Concerned about illegal wood, or wood originating from illegal logging and deforestation entering your supply chains?

Then here’s some timely information on legal risks in wood product supply-chains. You can also sign-up to use our location-based alert system. (Here’s seven reasons to make it part of your wood buying process.)

Alerts

• Feb-16 41m3 of wood seized in Cartagena del Chairá Colombia
• Feb-16 Truckload of illegal Afzelia logs seized in Uduruji Uganda
• Feb-15 40m3 of illegal wood seized in Santa Maria do Pará Brazil
• Feb-15 26m3 of illegal wood seized in Marabá Brazil
• Feb-15 6 truckloads of wood seized in Ijebu Igbo Nigeria
• Feb-14 Truckload of logs seized in Tailandia Brazil
• Feb-14 20m3 of lumber seized in Tailandia Brazil
• Feb-14 28m3 of Sucupira timber logged illegally in Barra do Garças Brazil
• Feb-13 35m3 of wood seized in and around Bananito Sur Costa Rica
• Feb-13 Official convicted of illegally logging 205m3 of timber in Konevsky Russia
• Feb-12 17m3 of Garapa lumber seized in Nova Santa Helena Brazil
• Feb-12 28m3 of wood seized in Nova Santa Helena Brazil
• Feb-12 Truckload of logs seized near Sibu Malaysia
• Feb-12 600m3 of wood without legal documents seized in Zhytomyr Ukraine
• Feb-12 53m3 of wood seized in Coxim Brazil
• Feb-12 Two illegal logging camps dismantled in Porto de Moz Brazil
• Feb-12 Truckload of Pine logs seized in Rio Negrinho Brazil
• Feb-11 Truckload of logs seized in Kuala Kangsar Malaysia
• Feb-11 9m3 of lumber seized in Sungai Gelam Indonesia
• Feb-11 Illegal logging and transit of Lapacho logs reported in Itakyry Paraguay
• Feb-11 Sawmill closed and fined US$68,000 in Manacapuru Brazil
• Feb-09 Illegal logging of Sonokeling Rosewood confirmed in Palama Indonesia
• Feb-09 1,700 logs seized near Long Mio Malaysia
• Feb-09 Logging machinery seized in El Impenetrable Argentina
• Feb-09 160ha of forest logged illegally in Almirante Brown Argentina
• Feb-09 5 arrested for alleged illegal logging in Igarapé Lourdes Indigenous Land Brazil

Other News

• How much illegal wood is really out there? – A reference cataloging the data about the volumes of illegal wood being reported.
• What is Remote Timber Harvest Verification™? – Remote Timber Harvest Verification™ is a service provided by TIMBERCHECK™ that allows you to see recent satellite views of timber harvest locations.
• In Brazil many years pass between the time illegal deforestation occurs and law enforcement – Shortening the time between illegal deforestation and law enforcement can reduce illegal wood from entering supply chains.
• 5 ways illegal logs enter wood product supply chains – There are at least five ways in which illegal logs enter wood product supply chains.
• 7 reasons the Timber Risk-Map™ should be part of your wood buying process – Certifications and audits are based on information that is already in the past. They don’t tell you about your current risk.
• Using TIMBERCHECK™ to monitor your wood supply-chains – Learn how to easily adjust your map settings to receive alerts when a new risk occurs near your wood product supply-chain.

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