia and Indonesia and may have illegal ' or at least unsustainable ' origins.

China is also importing increasing amounts of timber from west and central Africa. Concerns have been raised about legality and governance issues of timber supplies from these areas and work has been undertaken by NGOs, in cooperation with the Chinese State Forestry Administration to raise awareness amongst Chinese companies operating in Africa.

China has made important moves to improve forest governance and combat illegal logging. A number of new laws have been introduced on forest and wildlife protection, which include procedures and monitoring methods for forest governance and enforcement. Logging management measures are being strengthened with quota and logging transportation certificates, which tackle illegal logging and theft. Customs monitoring is also being developed to tackle smuggling. Certification is being actively promoted. China has participated in the FLEG ENA (Europe and North Asia) process and is working with a number of countries, such as Russia, Indonesia, the UK and the EU on measures to promote forest law enforcement, develop legality verification and tackle illegal logging.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
02/05/2013	Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: Past trends, current status, possible futures The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF-Greater Mekong
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07/02/2013	First Class Connections: Log Smuggling, Illegal Logging and Corruption in Mozambique Detailing the findings of EIA undercover investigations in Mozambique, and outlining timber trade data ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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05/02/2013	Environmental Investigation Agency Response to the China Timber & Wood Products Distribution Association “Public Statement in Response to EIA Report Appetite for Destruction” In November 2012, EIA released Appetite ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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01/01/2013	Public Statement in Response to EIA Report: “Appetite for Destruction - China’s Trade in Illegal Timber” This statement was prepared as a response to the report by the Environmental Investigation Agency Appetite ...	China Timber and Wood Products Association (CTWPDA)
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29/11/2012	Appetite for Destruction: China's Trade in Illegal Timber The Environmental Investigation Agency has been conducting field investigations into flows of illicit ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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01/04/2012	Where Next for Governance Reform? This article for ETFRN News explains the Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators project and examines ...	Sam Lawson, Chatham House (for ETFRN Newsletter no.53)
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01/11/2011	Forest Tenure in Asia: Status and Trends While Asia’s rapid growth has lifted millions out of poverty, persistent pockets still remain in ...	The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
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01/07/2011	Is China Unique? Exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector China’s growing presence in Africa’s extractive industries has been the subject of much debate ...	CIFOR (P O Cerutti, S Assembe Mvondo, L German, L Putzel)
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01/06/2011	Baseline Study 1, China: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade This report gives an overview of China's markets and trade of forest products and governance of ...	Forest Trends (S. Xiufang and K. Canby)
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01/06/2011	China: Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade As part of EFI’s information collection role, a number of forest governance, markets and trade ...	EFI/Forest Trends (Sun Xiufang and Kerstin Canby)
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01/12/2010	Market Requirements for Legal and Sustainable Timber This report provides information for anyone involved in the timber trade on the emerging market requirements ...	Proforest (A.Cura & J. Lam)
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15/07/2010	Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response - Country Report Cards This document contains the individual report cards for each country covered in the study. ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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15/07/2010	Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators Country Report Card - China ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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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	A Guide on Sustainable Overseas Forest Management and Utilization by Chinese Enterprises In order to enhance the guidance and regularisation of the management and utilisation of overseas forest ...	Chinese Government
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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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01/02/2010	What Happens When the Market Shifts to China? The Gabon Timber and Thai Cassava Value Chains Rapid economic growth in China has boosted its demand for commodities. At the same time, many commodity ...	The World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (Raphael Kaplinsky, Anne Terheggen & Julia Tijaja)
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01/11/2009	Analysis of trade in illegally harvested timber: Accounting for trade via third party countries The paper presents a model to analyse trade in illegally harvested timber with a particular focus on ...	Forest Policy and Economics (Matthias Dieter)
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23/10/2009	Upside-down: Global Forestry Politics Reverses Directions of Ownership in Peru-China Timber Commodity Chains In the context of globalized trade, the impact of international markets for timber on tropical forests ...	Louis Putzel
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21/10/2009	A Disharmonious Trade: China and the Continued Destruction of Burma's Northern Frontier Forests This is the third in a series of reports on illegal logging in Burma. It is based on field research carried ...	Global Witness
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10/08/2009	The Eastern Himalayas: Where Worlds Collide This report describes more than 350 new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the last decade ...	WWF
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21/04/2009	WWF - GFTN Quarterly Newsletter April 2009 Major highlights: expanding the reach of responsible forestry in India, certified Chinese forest surpasses ...	WWF Global Trade & Forest Network (GFTN)
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28/02/2009	Guidance on effective ways to work with Chinese officials and suppliers Short briefing paper aiming to provide guidance to European government officials and private companies ...	ProForest
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30/01/2009	EU-China Bilateral Coordination Mechanism on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Agreement on bilateral collaboration between China and the EU to contribute to the reduction of illegal ...	European Commission and State Forestry Administration of China
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01/10/2008	Promoting China's Engagement in Africa: Chinese forest delegation study tour to West and Central Africa The overall intent of the 2008 study tour was to engage China, as a major consumer of African forest ...	IUCN
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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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01/08/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 6 This issue highlights the discussions about legality and sustainability held at the Annual Conference ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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01/07/2008	European FLEGT Briefing note 8 (Chinese version) The Chinese translation of briefing note 8 from an updated series of documents (see EC ...	European Commission
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01/06/2008	Forest Governance Learning Group Update June 2008 This Update highlights the impacts and plans of the Forest Governance Learning Group in its country-based ...	IIED
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01/05/2008	Exporting destruction: Export credits, illegal logging and deforestation Exporting Destruction is the conclusion of research that included fieldwork in China, desk studies, and ...	FERN
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01/05/2008	Timber Trade Action Plan News - Issue 5 Welcome to the fifth edition of the TTAP newsletter! This edition tells the storyof the successful Timber ...	Timber Trade Action Plan (Switzerland)
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07/04/2008	Memorandum of understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People's Republic of China on combating illegal logging and associated trade This MoU sets out the commitments of the two governments in tackling illegal logging. ...	US & Chinese Governments
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01/03/2008	China's Imports of Russian Timber Since the end of the 1990s, the Sino-Russian border regions have witnessed a dramatic, unprecedented ...	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Forest Conservation, Livelihoods and Rights Project, Occasional Paper No. 2)
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14/02/2008	Illegal logging by Asian-owned enterprises in Guyana, South America A 2007 policy issued by the State Forestry Administration in Beijing to Chinese companies engaged in ...	Janette Bulkan and John Palmer
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01/02/2008	Forest Products Trade between China and Africa: An Analysis of Imports and Exports Recent media coverage of China's efforts to secure access to natural resources in Africa suggests ...	Forest Trends (Kerstin Canby, James Hewitt, Luke Bailey, Eugenia Katsigris, Sun Xiufang)
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01/01/2008	Forest anti-corruption advocacy in Asia-Pacific: Transparency International Strategy 2008-2012 The TI Forest Anti-Corruption Advocacy Programme (TI FAAP) addresses corruption as a primary driver of illegal ...	Transparency International
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01/01/2008	The illegal trade in timber and timber products in the Asia-Pacific region This report examines the scale of the illegal timber trade in the Asia-Pacific region, encompassing the ...	Australian Institute of Criminology (Andreas Schloenhardt)
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01/01/2008	Forest Destruction's Prime Subject Briefing document from the Yale School of Forestry which considers China's voracious appetite for ...	Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Steve Kemper)
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12/12/2007	Attention Wal-mart shoppers: How Wal-mart's shopping practices encourage illegal logging and threaten endangered species EIA report arguing that Wal-Mart has a 'no questions asked' sourcing policy, which is having ...	EIA
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01/10/2007	Why China prefers logs: Explaining the prevalence of unprocessed wood in China's timber imports In the past decade, China has become the number one importer of timber products in the world. Logs account ...	Forest Trends
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01/09/2007	China Wood Monthly Market Report September 2007 edition of China Wood Monthly, a newsletter offering all readers updated information on ...	China Wood International Inc./Beijing Xiangfei Sunshine Media & Ads Co.
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01/07/2007	Environmental Aspects of China's Papermaking Fiber Supply A central finding of the report is the massive increase in China 's wastepaper imports relieving ...	Forest Trends
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01/07/2007	The Cost-Benefit Analysis of China's Adopting the Green Government Procurement Policy for Forest Products The objective of this report is to comprehensively analyse the possible costs and benefits of China's ...	School of Economics and Management Beijing Forestry University/ TNC
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01/07/2007	The Comparative Research on the Government Procurement Policies for Forest Products between China and Developed Countries Considers the procurement policies of consumer countries in order to consider how feasible a Chinese ...	School of Economics and Management Beijing Forestry University/ TNC
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01/03/2007	China Wood Products Supply Chain Analysis - Helping Chinese wood producers achieve market demands for legal and sustainable timber Prepared for UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) this report asserts that the ...	Tropical Forest Trust
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01/03/2007	Good Wood, Good Business Good Wood, Good Business is written mainly for CEOs or senior managers of companies that produce and/or ...	Tropical Forest Trust
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01/10/2006	Linking Timber Trade and Forest Practice: How the UK Uses Market Power to Tackle Illegal Logging With this new Information Brief, Forest Trends looks at demand-side measures taken by the UK and other ...	Forest Trends
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01/08/2006	Logging in the Wild East: China and the Forest Crisis in the Russian Far East Originally appearing in an abridged and modified format in the New Scientist under the title, 'Fell ...	Forest Trends (Charlie Pye-Smith)
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01/08/2006	Strengthening Forest Law Enforcement and Governance: Addressing a systemic constraint to sustainable development This report arises from the need to take stock of both the Bank's efforts in the arena of forest ...	World Bank
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01/06/2006	Helping Liberia Escape Conflict Timber: The Role of the International Community China & Europe In 2003, the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on the international trade of round logs ...	Forest Trends
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01/05/2006	Regional cooperation to combat illegal logging: options for ASEAN and the East Asia Region The purpose of this paper is to suggest options for regional cooperation in the ASEAN and/or Asia FLEG ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack)
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10/04/2006	Guidelines for formulating and implementing national action plans to combat illegal logging and other forest crime Many of the governments and stakeholders involved with the ENA FLEG process have indicated that they ...	World Bank
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01/04/2006	Chinese translations of documents relating to illegal logging Various translations of documents of relating to illegal logging and the FLEG processes into Chinese ...	Xiufang Sun
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01/04/2006	Forest Governance in Zambesia, Mozambique: Chinese Takeaway! This paper describes the current practices and problems of forest management in the province of Zambézia, ...	FONGZA (Catherine MacKenzie)
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28/03/2006	Sharing the blame: global consumption and China's role in ancient forest destruction This report concludes that China's hunger for wood products is fueling ancient forest destruction, ...	Greenpeace International and Greenpeace China
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01/03/2006	China and the Global Market for Forest Products: Transforming Trade to Benefit Forests and Livelihoods The report looks at China's industry and timber trade and what this means for China, countries that ...	Forest Trends
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01/12/2005	Stemming the Tide: Halting the Trade in Stolen Timber in Asia This briefing uses specific case studies to illustrate options for action. Though solutions must necessarily ...	EIA and Telapak Indonesia
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22/11/2005	Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade Based on trade data for six key timber-producing regions – the Amazon Basin, the Baltic States, ...	WWF
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21/11/2005	Global Witness ENA FLEG Ministerial Declaration Comments Comments on the fourth draft Europe and North Asia FLEG Ministerial Declaration. ...	Jon Buckrell
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24/10/2005	Partners in Crime: The UK timber trade, Chinese sweatshops and Malaysian robber barons in Papua New Guinea's rainforests Greenpeace's investigation into the UK trade in Chinese hardwood plywood claims criminal origins ...	Greenpeace
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01/10/2005	A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's northern frontier forests This report makes the case for ending the illegal logging in Burma's northern forests. Although ...	Global Witness
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10/09/2005	ENA FLEG Ministerial Process: Draft #3 of the 'Building Blocks' towards the St Petersburg Declaration This document is based on the output of the ENA FLEG Preparatory Conference held in Moscow, June 3-5, ...	ENA FLEG Secretariat
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01/07/2005	Europe and North Asia FLEG: the next steps for civil society This Briefing Paper follows on from the joint publication by FERN and Taiga Rescue Network (TRN) of ENA-FLEG: ...	FERN and the Taiga Rescue Network
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11/06/2005	Summary of the ENA FLEG Preparatory Conference June 2005 Briefly introduces the history of regional FLEG processes and then summarises the ENA FLEG Preparatory ...	International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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25/05/2005	Investigation on APP's Hainan Project An investigation by Greenpeace China into APP's activities in China's Hainan province. ...	Greenpeace China
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01/05/2005	Halting the Theft of Asia's Forests A useful analysis of contributing factors to Asia's illegal timber trade with recommendations to ...	FEER (Nigel Sizer)
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22/02/2005	ENA FLEG International Steering Committee Meeting Notes February 2005 Summarises the discussions held, the structure of the process so far and plans for the development of ...	ENA FLEG Secretariat
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17/02/2005	The Last Frontier: Illegal Logging in Papua and China's Massive Timber Theft 'The Last Frontier', exposes the international criminal syndicates behind the massive looting ...	EIA and Telapak Indonesia
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01/12/2004	China's Wood Market, Trade and the Environment This report analyses China's domestic use and export of timber and explores the environmental impact ...	WWF International (Zhu Chunquan, Rodney Taylor and Feng Guoqiang)
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01/12/2004	The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications This paper - which formed part of the International Forestry Review's Special Issue in December ...	Forest Trends
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01/01/2004	Meeting China's Demand for Forest Products: An overview of import trends, ports of entry and supplying countries, with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region This paper is an attempt to bridge the gap in information about China's timber imports, a growing ...	Forest Trends, Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy and CIFOR (Xiufang Sun, Eugenia Katsigris and Andy White)
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01/10/2003	A Conflict of Interests Report on the illegal trade in timber between Kachin state in Burma and neighbouring China. ...	Global Witness
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18/12/2002	China–Indonesia Memorandum of Understanding The Memorandum of Understanding concerning co-operation in combating illegal trade of forest products ...	Governments of China and Indonesia
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01/06/2002	The Timber Footprint of the G8 and China: Making the Case for Green Procurement by Government Produced in an attempt to influence the G8 summit in 2002, this report contains an overview of trade ...	WWF (P. Toyne, C. O'Brien, R. Nelson)
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01/02/2002	Illegal Logging in the Southern Part of the Russian Far East An assessment of the scale of the problem, problem analysis and proposed solutions. ...	WWF
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01/10/2001	Wild East: The Timber Trade between Siberia-Russian Far East and China This links to the chapter in the above document that relates to illegal logging ...	Bureau for Outreach Campaigns, Friends of the Siberian Forest and Forests Monitor
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15/09/2001	Summary Report of the FLEG East Asia Ministerial Conference This document details the conference which took place in Bali, September 2001 ...	IISD
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
09/05/2013	China must ensure its rosewood demand is not destroyed a Thai World Heritage Sight The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today calls on China’s Redwood Committee ...	EIA
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02/05/2013	New forest loss figures highlight need for green growth in the Greater Mekong The Greater Mekong subregion in Southeast Asia risks losing more than a third of its remaining forest ...	WWF
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02/05/2013	Chinese illegal logging and smuggling become worse in Myanmar Chinese wood smugglers and local corrupt officials are increasing their illicit activities taking advantage ...	Eleven Myanmar
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01/04/2013	Deforestation to blame for Beijing's pollution Xun Zhou says the smog and dust that now plague Beijing can be traced back to the massive deforestation ...	South China Morning Post
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31/03/2013	More ilegally logged timbers from Myanmar trafficked to China Local people in Myanmar reported they were alarmed by increased of illegal logging activities and added ...	Eleven Myanmar
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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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12/03/2013	Thai rosewood gets international protection to curb China trade Thai rosewood, which fetches exorbitant prices on the international market, was granted protection under ...	Reuters (UK)
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11/03/2013	Disposable Chopstick Demand Is Killing China's Forests As Annual Production Reaches 80 Billion China's demand for disposable chopsticks has increased by nearly 30 billion in the past few years, ...	Huffington Post
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08/03/2013	China frets over Thai plan to regulate trade in phayung trees China yesterday voiced concerns that the proposed listing of phayung trees in Appendix II of the Convention ...	Bangkok Post
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21/02/2013	Is China fueling the illegal timber trade? We hear plenty about drugs and conflict diamonds; but the international black market for timber -- a ...	Foreign Policy (blog)
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11/02/2013	Rosewood in Belize: the truth behind the smoke In Belize, the uncontrolled and often illegal harvesting of rosewood has been, and still is, one of the ...	Mongabay.com
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07/02/2013	Mozambique loses a fortune to illegal timber exports Corruption in world’s fourth poorest country aids illegal logging & timber smuggling to China. London ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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07/02/2013	Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal Forty-eight percent of the timber making its way from Mozambique's forests to Chinese companies ...	Mongabay.com
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29/01/2013	As China builds, Cambodia's forests fall China's demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia. Illegal logging ...	NPR (National Public Radio), Washington, US
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21/12/2012	Chinese Forest Management System open for public consultation The Chinese Forest Certification Council (CFCC) has applied for PEFC endorsement and mutual recognition ...	PEFC
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11/12/2012	China at the centre of 'illegal timber' trade Environmental groups accuse ports and cities of being a centre for illegally logged wood despite international ...	The Guardian, UK
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05/12/2012	Chinese timber hunger drives illegal logging in Russia's Far East Petrovsk-Zabaikalsk, Zabaikalsky Region — About nine o'clock in the evening on Feb. 12 seven ...	The Moscow Times, Russia
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03/12/2012	China reaffirms opposition to illegal logging China will crack down on illegal logging and related trade, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told ...	IHB, Germany
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29/11/2012	China: world's top buyer of illegal timber is driving deforestation Beijing - China, emergent superpower and the world’s second biggest economy, is effectively standing ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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12/10/2012	Chinese environmental activist faces prison sentence for publishing books Beijing - A retired Chinese forestry official who became an environmental activist campaigning against ...	The Washington Post, US
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10/10/2012	Commerce official denies luxury wood ‘logs’ exported to China A Commerce Ministry official yesterday denied that Cambodia was exporting luxury wood logs to China, ...	The Cambodia Daily
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09/10/2012	Luxury wood trade to China revealed Thousands of cubic meters of luxury wood is being shipped from Cambodia to China each year, according ...	The Cambodia Daily
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10/09/2012	What are the ecological costs of China’s future food imports? China’s growing agribusinesses and demand for soybeans and meat is bringing intensive farming and ...	China Dialogue
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16/07/2012	Deforestation from mining in the Congo more than ‘a hole in the canopy’ Bogor, Indonesia - Seen from the sky, a mining pit might look like ‘a small hole in the canopy’ ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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04/07/2012	China committed to fully promote CFCC Certification Standards The 'Responsible Procurement in China's Forest Products (Pulp and Paper), Certification Workshop ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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30/06/2012	50 dead, 42 missing in China mudslides Mudslides in China, caused by heavy rain, have killed 50 people and left another 42 missing. ...	Nine News, Australia
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30/05/2012	Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change Shanghai - Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing the deforestation ...	The Washington Post, US
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21/05/2012	China, Korea, Japan Forestry Agreement is great news for Environment says FRA FRA has stated that the signing of a sustainable forestry agreement between China, the Republic of Korea ...	openPR
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18/04/2012	In China, a growing call to environmental action Mark Tercek, CEO, The Nature Conservancy I recently spoke at a Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics ...	The Huffington Post
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07/02/2012	Call for tighter laws to halt illegal timber imports Australia must tighten laws to stop illegal timber imports and insist on stricter labelling of timber ...	The Canberra Times, Australia
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02/02/2012	Forest conservation policies: what works and what doesn’t Policymakers looking to reduce deforestation in their countries have the right tools to do so today, ...	Eco-Business.com
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29/01/2012	DSI claims illegal logging rampant Cambodian gangs get 'virtual concessions' to fell phayung trees. Wildlife officials, including ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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17/01/2012	China’s reforestation programs: big success or just an illusion? China has undertaken ambitious reforestation initiatives that have increased its forest cover dramatically ...	Yale Environment 360
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20/12/2011	Deforestation, Mekong River's biggest threat The biggest threat the Mekong River's ecological system faces is not the controversial dam-building ...	China.org.cn
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05/12/2011	Wild tigers may vanish in 20 years Beijing - The last remaining Siberian tigers living wild in Northeast China could disappear within decades, ...	China Daily
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03/12/2011	Illegal deforestation threatens the last 23 Hainan gibbons The world’s final 23 Hainan black-crested gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) are making what may be their ...	Scientific American
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25/11/2011	Nigeria, Indonesia top deforestation list, China lowest Singapore - Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world's highest rates of deforestation while ...	The Sun Daily, Malaysia
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17/11/2011	China’s appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests More than half of the timber now shipped globally is destined for China. But unscrupulous Chinese companies ...	Yale Environment 360
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14/11/2011	No premium price for legal timber, only market access to EU, say officials Beijing, China - Wood products that are certified to have been made from legally sourced timber to meet ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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01/11/2011	Mozambique: Timber companies lose their licences The National Directorate of Land and Forests, part of the Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture, has cancelled ...	The Zimbabwean
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18/10/2011	Why logging US national forestland to sell timber to China is a really bad idea Countries around the world are working harder than ever to save their forests. Brazil's 80% Amazon ...	The Huffington Post, 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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20/09/2011	Policemen accused of role in illegal tree felling Eight police officers have been transferred and at least four others are likely to face arrest warrants ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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19/09/2011	Rosewood trees in crisis Asia's last real expanse of the highly-prized payoong (rosewood) tree in Thailand's Northeast ...	Bangkok Post, Thailand
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07/09/2011	APEC ministers hail China's efforts in sustainable forestry management Beijing - Ministers and senior officials responsible for forestry from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ...	People's Daily Online, China
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02/09/2011	PEFC approves China certification application PEFC International has unanimously approved the application of the China Forest Certification Council ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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26/08/2011	Japan, China target illegal loggers Japan and China have agreed to create a joint system aimed at cracking down on illegal logging to preserve ...	The Japan Times
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15/08/2011	Forest groups say Indonesia should look to Chinese model Greenpeace says 1.8 million hectares of Indonesian forest is disappearing each year. China and India ...	Deutsche Welle, Germany
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09/08/2011	China demand seems to be driving illegal harvesting of rosewood: Cristina Coc At the end of last month, the Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) vocalized concerns about illegal logging in ...	Amandala Online, Belize
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05/05/2011	Chinese delegates want to learn from RI on timber regulation China wants to follow Indonesia’s regulation of logging practices to create wider trade opportunities ...	The Jakarta Post
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04/05/2011	Timber trade transformation in Asia In September 2001, Indonesia welcomed countries from across the region to the Forest Law Enforcement ...	The Jakarta Post
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04/05/2011	Chongqing Hilton shareholder Peng Zhimin sentenced to life in prison At 10am this morning, Chongqing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Peng Zhimin, ...	Economic Observer, China
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31/03/2011	Trade NGO: green protectionism in timber and paper industry threatens trade war with China Jakarta, Indonesia - As the European Union considers trade measures to limit paper imports from China, ...	PR Newswire
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02/02/2011	The world's 10 most threatened forest hotspots As UN marks 2011 the International Year of Forests, Conservation International highlights forest ecosystems ...	Conservation International
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31/01/2011	China forest certification boost ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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25/01/2011	Human error behind Drugchu mudslide tragedy Dharamshala, India - The rampant exploitation of natural resources increased the risk and impact of last ...	TibetCustom
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12/12/2010	SFA issues guidelines on accelerating forest certification work The State Forestry Administration (SFA) issued Guidelines on Accelerating Forest Certification Work. ...	Fordaq, the Timber Network
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23/11/2010	Developing countries often outsource deforestation, study finds In many developing countries, forest restoration at home has led to deforestation abroad, according to ...	EurekAlert!
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31/10/2010	Indonesia ready for talks on illegal timber with Malaysia The Ministry of Forestry Indonesia announced that it is preparing to begin negotiations with Malaysia ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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29/10/2010	Bad notes in China's guitar timber trade Western musicians delight in the world's best and most exotic guitars, but it is claimed Chinese-made ...	ABC Radio Australia
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27/10/2010	WalMart and China's State Forest Administration sign MOU Walmart (China) Investment Company, the Walmart Global Procurement Office and the Zhonglin Tianhe (Beijing) ...	China CSR
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26/10/2010	Million-dollar beds fuel Madagascar timber crisis Soaring demand in China and political unrest in Madagascar are fuelling illegal logging for hardwoods ...	Mongabay.com
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29/09/2010	Timber industry lauded by Putin Ten timber industry projects with the total investments of 25 billion rubles will be fulfilled this year, ...	BSR Russia
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21/09/2010	China-ASEAN timber product trade reached $9,380 million in the first half of 2010 Moscow - ASEAN countries are the major timber product trade partners for China. The value of the China-ASEAN ...	Lesprom, Russia
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18/09/2010	Vietnam, China agree on agriculture, forestry The two neighbouring countries, Vietnam and China, are now committed to carrying out more joint initiatives ...	Nhan Dan, Vietnam
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02/09/2010	Special Committee to assist timber importers China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association (CTWPCA) (former China Timber Circulation Association) ...	ITTO Market Report
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12/08/2010	China 'ignored' experts' landslide warnings The devastating mud-slide in northwest China that killed more than 1,100 people was not a "natural" ...	Montreal Gazette, Canada
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05/08/2010	Indonesia 'woefully inadequate' on illegal loggers: probe Jakarta - Indonesia is allowing powerful businessmen to get rich from smuggling rare timber to China ...	AFP
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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	Illegal logging has dropped dramatically—or has it? A new analysis suggests that illegal logging has declined 22% worldwide since 2002, thanks to stricter ...	Science
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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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11/06/2010	Fueled by concerns of illegal logging, Forest Trust helps UK firm import first-ever legal plywood from China Nanjing - The Forest Trust (TFT) announced today that a Chinese factory has for the first time produced ...	The Forest Trust
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09/06/2010	China approves guidelines to enhance forest protection Beijing - The State Council, China's cabinet, approved guidelines Wednesday that protect, restore ...	Xinhua Net
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07/06/2010	Army 'aiding' illegal Burma timber trade Up to 15 trucks laden with illegally logged timber are being smuggled from northern Burma through army ...	Democratic Voice of Burma
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21/04/2010	East-Siberian Railways to step up fight against illegal logging East Siberian Railways is to increase control on the shipment of timber to China by bringing in extra ...	RIA Novosti, Russia
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30/03/2010	Chinese plywood boss stopped from leaving Gabon Gabon authorities have barred the Chinese buyer of an former European plywood giant from leaving the ...	Terra Daily
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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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12/02/2010	FSC strengthens presence in China The Forest Stewardship Council’s presence in China has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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30/12/2009	East Russian hardwood gone in ten years, warns BBC The trade in illegal timber from eastern Russia to China could destroy the region’s hardwood forests ...	TTJ (The Timber Industry Magazine), UK
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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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27/11/2009	Battling Siberia's devastating illegal logging trade Wagons brimming with logs accumulate in the Siberian railway station of Dalnerechensk, more than 8,000km ...	BBC News
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19/11/2009	Nation vows to topple illegal timber trade The top forestry administrator of China, the world's biggest importer of timber, has urged nations ...	China Daily
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13/11/2009	Firm attributes losses to logging crackdown China Asean Resources Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed company operating a timber concession in Kratie province ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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30/10/2009	The West fuels illegal Myanmar timber trade Bangkok - The United States may have imported $3.8 billion of illegal timber products from China last ...	The China Post
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29/10/2009	Africa: African governments and outside powers must be accountable On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls ...	allAfrica.com
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20/10/2009	China urged to act on Burma timber Dramatic decrease in illegal timber trade between Burma and China but smuggling continues; China urged ...	OneWorld.net
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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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08/09/2009	Forest protection measures must cover whole region At first glance, Vietnam appears to be one of the few success stories when it comes to preventing destruction ...	Environmental Research Web
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30/08/2009	Roads are ruining the rainforests "The best thing you could do for the Amazon is to bomb all the roads." That might sound like ...	New Scientist
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25/08/2009	Australia goes soft on timber ban Forestry Minister Tony Burke has quietly signed off on changes watering down an election promise to ''ban'' ...	The Age, Australia
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10/08/2009	New species discovered in Eastern Himalayas face uncertainty The fragile ecosystems of the Eastern Himalayas have been proven to harbor incredible biological diversity ...	EcoWorldly
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10/08/2009	Medvedev to discuss illegal timber exports with Finland, China Moscow - President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday he would discuss illegal timber exports from Russia at ...	Prime Tass, Russia
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30/06/2009	Mozambique: The "Poster Child" under review Mozambique was once the darling of southern Africa. Teeming herds of buffalo and elephants drew celebrities ...	Policy Innovations
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26/06/2009	China halts reforestation drive in bid to boost farmland China will cease a reforestation programme of returning marginal farmland to woodland as the country ...	BusinessGreen.com
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18/06/2009	Maire Leadbeater: How we can help the fight against global warming without trying If New Zealand could make a contribution that would help prevent further global warming but make virtually ...	The New Zealand Herald
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13/06/2009	Agreement with Papua New Guinea against illegal logging Australia and Papua New Guinea have formally agreed to join forces to tackle illegal logging, with an ...	Teatro Naturale
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10/06/2009	Greenpeace and PNG Landowner call for a ban on harvesting rare timbers A Papua New Guinea environmentalist is in Australia pleading with Canberra to implement its promised ...	ABC Radio, Australia
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08/06/2009	International community calls for action against gangs' illegal logging in Madagascar Six nations and three conservation organizations have issued a statement calling for action against illegal ...	Mongabay.com
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29/05/2009	Papua New Guinea vow to burn all Asian shops ...	The Australian
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11/05/2009	The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging The Republic of Congo and the EU have announced a new system to ensure that by 2011 no illegal timber ...	Mongabay.com
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06/05/2009	Seized log trucks shifted to Bamo Ruili (Mizzima) - Illegal logging trucks seized in the forests of Mansi Township, Kachin State started ...	Mizzima, Myanmar (Burma)
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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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27/04/2009	Destruction of habitat In his oddly prescient 1991 novella, Ghost of Chance, the late American writer William S. Burroughs described ...	GlobeandMail.com, Canada
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24/04/2009	Amur tigers threatened by economic crisis Primorye, Russia - Loggers in Russias Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising ...	WWF
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16/04/2009	Rainforest pillage continues in Madagascar Gangs of illegal rosewood loggers continue to pillage the wildlife-rich forests of northeastern Madagascar, ...	Mongabay.com
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09/04/2009	Shrinking forests: the many costs In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the military and police ...	Prism Webcast News
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02/04/2009	Ikea - you can't build a green reputation with a flatpack DIY manual Huge out-of-town stores that are inaccessible by public transport, illegally logged timber products and ...	Guardian, UK
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04/02/2009	EC and China sign cooperation agreement on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Chinese Prime Minister WEN Jiabao visited the European Commission on 30 January upon invitation of the ...	European Commission
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30/01/2009	China, Europe and Climate Demands Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with European Union officials on Friday morning in Brussels, and while ...	New York Times (USA)
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30/11/2008	Chinese officials convicted of environmental crimes The China Daily has reported that nearly 368 officials have been convicted of environmental mismanagement. ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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06/10/2008	The Stolen Forests: Inside the covert war on illegal logging The town of Suifenhe, a former Russian imperial outpost on the Trans-Siberian Railway, has belonged to ...	The New Yorker (USA)
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29/08/2008	China's former richest man sent to jail A Chinese businessman once listed as the richest in the country has been jailed for more than 10 years ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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22/07/2008	WWF: Finland EU's Biggest Importer of Illegal Timber The WWF accuses Finland of being one of the European Union's biggest importers of illegally felled ...	YLE News (Finland)
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13/07/2008	IFC Helps Major Hardwood Floor Company in China Source Sustainable Wood Beijing, China - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced that it has invested in Nature, ...	IFC News (USA)
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25/06/2008	Timber firm plead innocent of any wrongdoing The millionaire chairman of Neath Rugby Club has found himself unwittingly embroiled in an investigation ...	WalesOnline (Wales)
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30/05/2008	Timber Trade Federation meet Chinese Producers To Promote Market for Legal and Sustainable Timber Products Getting credible evidence on the origin of timber and timber products was a key message to Chinese plywood ...	UK Timber Trade Federation (UK)
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30/05/2008	China presence in Cambodia grows Phnom Penh, Cambodia - China, hungry for strategic influence and natural resources, is asserting itself ...	Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)
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17/04/2008	Indonesian authorities seize illegal timber Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesian national police have confiscated some 12,000 cubic meters of illegally ...	Furniture Today
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11/04/2008	Siberia's black market logging The vast forests of Eastern Siberia, known as the Taiga, are a goldmine for Chinese wood traders, who ...	BBC (UK)
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09/04/2008	Tony Burke welcomes Australia-China discussions on illegal logging Australia and China will work more closely together to combat illegal logging and trade in illegal forest ...	Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)
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02/04/2008	Official: China Must Tighten Wood Rules Beijing, China - China's government must tighten its policies on buying illegally logged timber ...	Houston Chronicle (USA)
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28/03/2008	Sierra Leone: Chinese May Evade Govt Ban On Logging Some 230 miles away from Freetown, Gangama, Taetima, and Mesima communities in the Bonthe district have ...	AllAfrica.com
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24/03/2008	U.S. furniture demand drives illegal logging in Laos Illegal wood for Vietnamese factories devastates forests in the Mekong region of Laos. Western desire ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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19/03/2008	Vietnam: How the country has become a hub for the region's illegal timber trade (EIA Press Release) Vietnam is operating as a centre for processing huge quantities of unlawfully-logged ...	EIA (UK)
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15/03/2008	Forests vanishing fast: WWF official An increasing percentage of greenhouse gas emissions is a result of deforestation and forest degradation, ...	Taipei Times
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29/02/2008	The need to cut China's illegal timber imports (Science Magazine - Letters) In the policy forum Chinas forestry reforms (7 December 2007, P. 1556), ...	Science Magazine (USA)
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02/02/2008	Asian market settles as forecast slowdown fails to take hold After a slight blip late last year, the Asian market has stabilised and shippers are resisting pressure ...	Timber Trades Journal (UK)
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29/01/2008	Wal-Mart Buying Illegal Russian Wood to Make Products for US Market Report Alleges USA - The environmental watchdog group the Environmental Investigation Agency released a report earlier ...	Sustainable is Good (USA)
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15/01/2008	S.Leone Bans Timber Sales After Chinese Wreak Havoc Sierra Leone's government has banned the exportation of timber after "indiscriminate destruction" ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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15/01/2008	Sierra Leone bans timber exports Sierra Leone has re-imposed a timber export ban because of what it says is indiscriminate plundering ...	BBC (UK)
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01/01/2008	China: Short Supply of Timber Threatens Economic Security and It is Imperative to Establish Timber Security System China now has become a giant in the world's forest industry: The output of wood-based panels of ...	China Wood Monthly
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22/12/2007	China spurring illegal timber trade in Tanzania Washington, USA - Scientists have said that due to China's increasing demands for timber, illegal ...	Thaindian.com (Thailand)
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21/12/2007	China Spurring Illegal Timber Trade in Tanzania China's growing hunger for timber may wipe out much of Tanzania's commercially valuable forests ...	National Geographic (USA)
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18/12/2007	World Bank to work with China in Africa The World Bank has agreed to work with Chinese development bodies on aid programmes in Africa and elsewhere ...	Financial Times (UK)
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14/12/2007	Group: Wal-Mart Blind to Illegal Logging USA - The Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit group based in Washington D.C., said Wednesday ...	Motley Fool (USA)
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13/12/2007	US, China sign MoU on combating illegal wood trade Beijing, China - China and the US today agreed to work together in combating illegal logging and the ...	Zee News (India)
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12/12/2007	US, China cooperate to stop illegal logging Washington, USA - The United States and China sealed their first deal to stop illegal logging in a bid ...	AFP
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20/11/2007	China Wins Trade Ruling About Paper Washington, USA - In a setback for American producers fighting Chinese imports, a federal trade panel ...	New York Times (USA)
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16/11/2007	Investors embrace trees to tap China boom Hong Kong - Investors looking for new ways to cash in on China's strong economic growth are turning ...	Guardian (UK)
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03/11/2007	Burmese Gems, Timber Find Other Markets as US Increases Sanctions While the US enforces additional economic sanctions against Burma on gems and timber trade, highly prized ...	The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
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02/11/2007	China 's efforts to make globalization green To the environmentally conscious, the recent comments by China's leaders are encouraging. ...	China Daily (China)
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15/10/2007	Mozambique: Hundreds of Containers of Illegal Logs Seized The Mozambican authorities have seized 531 containers full of illegal log exports on the quay of the ...	AllAfrica.com
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15/10/2007	China to promote its overseas forest products industry To further promote the development of China's economy and trade, the Chinese government has announced ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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14/10/2007	Environmental Problems Loom in Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand Truckloads of illegal timber cross the Myanmar border to sawmills in China, while ...	The Associated Press
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11/10/2007	Chinese loggers stripping Myanmar's ancient forests Nongdao, China In eight weeks the quiet narrow road that hugs Nongdao's sugarcane fields on the ...	AFP
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26/09/2007	Going green good for global forest business At the EU-China Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance held last week, China and the European ...	China.org.cn (China)
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19/09/2007	China will fight illegal logging, promote forestry programs - officials Beijing, China - China will protect its forests from illegal logging and promote afforestation programs, ...	ABCmoney.co.uk (UK)
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17/09/2007	You're to blame for shoddy goods Many manufacturers in China are ducking and weaving these days as the shrapnel from global product-safety ...	The Standard (Hong Kong)
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14/09/2007	Woolies move welcome but beware China's claims But it is warning that sourcing alternative paper product from China, as Woolies have announced, is fraught ...	Scoop.co.nz (New Zealand)
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06/09/2007	TRAFFIC reveals the state of China's wildlife trade The dramatic increase in China's wood imports over the last decade, largely driven by the country's ...	Traffic (UK)
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28/08/2007	China issues rules for logging companies overseas Beijing, China - China has issued guidelines for enterprises engaging in logging overseas, state media ...	Reuters (UK)
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17/07/2007	Illegal trade in valuable lumber continues between Myanmar and China Every day 80 trucks cross the border unchecked to supply wood to Chinese factories. Environmentalists ...	AsiaNews.it (Italy)
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15/07/2007	Despite Chinese ban, Myanmar timber still crosses border Environmentalists in Myanmar have expressed their shock at seeing mountains of logs being transported ...	Raw Story (USA)
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13/07/2007	China's Actions Get Mixed Reviews On Impact On World's Forests Beijing, China - While China's commitment to offering recycled paper goods has helped slow the destruction ...	AHN (USA)
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11/07/2007	China calls for sustainable logging by Chinese firms overseas China unveiled a draft sustainable forestry handbook for Chinese companies operating overseas. The move ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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11/07/2007	China Urges Responsible Logging Overseas Beijing, China - China urged its logging companies on Tuesday to act responsibly overseas and practise ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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09/07/2007	By Invitation: Illegal logging - China's big wooden problem Chinese wood manufacturers have poor records on using illegal timber. But the industry is changing, say ...	Ethical Corporation Magazine (UK)
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08/07/2007	Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products B&Q, the third largest retailer of home improvement materials, announced that within three years, ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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06/07/2007	China trade threatens tropical trees China is at the heart of a trade that is pushing some tropical trees towards extinction, environmental ...	BBC (UK)
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26/06/2007	China Crucial in Promoting Responsible Logging - NGO Beijing, China - China, as a huge importer of foreign wood to fuel its global export machine, has an ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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19/06/2007	Shan: Rare Tree Trade Aggravates Deforestation During the past ten years Shanland has become the center of an illegal timber trade between Burma and ...	UNPO (Netherlands)
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16/06/2007	China's rise: Hope or doom for Africa? 'A win-win situation' is how the Chinese government describes its economic relations with Africa. ...	Sunday Vision (Uganda)
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13/06/2007	B&Q Pledges To Root Out Illegal Timber Home improvement retailer B&Q has announced plans to stop using illegal timber supplies in China ...	China CSR (China)
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12/06/2007	RPT-Greenpeace hails B&Q China for hardwood curbs Hong Kong - Home improvement chain B&Q has stopped selling a popular but endangered hardwood in China, ...	Reuters (UK)
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11/06/2007	China struggles to choke off illegal wood trade Danzhu Path, China - Vast pyramids of logs line the road up the Nu river valley, signalling the turnings ...	Reuters (UK)
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10/06/2007	Chinese demand drives global deforestation Ngambe-Tikar, Cameroon - From outside, Cameroon's Ngambe-Tikar forest looks like a compact, tangled ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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07/06/2007	China keeps tight control on timber imports, spokesman says China - Cao Qingyao, spokesperson for the State Administration of Forestry, refuted statements made on ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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06/06/2007	China, Myanmar to crack down cross-border lumbering Beijing, China - China would cooperate with Myanmar to prevent timber smuggling and other illegal activities ...	Zee News (India)
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30/05/2007	Plywood makers: pass tougher trade laws U.S. manufacturers of hardwood plywood used in kitchen cabinets and furniture testified Wednesday they ...	Business Week (USA)
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23/05/2007	U.S. concludes minor trade negotiations with China Washington, USA - The United States and China concluded two days of "strategic" discussions ...	McClatchy Washington Bureau (USA)
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18/05/2007	China needs 'responsible' timber choice: Greenpeace Beijing, China - Greenpeace called on China's large DIY retailers on Thursday to adopt 'responsible' ...	Daily Times (Pakistan)
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17/05/2007	Foreign reports on logging 'unrealistic' A senior forestry official yesterday described some foreign media reports on China's illegal logging ...	China Daily (China)
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09/05/2007	Western consumption 'causes forest shrinkage' Western consumption, and not China's timber trade, is to blame for the depletion of the world's ...	China Daily (China)
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09/05/2007	China must control its timber needs: report An international forest protection group says Europe and the United States must persuade China to bring ...	Radio Australia (Australia)
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09/05/2007	New UK-Funded Report Says Consumers in US, Europe Hold Key To Transforming Chinese Attitude Toward Use of Illegal Timber (Press Release) London, UK - Responding to concern that China's massive appetite for raw timber ...	Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
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09/05/2007	Group Presses China Wood Industries Over Illegal Logging China has become a leading exporter of furniture, plywood and wood flooring. But environmental activists ...	Voice of America (USA)
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07/05/2007	Guyana stops Chinese logging Guyana government says it has suspended a 25-year timber sales agreement it signed with the China-based ...	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (Barbados)
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25/04/2007	China to push for sustainable logging overseas: China issues guidelines for sustainable forest plantations abroad In a surprising move, China has developed guidelines for the establishment of sustainable forest plantations ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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18/04/2007	Trade panel to investigate illegal logging complaints Washington, US - The U.S. International Trade Commission has begun investigating logging practices by ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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17/04/2007	China's demand for hardwood drives illegal logging says Greenpeace Environmental group Greenpeace said on Tuesday China should take responsibility for illegal hardwood ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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17/04/2007	China tackling illegal timber imports Beijing - The Chinese government on Tuesday said it has been observing strict procedures to manage and ...	China Daily (China)
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06/04/2007	Paper giant accused of illegal China logging Indonesia's paper making giant, Asia Pulp and Paper company, has been accused of illegal logging ...	CCTV (China)
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01/04/2007	Corruption Stains Timber Trade: Forests Destroyed in China's Race to Feed Global Wood-Processing Industry This story is the result of a year-long Washington Post investigation involving reporting in China, Russia, ...	Washington Post (USA)
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30/03/2007	In Big Shift, U.S. Imposes Tariffs on Chinese Paper Washington, USA The Bush administration, in a major escalation of trade pressure on China, said Friday ...	New York Times (USA)
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29/03/2007	FM spokesman: China always demands overseas Chinese companies to abide by local laws The Chinese government has always demanded its overseas enterprises to abide by the laws and regulations ...	Xinhua (China)
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29/03/2007	Report: China, India are raping hardwoods Tanzania - Chinese and Indian emerging markets are wrecking havoc of the country's forest cover ...	This Day (Tanzania)
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22/03/2007	Are Hong Kong bankers clearing a path for forest destruction? Environmental protesters are charging that HSBC and Credit Suisse have violated their own forest sector ...	Asia Sentinel (Hong Kong)
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21/02/2007	KIO Seeking Timber Export Rights from China The Kachin Independence Organization, Burma's northern-based ethnic ceasefire group, is seeking ...	The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Thailand)
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11/02/2007	Trade rep probes Chinese lumber U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab on Feb. 2 filed a World Trade Organization case challenging ...	Capital Press (USA)
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02/02/2007	All the news that fits U.S. newspapers are starting to import their newsprint from China. Short-term investors in newspaper ...	Market Watch (USA)
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11/01/2007	North America: Supply chain responsibility - Stop the unsustainable presses US newspapers are beginning to source newsprint from China for economic reasons, but may be ignoring ...	Ethical Corporation (UK)
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10/01/2007	Poaching and illegal felling costs China 4.089 billion yuan last year Poaching and illegal felling of trees cost the country 4.089 billion yuan in 2006, said State Forestry ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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19/12/2006	Free trade should be fair trade in debate over Chinese plywood Opinion - The guest viewpoint in the Dec. 14 Register-Guard regarding Sen. Ron Wyden's initiative ...	The Register-Guard (USA)
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18/12/2006	The hidden cost of your hardwood floor The demand for Chinese goods is driving destructive logging around the globe. ...	Chicago Tribune (USA)
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14/12/2006	Mozambique: taking ownership or just changing owners? 'Cahora Bassa is ours' are the first words Mozambique's president, Armando Guebuza, said ...	AllAfrica.com
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14/12/2006	Africa: Environmental Impact - More of the Same? (Excerpt) Today, China is Gabon's largest timber trading partner. In 2003 Gabon supplied 40 per ...	AllAfrica.com
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11/12/2006	Pollution probe to hit paper mill Local environment authorities in a city of northwestern China have promised to investigate a paper mill ...	Shanghai Daily (China)
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30/11/2006	Beijing, Jakarta put business before history JAKARTA - China's growing appetite for natural resources and Indonesia's position as Asia's ...	Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)
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30/11/2006	Wyden: Examine Chinese logging US senator says growth might be based on illegal practices. ...	Salem Statesman Journal (USA)
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29/11/2006	Senator Wants Probe Into Chinese Logging Democratic senator Wednesday asked the Bush administration to investigate Chinese logging practices that ...	Forbes (USA)
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04/11/2006	Africa: the Chinese Takeaway CHINESE PRESIDENT Hu Jintao is touring Africa, but is the continent being stripped of its natural resources ...	Black Information Link (UK)
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29/10/2006	Crackdown drives illegal logging to neighboring nations Beijing, China - Upon determining that deforestation was to blame for devastating flooding by the Yangtze ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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23/10/2006	As Chinese Pine Away For 'Lucky' Trees, Illegal Trade Grows Hong Kong - Roger Brooks, a senior inspector for the Hong Kong police department, used to spend his time ...	Wall Street Journal (USA)
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10/10/2006	Russian minister: Wood buyers share responsibility for illegal felling Russia's Minister of Natural Resources, Juri Trutnev says that responsibility for illegal felling ...	Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)
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30/09/2006	A dire threat to rainforests Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia - Deep in the pristine rainforests of Borneo are places that have never heard ...	Newsday (USA)
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29/09/2006	China Says Illegal Logging Brought Under Control BEIJING - Illegal logging in China has been bought under control, though there are still parts of the ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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28/09/2006	China says illegal logging brought under control Beijing, China - Illegal logging in China has been bought under control, though there are still parts ...	Reuters (UK)
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20/09/2006	Illegal Logging Dialogue Launched In Singapore The G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue has been launched in Singapore to attempt to put a stop to worldwide ...	Green Building Press (UK)
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09/09/2006	Loggers remain a law unto themselves No government in Papua New Guinea or the Solomon Islands has yet managed to tame the Malaysian-Chinese ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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02/09/2006	Forestry chief transferred after warehouse raid Thailand - Forestry Department chief Chatchai Ratanophat was yesterday ordered transferred by caretaker ...	Bangkok Post (Thailand)
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18/08/2006	China does not menace global forest resources at all "China will deplete all the world's forest resources by 2031, when one of every two logs from ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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17/08/2006	Chinese plan for timber investment in Papua opposed Papua, Indonesia - Environmental and business groups joined hands here Tuesday in opposing a Chinese ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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17/08/2006	Htoo Trading; only company with timber export license August 17, 2006- Ten trucks laden with timber on Wednesday night crossed the Sino-Burmese border from ...	Mizzima (Burma)
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16/08/2006	China denies destroying rainforests for timber China disputed charges that it is plundering the world's biodiverse rainforests to meet booming ...	mongabay.com (USA)
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15/08/2006	China denies plan to rent Russian forests Beijing, China: A State Forestry Administration (SFA) spokesman on Tuesday [15 August] denied a media ...	BBC Worldwide
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12/08/2006	Some assembly required To China, these forests represent a lucrative expanse of flat-packs and building materials, but at what ...	New Scientist (UK)
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27/07/2006	Environmental Challenges: Saving forests - Russia battles illicit logging At the edge of a sawmill site in Dalnerechensk in Russia's Primorsky region, 1,100 cubic meters ...	The Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
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08/07/2006	DEFRA awards Tropical Forest Trust, Timber Trade Federation UK and Global Environment Institute £151,700 for timber supply chain work in China TFT, TTF-UK and Chinese NGO, GEI have been awarded a grant of £151,700 to fund work with the Chinese ...	TFT (UK)
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06/07/2006	"Sanctioned" Illegal Logging Encroaches on China's Remaining Natural Forests China - Thousands of hectares of natural forests are being eliminated to make room for fast-growing tree ...	Worldwatch Institute (USA)
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04/07/2006	Russian, Chinese interior ministries discuss fight against transnational crime Officials at a meeting of the working group for countering trans-border crime established by the Russian ...	Interfax News Agency
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18/06/2006	Myanmar returns Chinese held for illegal logging Myanmar has repatriated 427 Chinese who had been arrested in the country for illegal logging and illegal ...	Reuters (UK)
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09/06/2006	Governor vows clampdown on illegal logging in Russian Far East Alexander Tishanin, the governor of the Siberian province of Irkutsk, has pledged to curtail the trade ...	Global Insight
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08/06/2006	Russian governor vows crackdown on log smuggling to China Russia - The governor of the Siberian province of Irkutsk vowed to crack down on the smuggling of Russian ...	Agence France Presse (France)
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05/06/2006	China's environment faces 'fragile' balance China's natural resources continue to deteriorate, and new laws are needed to ensure a comprehensive ...	Shanghai Daily (China)
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05/06/2006	Burma-Thailand Timber Trade Curbed Just two weeks after it was revealed that China had quietly halted multimillion dollar timber imports ...	The Irawaddy (Thailand)
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01/06/2006	China cracking down on illegal timber from Myanmar Beijing, China - China has quietly cracked down on illegal timber imports from Myanmar, a rights group ...	Reuters (UK)
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31/05/2006	Review confirms Olympic venues not using virgin timber Indonesia not a source for any wood products used in venue construction. ...	Beijing 2008 (China)
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30/05/2006	China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma (Myanmar) China has clamped down on illegal logging in northern Burma by closing its border to the timber trade ...	Global Witness (UK)
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25/05/2006	Southeast Asia plans wildlife crime-busting units BANGKOK, May 25 (Reuters) - Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asia's ...	Reuters (UK)
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24/05/2006	Volunteers help protect rainforests BEIJING, China -- Chinese Greenpeace volunteers were back home in Beijing yesterday, after two months ...	China Daily
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15/05/2006	China increases investment in Africa's forest industry In addition to the ongoing investment in minerals in Africa, China is increasing its investment in the ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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12/05/2006	2008 Olympics: Plans to Sacrifice Rainforest Should be Aborted JAKARTA - May 12 - Only days before a May 16-18 Beijing meeting to prepare the 2008 Olympiad in China, ...	Common Dreams (USA)
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11/05/2006	China paper demand consuming forests - study Hong Kong/Jakarta - China's huge appetite for paper is fueling pulp mill expansions and accelerating ...	Reuters (UK)
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10/05/2006	Shipping Firm Allegedly at Centre of Billion Dollar Trade in Stolen Logs Seeks Stock Exchange Listing EIA PRESS RELEASE: A major Asian shipping company, whose business has thrived on the back of a booming ...	EIA (UK)
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08/05/2006	Chinese newspaper reports on the trade of illegally sourced wood products into China On May 8, 2006 the International Herald Leader, directly under China's state Xinhua News Agency, ...	Xinhua News Agency (China)
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29/04/2006	Forests in Southeast Asia Fall to Prosperity's Axe Borneo - For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived among the majestic ...	The New York Times (USA)
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26/04/2006	Call for tougher regs on imported timber Environmentalists are calling for tougher rules on imported timber after they exposed illegally logged ...	Contract Journal (UK)
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25/04/2006	Special team established to crack down on illicit logging Forestry officials in East China's Fujian Province have established a special task force to fight ...	People's Daily (China)
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25/04/2006	Chinese authorities call timber workers out of Burma Chinese authorities have called on all Chinese workers to leave Burma in an attempt to contain illegal ...	Mizzima News (Thailand)
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20/04/2006	Conflict timber and forest mining The responsible practices of our industry are being obscured, big time, by the massive scale of illegal ...	PaperAge (USA)
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19/04/2006	Chinese firm seeks license for timber ops in Indonesian Papua - report JAKARTA, Indonesia - A Chinese company is seeking approval from Indonesia for a massive timber operation ...	AFX (Asia)
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16/04/2006	Indonesia, China, EU to cooperate against illegal timber trade Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia, China, and the European Union will work together to stop illegal logging ...	Viet Nam News Agency (Vietnam)
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13/04/2006	Asia pacific loses six million hectares of forest The Asia Pacific region lost more than six million hectares of natural forests, mainly converted to agricultural ...	Pertubuhan Berita Nasional (Malaysia)
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08/04/2006	Big Red hiding wood Urged on by Western demand for its products, China feels free to ravage Burmese forests for its own greedy ...	The Standard (Hong Kong)
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01/04/2006	Chinese Companies Profit From Illegally Destroying Burma's Forests International environmental organizations say China's appetite for wood is fuelling illegal logging ...	Voice of America (USA)
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29/03/2006	British firms accused over illegal logging BRITISH and other European Union companies have been complicit in an illegal logging scandal that has ...	The Scotsman (UK)
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28/03/2006	China warned against illegal timber imports China's growing need for timber and its lax law enforcement are causing massive destruction of endangered ...	Financial Times (UK)
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25/03/2006	EU and U.S. main markets for products from illegal timber American, European and Japanese consumers are snapping up cheap furniture made in China, unaware that ...	The China Post (Taiwan)
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24/03/2006	China is black hole of Asia's deforestation Jakarta, Indonesia – China is the main channel for illegal logging in Asia while the United States, ...	AsiaNews.it (Italy)
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24/03/2006	China accounts for 30% of world furniture market; Second biggest importer of timber with a reliance on illegally harvested wood A new report released today by a coalition of international and Chinese organizations shows that the ...	FinFacts (Ireland)
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23/03/2006	China cites illegal Burma logging Beijing - China on Thursday admitted that some of its companies and individual citizens are involved ...	Bangkok Post (Thailand)
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23/03/2006	Don't blame the Chinese The main importers of Chinese furniture, plywood, and other forestry products are the United States and ...	CIFOR
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22/03/2006	China introduces chopsticks tax The Chinese government is introducing a 5% tax on disposable wooden chopsticks in a bid to preserve its ...	BBC (UK)
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20/03/2006	PNG: Dutch Told To Shun PNG Logs ...	Pacific Magazine (Hawaii)
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12/03/2006	GREENPEACE RUES KEY NATIONS' ABSENCE Manila: Greenpeace said yesterday it was disappointed with the absence of representatives from key countries, ...	Global News Wire
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12/03/2006	China trade helps keep Myanmar regime afloat RUILI, China - China has tossed an economic lifeline to the military regime of Myanmar, and the lifeline ...	Charleston Gazette (USA)
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10/03/2006	China Pledges To Use Legal Burmese Timber Environmental groups are applauding the Chinese government's agreement with Burma to only use lawfully ...	China CSR
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08/03/2006	China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports The Chinese government has finally pledged to act to address the rampant trade in illegal timber from ...	Global Witness (UK)
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07/03/2006	Indonesian palm oil plan fires controversy Plans for record size palm oil plantation in Indonesia arouse controversy. ...	The New Zealand Herald
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02/03/2006	Papua New Guinea accused of ignoring illegal timber trade The pristine forests of Papua New Guinea are at risk of being wiped out through illegal and unsustainable ...	The Independent (UK)
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01/03/2006	WWF and IKEA Drive Responsible Forest Management, Curb Illegal Logging and Reward Legal Forestry in China and Russia Since 2002, WWF and IKEA have been working jointly to promote responsible forestry in priority regions ...	FLEG News #3
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28/02/2006	China able to handle its timber demand It's false to say that China fells trees in other countries while protecting its own, said Cao Qingyao, ...	People's Daily Online (China)
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27/02/2006	China able to be self-reliant in timber consumption: SFA BEIJING -- China will be able to stand on its own feet to meet domestic demand for timber, the State ...	Xinhua (China)
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22/02/2006	Favorable Balance of Forest Products Trade in 2005 China's trade in the main forest products achieved a favorable balance in 2005 for the first time ...	China Internet Information Center
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31/01/2006	Chinese loggers resume illegal harvest in Burma Last week the Chinese logging trucks were back on the road, feeding China's enormous appetite for ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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24/01/2006	Press Release - China border logjam The destructive logging and vast timber trade on the China-Burma border have come to a near halt over ...	Global Witness (UK)
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16/01/2006	Burma, China in talks to end illegal logging, timber trade The Myanmar [Burmese] government is currently under negotiations with China to find ways to end the illegal ...	Myanmar Times (Burma)
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02/01/2006	Illegal logging still going strong When the world's biggest timber smuggling operation from Papua to China was exposed last year, it ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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12/12/2005	Illegal logging paymasters enter RI on fake passports Minister of Forestry Malam Sambat Kaban says many illegal logging financiers enter the country using ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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26/11/2005	ENA FLEG summary and highlights - 25 November 2005 Over 250 ministers, representatives of government, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations ...	IISD
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25/11/2005	Governments Commit To Action on Forest Law Enforcement And Governance In Europe and North Asia St Petersburg, Russia - PRESS RELEASE - The St. Petersburg Declaration is the result of a Ministerial ...	World Bank
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25/11/2005	Illegal logging costs $1.5 billion Russia's Forestry Industry is perceived as one of the most corrupt in the world according to an ...	St Petersburg Times (Russia)
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24/11/2005	ENA FLEG highlights - 24 November 2005 ...	IISD (USA)
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23/11/2005	ENA FLEG highlights - 23 November 2005 Delegates convened in a thematic and learning session to hear presentations on improving the investment ...	IISD (USA)
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22/11/2005	ENA FLEG Meeting Opens in St. Petersburg: Highlights - 22 November 2005 The ENA FLEG Ministerial Conference opened today in St Petersburg. ...	IISD (USA)
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16/11/2005	Eagle Eye: Trading deforestation China faces a deficit of 75 million cubic metres (m3) of wood to meet domestic needs and export industry ...	Central Chronicle (India)
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02/11/2005	Outcry as Jakarta tries to revive paper industry Jakarta, Indonesia: Buoyed by demand driven mainly by China and India, the Indonesian government is trying ...	International Herald Tribune (USA)
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01/11/2005	First Eight Companies Qualify for China Forest and Trade Network Dongguan, China (Press Release) The China Forest and Trade Network (CFTN) marked a major milestone when ...	China Forest and Trade Network
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31/10/2005	China fuels illegal logging in Burma A new report, launched today by Global Witness at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Bangkok , ...	Mongabay (USA)
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31/10/2005	Black Mark for China Beijing must now accept that it has international as well as domestic responisbilities when it comes ...	Financial Times (UK)
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21/10/2005	Letter: Carbon emissions exported to China The UK Timber Trade Federation responds to press on illegal logging in the Independent. ...	The Independent (UK)
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20/10/2005	Major UK Builders' Merchant Removes Illegal Rainforest Timber From Stock ONE OF the biggest builders' merchants in the UK has today pulled illegally logged rainforest timber ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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19/10/2005	Criminal trail of rainforest timber unveiled by Greenpeace investigation Press Release: London -- A criminal trail of illegally logged timber from the world's last rainforests, ...	Greenpeace (UK)
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19/10/2005	Illegal logging Exclusive footage from northern Burma where environmentalists claim rare timber's being plundered ...	Channel 4 News (UK)
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18/10/2005	China aids Myanmar's illegal timber trade BANGKOK (AFP) - China knowingly aids trade in illegal timber from northern Myanmar worth around 300 million ...	Yahoo News
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18/10/2005	Burma's Missing Timber Millions: Destination China A new report, launched today by Global Witness at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Bangkok , ...	Global Witness (UK)
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18/10/2005	Burma's Junta Pays China in Timber for Protection BANGKOK - An environmental disaster unfolding along the border that military-ruled Burma shares with ...	Yahoo
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21/09/2005	The good times roll for China's log importers as the economy surges When Sun Laijun set up a log-importing company in a smallish Chinese town bording Russian in 1998, it ...	Financial Times (UK)
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05/09/2005	Joint Statement of the 8th EU-China Summit Extract from EC Press Release: Point 20. Leaders of the two sides...pledged to work together to tackle ...	EUROPA
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30/08/2005	Illegal loggers to be imprisoned in Malaysia, executed in Indonesia Illegal loggers will now face mandatory jail time in Malaysia under new laws expected to be implemented ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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16/08/2005	Russia concerned over illegal felling in Far East MOSCOW - Russia sustained 724.2 million rubles (about $25 million) in damages from illegal tree felling ...	RIA Novosti (Russia)
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13/08/2005	APP vows not to break Chinese laws Beijing/Hong Kong, China — Global paper and pulp giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) vows to abide by ...	Greenpeace China
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12/08/2005	Russia and China to begin forest management talks MOSCOW, Russia - For the first time, Russia and China will hold negotiations on forest management cooperation ...	Novosti (Russia)
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09/08/2005	Illegal logging goes on in Yunnan KUNMING - Singapore-based Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), part of Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group, has been ...	Asia Times (Hong Kong)
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24/07/2005	Control urged over forest fires in autumn BEIJING, China -- Forestry authorities have urged local governments to do more to prevent and control ...	Xinhua (China)
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08/06/2005	Illegal logging and pulp fiction The piles of imported logs in Zhangjiagang, China's biggest timber port, about an hour's drive ...	New Zealand Herald
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01/06/2005	Madagascan police intercept illegally logged wood ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Madagascan police have intercepted a shipment of more than 500 tonnes of hardwood ...	Reuters (UK)
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25/05/2005	Illegal logging continues in China and Asia Pulp and Paper is held responsible Beijing, China Greenpeace today published "The Investigative Report into Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) ...	Greenpeace China
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16/05/2005	China and illegal merbau from Indonesia Press Release: China admitted it has imported and accommodated illegal Merbau from Indonesia. ...	Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia)
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14/05/2005	Illegal logging: calls to give it the chop IN ZHANGJIAGANG, China's biggest timber port about an hour's drive north of Shanghai, the piles ...	The Straits Times (Singapore)
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07/05/2005	ASEM (Asia-Europe) Foreign Ministers draw attention to the impacts of illegal logging The Seventh ASEM (Asia-Europe) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM7) was held in Kyoto, Japan on 6-7 ...	eu2005.lu (Luxembourg)
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26/04/2005	RI, China fail to agree on fighting illegal logging Indonesia and China have failed to seal a key agreement in a ministerial level meeting to fight against ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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14/04/2005	APP denies allegations HAIKOU: As Sinar Mas Group-APP held a ceremony attended by at least 1,000 guests, including the governor ...	China Daily
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04/04/2005	Russian Forests Threatened By Chinese Poachers Experts forecast that China's demand for Russian timber will increase by a third within the next ...	RIA Novosti (Russia)
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02/04/2005	Dark side of the wood Asia's last great forests, food and shelter for the region's poorest people and an irreplaceable ...	Port Vila Presse (Vanuatu)
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30/03/2005	Forestry authorities charges Singaporean paper giant with illegal logging BEIJING, China -- China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) Wednesday charged the Singapore-based ...	Xinhua (China)
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28/03/2005	Industry plunders forests China's voracious appetite for wood is stripping Siberian forests, say experts. ...	The Standard (China)
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17/03/2005	World's Biggest Timber Smuggling Racket Exposed between Indonesia and China Jakarta, Indonesia - Rampant smuggling of illegal timber from Indonesia to China is a billion dollar ...	Environmental Investigation Agency (UK)
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08/03/2005	China's rising wood imports threaten the world's forests China is set to lead the world's wood market and this will have devastating impacts on some of the ...	WWF (UK)
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26/02/2005	Indonesia targets timber trafficking racket Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week pledged an "integrated crackdown" ...	Asia Times Online
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19/02/2005	Investigators tell how they uncovered smuggling Dialog was captured on video and presented by the London-based Environmental Investigative Agency (EIA) ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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18/02/2005	Illegal logging 'rife': Papua Environmental activists have exposed what they claim is a massive timber smuggling network threatening ...	SBS (Australia)
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18/02/2005	Huge wood smuggling racket trail could lead to Glasgow Environmental activists said yesterday they had exposed the world's biggest smuggling racket involving ...	The Herald (UK)
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17/02/2005	World’s Biggest Timber Smuggling Racket Exposed Between Indonesia and China Jakarta - Rampant smuggling of illegal timber from Indonesia to China is a billion dollar trade threatening ...	EIA (UK)
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03/02/2005	APP Faces Illegal Logging Allegations In China, Cambodia JAKARTA, Indonesia -Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (PAP.YY) faces fresh allegations of illegal ...	Yahoo Finance
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21/01/2005	CIFOR and Forest Trends receive DFID Grant to examine forest industry trends and scenarios, consequences, and policy responses in the Asia-Pacific Region The Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) and Forest Trends have received a DFID grant to ...	DFID (UK)
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19/01/2005	Nation sees more wood for better use of trees China has finally managed to satisfy its demand for timber as years of tree-planting and commercial logging ...	China Daily
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18/01/2005	China says deforestation still a major environmental problem Deforestation continues to be a major problem facing China's environment, despite efforts to plant ...	Terra Daily
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18/12/2004	Greenpeace: APP damages forests Greenpeace China yesterday alleged again that a paper and pulp giant is damaging forests in Southwest ...	China Daily
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16/12/2004	Greenpeace Exposes New Evidence of APP's Illegal Logging in Yunnan Greenpeace China today presented new evidence exposing Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) illegal logging ...	Greenpeace
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28/11/2004	INTERVIEW:China's Wood Demand May Hurt Indonesia Forests JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesia may face a surge in illegal logging if China's burgeoning paper and ...	Yahoo Finance News
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26/11/2004	Eucalyptus project sows disputes A scheme to convert huge tracts of land into eucalyptus forest in Yunnan Province has come under scrutiny ...	China Daily
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17/11/2004	Paper giant accused of illegal logging in China Greenpeace China is accusing pulp and paper production giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) of illegal logging ...	ABC Online (Australia)
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17/11/2004	Greenpeace says logging illegal Greenpeace China says an Indonesian company is illegally logging parts of Yunnan Province. ...	China Daily
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16/11/2004	Greenpeace accuses Singapore multinational of illegally razing China Global environmental group Greenpeace Tuesday accused a Singapore-based multinational pulp and paper ...	Terra Daily
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02/08/2004	Into the woods ...	The Independent
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23/06/2004	Russia, China join efforts to preserve forest Russian and Chinese scientists have agreed to join forces in a programme to establish the "Amur ...	Vietnm News Agency
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19/06/2004	The great flood myth Just about every time there is a major flood anywhere in the world, small farmers and loggers are held ...	New Scientist
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10/05/2004	China - UK joint statement China and the United Kingdom issue a joint statement setting out plans for developing co-operation between ...	10 Downing Street
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13/01/2004	Asia's Forests Head to China - Beijing's Logging Ban Sparks Fears of Deforestation Abroad HONG KONG -- A flood in China is endangering the forests of Southeast Asia and Russia. ...	David Lague - The Wall Street Journal Online
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13/01/2004	China - Plantations to the Rescue Could timber plantations save China's natural forests? ...	Far Eastern Economic Review
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
08/02/2013	China’s Green Credit Guidelines and their impact on the forest sector	Yiting Sun, WWF China
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15/06/2011	Tropical timber and traceability	James Hewitt, Independent Consultant
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28/01/2011	China and the Mekong: timber trade and governance snapshot	Kerstin Canby, Forest Trends
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28/01/2011	Structuration of the Chinese timber trade: insights from Amazonia and the Congo Basin	Louis Putzel, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
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28/01/2011	China timber legality practice	Shengfu Wu, China National Forest Products Industry Association
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24/06/2010	Update on timber legality verification schemes in China	Dr Chen Yong, Chinese Academy of Forestry & Joyce Lam, ProForest
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24/06/2010	Beyond solid wood - TFT & partners deliver VLO plywood from China	Alastair Herd, TFT
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24/06/2010	China Africa: working towards a more sustainable timber trade	Julie Thomas, WWF
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24/06/2010	China's policy measures and efforts to combat international illegal logging and associated trade	Zhang Yanhong, State Forestry Administration, China
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23/06/2009	TFT update - progress and challenges	Annie Adams, Tropical Forest Trust (TFT)
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18/06/2008	WWFs Business Approach towards Legal & Sustainable Timber Trade in China	WWF China (Han Zheng)
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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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18/06/2008	The Wal-Mart China Relationship	EIA (Julian Newman)
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18/06/2008	Policy Practice on Sustainable Timber: Trade of Chinese Government	Beijing Forestry University (Song Wei-ming)
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18/06/2008	Kingfisher Corporate Social Responsibility	Kingfisher / Shanghai Sourcing Consultancy Company (Jason Xue)
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18/06/2008	Adapting to Trends and Enhancing Mutual Trust to Increase Sino-African Cooperation and Communication on Forestry: Report of forestry study tour in three African countries	Chinese State Forestry Administration (Su Ming)
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18/06/2008	The Study Tour to Africa	WWF China (Nan Li)
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18/06/2008	Accelerating Chinas Forest Certification to Promote Sustainable Forest Management	China Forestry Industry Association (Shi Feng)
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18/06/2008	China National Forest Certification Scheme Piloting: Challenges and opportunities	The Nature Conservancy China (Dr Chen Xiaoqian)
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18/06/2008	Promoting Legal and Sustainable Wood Trade - The role and motivation of companies	President of China Wood International (Li Hong-fan)
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09/06/2008	Chinese suppliers: supply chains in action	Liz Betser, UK Timber Trade Federation
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09/06/2008	Brief report of the study tour by Chinese forestry officials to Africa	Guido Broekhoven, IUCN
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09/06/2008	Sourcing of China's paper fibre supply and recent trade trends	Kerstin Canby, Forest Trends
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09/06/2008	Efforts and effectiveness of the FLEG process in China	Lu Wenming, Chinese Academy of Forestry
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17/01/2008	Overview of Forest Certification in China	Li Mingqi, State Forest Administration, China
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01/11/2007	Introduction to certification and the European market	UK Timber Trade Federation (Hugh Blackett)
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01/11/2007	FLEG in Africa and its potential relevance and its potential relevance for China	IUCN Forest Programme (Guido Broekhoven)
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01/11/2007	A supplier's experience on realizing responsible timber procurement	Cheng Quan
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01/11/2007	EU China FLEG conference briefing	European Commission (Magnus Gislev)
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01/11/2007	Implementing responsible sourcing policies in China - Practical experience	ProForest (Joyce Lam)
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01/11/2007	China Forest and Trade Network	WWF Global Forest and Trade Network (L Lee)
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01/11/2007	Sino-Russia Timber Trade & Cooperation in Forestry	China Wood International, Inc. (Hongfan Li)
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01/11/2007	Chinese government regulates overseas forest cultivation by domestic enterprises	Chinese State Forestry Association (Li Nuyun)
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01/11/2007	CTDA's activities: Promoting legal and sustainable timber trade in China	China Timber Distribution Association (Lin Xiaping)
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01/11/2007	EU government procurement and FLEGT timber licensing	Chatham House (Jade Saunders)
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01/11/2007	Illegal logging and governance in Tanzania and links with China	TRAFFIC East Africa & China Programme (Simon Milledge/Liu Xueyan)
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01/11/2007	FSC - An international guarantee of legality and responsible forest management	FSC China (Alistair Monument)
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01/11/2007	Experience of forest management from Muling Forestry Bureau	Muling Forestry Bureau (Shi Fengming)
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01/11/2007	Mobilising stakeholders in the battle against illegal logging and trade	Greenpeace (Tamara Stark)
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01/11/2007	China-Africa Forest Product Trade: An overview	Forest Trends (Sun Xiufang)
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01/11/2007	Legal Wood Verification: Approach of a private sector inspection company	SGS Forestry Monitoring Services (Bruce Telfer)
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01/11/2007	Promoting responsible wood trade through 3rd party legal origin verification and CoC certification	Rainforest Alliance China Project Office (Xu Bin)
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01/11/2007	PEFC certification and the combat against illegal logging	PEFC (Benson Yu)
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09/07/2007	China and global markets - IISD-IIED-IDDRI study for China Ministry of Commerce	IIED (Steve Bass)
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09/07/2007	The China experience	James Latham plc (Chris Sutton)
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27/04/2007	How illegal timber is coming into China: Greenpeace findings and recommendations - Case of merbau	Greenpeace China (Tamara Stark and Liu Bing)
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27/04/2007	G8 Illegal Logging Dialogue: Reaching out to Chinese legislators	GLOBE International (Mike Packer)
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27/04/2007	Green wood procurement and sustainable forest management project update	The Nature Conservancy
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27/04/2007	An update on trade related work of Forest Trends/RRI	Forest Trends (Xiufang Sun)
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27/04/2007	Regulating Chinese forest-related enterprises: Encouraging the Chinese government to take an active role in sustainable forest resource use abroad	Global Environmental Institute (Aimin Wang)
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27/04/2007	China's timber sourcing in future	Beijing Forestry University (Song Weiming and Cheng Baodong)
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27/04/2007	China's efforts for timber verification	Chinese Academy of Forestry (Lu Wenming)
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26/04/2007	Russian softwood in China: Commodity chain study	Beijing Forestry University (Baodong Cheng and Weiming Song)
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26/04/2007	IISD/MOFCOM Project on global forest chains: identifying challenges and opportunities for China through a global commodity chain sustainability analysis	IISD/MOFCOM
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26/04/2007	Update on Russian forest sector and Russian-Chinese relations: WWF view	WWF Russia (Elena Kulikova)
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26/04/2007	Addressing legality in China wood supply chains	Tropical Forest Trust (Matt Brady)
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26/04/2007	Global Forest and Trade Network in Asia	Global Forest and Trade Network (George White)
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26/04/2007	Promoting trading of legal and sustainable wood through third party certification/verification	Rainforest Alliance (Xiao Jianmin)
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26/01/2007	China and the global market for forest products: Look at Africa and Russia	Forest Trends (Kerstin Canby)
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26/01/2007	TNC China's efforts on combating illegal logging and associated trade	TNC (Chen Xiaoqian)
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26/01/2007	Chinese response to market demand for legal timber - update on SmartWood approach to verification of legality	SmartWood Program Rainforest Alliance (Jeff Hayward)
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26/01/2007	China and the TTF - what we are doing	UK TTF (Andy Roby)
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26/01/2007	China Updates: Related policy trends and stakeholders' involvement	Forest Trends (Xiufang Sun)
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20/09/2006	Steps towards sustainable forests, livelihoods and trade	Rights and Resources Initiative (Andy White)
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20/09/2006	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: Strengthening production and policy	DFID (John Hudson)
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20/09/2006	How cost competitive is wood pulp production in South China?	CIFOR (Christopher Barr and Christian Cossalter)
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20/09/2006	China: Modeling trade scenarios for forest and forest products	University of British Columbia (Steven Northway and Gary Bull)
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20/09/2006	China and the Global Market for Forest Products: Transforming trade to benefit forests and livelihoods	Forest Trends (Kerstin Canby)
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20/09/2006	China Timber Supply - Using the engineering model	FEDRC (Zhang Sheng)
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20/09/2006	Policy research priorities for China's production forestry	World Bank (William B. Magrath)
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20/09/2006	China's Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) and international trade in forest products	FEDRC (Wu Baihai)
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20/01/2006	The Forests Dialogue's ENA FLEG Dialogue	The Forests Dialogue (Gary Dunning)
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20/01/2006	The China Syndrome: An expose of illegal timber entering the EU	Greenpeace (Pat Venditti)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Tuesday 7th September 2010	The 3rd International Conference on Forests, Markets, Policy & Practice Hosted by International Forestry Cooperation Center of Chinese State Forestry Administration (IFCC-SFA), ...
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Tuesday 30th March 2010	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: Trade of Legal and Sustainable Wood in China IUCN-China and Forest Trends are pleased to announce the 5th informal forum to discuss issues related ...
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Tuesday 21st April 2009	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: Trade of Legal and Sustainable Wood in China IUCN-China and Forest Trends organised the 4th informal forum to discuss issues related to the trade ...
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Saturday 6th December 2008	Conference on Sustainable Forests Trade China has become one of the world's largest countries on production, manufacturing, consumption ...
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Wednesday 18th June 2008	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: 3rd Meeting Chatham House, IUCN-China, and Forest Trends are pleased to announce the third six-monthly informal forum ...
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Monday 14th April 2008	EU-China Timber Trade Roadshow The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) together with the Dutch Timber Trade Association (VVNH) have joined ...
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Thursday 1st November 2007	China and the Global Forest Products Trade: 2nd Event The aim of the meeting series is to establish a regular open meeting place for key Chinese stakeholders ...
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Wednesday 19th September 2007	EU-China Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance The Government of the People's Republic of China, the Government of Germany and of the United Kingdom ...
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Thursday 26th April 2007	China and the Global Forest Products Trade First of a series of 6-monthly 'Chatham House' Chinese stakeholder consultations in Beijing. ...
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Thursday 25th January 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 9 The ninth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Friday 22nd September 2006	Promoting Trade of Sustainable and Legal Wood in China: Information Sharing Workshop for Technical Experts Several Chinese institutions and researchers have been working on this issue. This meeting is to convene ...
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Thursday 17th August 2006	Forest Products Trade between Russia and China: Encouraging Responsible Enterprise through a Solid Investment Climate This one-and-a-half day meeting discussed how responsible industry engagement, a positive investment ...
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Tuesday 16th May 2006	Workshop on the Implementation of the ENA FLEG Ministerial Declaration In follow up to the ENA FLEG Ministerial Conference, the Turkish Government, in collaboration with the ...
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Thursday 19th January 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 7 The seventh in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Thursday 1st December 2005	Building Partnerships to Reduce Forest Conflict in Asia USAID, The Forests Dialogue and ARD Inc. convened international leaders from government, the private ...
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Wednesday 2nd November 2005	The Forests Dialogue: Second Dialogue on Illegal Logging This dialogue was designed to produce a statement - in the form of a co-chairs summary - to inform and ...
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Wednesday 27th July 2005	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 6 The sixth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 3rd May 2005	Forest Governance and Trade - China, Global Markets and Legal Procurement Initiatives The meeting aimed to explore the current state of play in the domestic Chinese timber market, the global ...
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Thursday 2nd December 2004	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 5 The fifth in a series of policy update meetings hosted by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
China: State Forestry Administration	This link is to the section of the Chinese government forestry website which includes "A Guide on Sustainable Overseas Forests Management and Utilization by Chinese Enterprises". There are other sections of the website in English, although the connection is sporadic.	Broken link
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ENPI FLEG	The ENPI FLEG Programme “Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the European Neighbourhood Policy East Countries and Russia” supports governments, civil society, and the private sector in participating countries in the development of sound and sustainable forest management practices, including reducing the incidence of illegal forestry activities. Participating countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. This programme is funded by the European Union.	Broken link
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Global Environmental Institute	The Global Environmental Institute (GEI) is the first professional Chinese non-governmental organization dedicated to environmental improvement through multi-disciplinary, market-based approaches. GEI have been involved in the ENA FLEG process.	Broken link
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Greenpeace China	Greenpeace China was established in Hong Kong in 1997 and has offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Kunming. This link takes you to Greenpeace China's forests page.	Broken link
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WWF Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN)	The GFTN - a WWF-led partnership - links more than 360 companies, communities, NGOs, and entrepreneurs in more than 30 countries around the world. The goal is to create a new market for environmentally responsible forest products. Since 1991, market-driven demands from GFTN participants have increased the economic incentives for responsible forest management. This is helping to ensure that millions of acres of forests are independently and credibly certified, a guarantee that the forests are well managed and that their products come from legal and sustainable timber harvests. Click here for GFTN's Guide to Legal and Responsible Sourcing, which includes details on national legality frameworks and guides to legal documentation.	Broken link
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