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European Commission admits illegal timber scandal

Posted by jamie on 1 December 2006.

Activists demonstrate how the EU should be using FSC timber in May 2004

It's official. The European Union Commission has admitted that we were right about illegal timber in the commission's own headquarters.

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EU trashes Indonesian rainforests

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The Berlaymont - a forest crime scene
Habitat for endangered tigers and orang-utans demolished to provide plush offices for Brussels bureaucrats

Timber from trashed Indonesian rainforests is being used in new EU buildings in Brussels, threatening the survival of the orang-utan and the Sumatran tiger.


Tags: EU, forests, berlaymont, press releases, illegal logging, indonesia
Published on May 10, 2004