Sentences with phrase «illegal timber imports»

At the Suifenhe conference, Global Witness was not alone in calling for China to introduce its own legislation prohibiting illegal timber imports.

The Global Witness report urged China to impose a ban on illegal timber imports.

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- Measures to make the import or possession of illegal timber a criminal offence.

Greenpeace called attention to a cargo of illegal timber being imported into Miami.

The acceptance of responsibility by the iconic US company under a «criminal enforcement agreement» marks the end of the first investigation under the groundbreaking Lacey Act of 2008, which makes importing or dealing in illegal overseas timber a criminal offence.

Gibson Guitars» agreement to pay a $ 300,000 fine for its role in importing illegal timber from Madagascar is a major breakthrough in the fight to end the multi-billion dollar global trade in illicit wood, said Global Witness today.

FSC's finding that DLH followed none of its own due diligence procedures casts serious doubt over law enforcement efforts by Danish authorities responsible for policing the import of illegal timber into Europe.

The DOJ may also investigate other violations by the company beyond the illegal Russian timber imports documented in EIA's 2013 report.

The timber industry remains a major conduit for illegal arms imports into Liberia, and many logging companies continue to assemble and arm human rights abusing militias.

The new legislation makes it a criminal offense for Australian businesses to import timber from illegal operations.

If importing countries insist that timber and timber products are certified under internationally recognized environmental and social standards like those of the Forest Stewardship Council, illegal logging becomes more difficult.

«China and Mexico are fueling illegal logging and conflict in the Peruvian Amazon by turning a blind eye to their illegal imports,» said Handy, noting that over 70 % of the timber sources verified in 2015 exports to these two countries were on Osinfor's red list.

In 2000, the United States alone imported over $ 450 million worth of timber from Indonesia, which given Indonesia's illegal logging rate could represent $ 330 million worth of timber from illegal sources.