Support laws to control illegal timber in Europe
The European Commission will be considering new laws to ban illegal timber imports - tell them to get it right
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Undercover video throws light on illegal timber trade
Posted by jamie on 2 April 2008.
The undercover experts down the road at the Environmental Investigation Agency have released this short video exposing the trade in illegal timber from the forests of Laos. Shady deals and corruption allow large amounts of dodgy lumber to be processed in Vietnam and Thailand, where it's made into products like garden furniture for export to (among other places) the UK. Yet another reason why we need laws in Europe to ban the import of illegal timber.
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