Illegal wood for the European market: An analysis of the EU import and export of illegal wood and related products

This report looks at EU timber imports and concludes that one-fifth of wood imported into the European Union in 2006 came from illegal or suspected illegal sources, with Russia, Indonesia and China being the main sources, says a new WWF report. The study argues that the existing EU Forest and Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Licensing Scheme is ineffective in stopping trade in illegal wood and that under the Voluntary Partnership Agreements currently being negotiated about 90 per cent of illegal wood will still enter EU markets.

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