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Interpol arrests 200 and seizes $8m of timber
2013-02-21 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nearly 200 people have been arrested and 2,000 truckloads of wood seized in one of the biggest raids on suspected illegal timber operations ever undertaken in Latin America. It was Interpol's first international operation against large-scale illegal logging, carried out in 12 Latin American countries alongside national agencies from September to late November last year. About 50,000 cubic metres of wood was seized, with an estimated value of about $8m, according to details released by Interpol this...
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Timber Mat Temporary Roadways Are Helping To Keep National Railway On Track
2013-02-13 02:08:13| publicworks Home Page
Ground protection solution providers, Timbermat Ltd, supplied SFI certified (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) Oak mats to provide site access when Network Rail needed work carried out on their embankment stabilisation scheme by civil and ground engineering contractors
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Timber Mat Temporary Roadways Are Helping To Keep National Railway On Track
2013-02-13 02:08:13| publicworks Home Page
Ground protection solution providers, Timbermat Ltd, supplied SFI certified (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) Oak mats to provide site access when Network Rail needed work carried out on their embankment stabilisation scheme by civil and ground engineering contractors
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United Kingdom: Companies warned over tough new timber legislation
2013-02-11 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Businesses have been told that from March they could face stiff penalties if they cannot prove any timber they are selling has not been illegally harvested. On March 3 the UK will adopt the EU's timber legislation, which will not only mandate companies to check where timber has been harvested or if it has been logged illegally, but will also allow inspectors to enter business premises and seize any illegally harvested wood. Placing illegally logged timber on the market will become a criminal...
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Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal
2013-02-07 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Forty-eight percent of the timber making its way from Mozambique's forests to Chinese companies was harvested illegally, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), which blames the problem on widespread corruption and poor governance. The illegal logging cost Mozambique, the world's fourth least-developed country in the world according to the UN, $29 million in tax revenue, says the report. "Despite recent commendable efforts by the Mozambican Government to control...
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