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Brazil
- Sep-11 1,500m3 of logs reportedly seized in Mapinguari National Park Brazil
- Sep-11 2,436m3 – amounting to about 120 truckloads – of logs and lumber seized in Marajó Brazil
- Sep-09 Five companies fined and 176m3 of wood seized in Costa Rica Brazil
- Sep-08 66m3 of illegal wood seized in Sorriso Brazil
- Sep-08 30m3 of illegal wood including Garapeira seized in Barra do Garças Brazil
- Sep-08 Two trailers of illegal logs seized in Nova Mamoré Brazil
- Sep-08 509m3 of logs seized in Portel Brazil
- Sep-08 Illegal sawmill closed in Bagre Brazil
- Sep-07 32m3 of illegal wood seized in Teresina Brazil
- Sep-07 90m3 of illegal wood seized in Manaus Brazil
- Sep-02 58m3 of illegal wood seized in Seabra Brazil
- Sep-01 40m3 of logs seized in Cruzeiro do Sul Brazil
- Aug-31 45m3 of illegal lumber seized in Cassilândia Brazil
- Aug-31 Truckload of lumber seized in Vilhena Brazil
- Aug-31 30m3 of illegal Eucalyptus lumber seized in Itabuna Brazil
Peru
- Sep-11 115 logs of Tornillo and Oje wood seized near Iquitos Peru
- Sep-10 30m3 of Lupuna timber seized near Yurimaguas Peru
- Sep-01 52m3 of lumber seized at illegal lumber yard in Puerto Maldonado Peru
Indonesia
- Sep-08 Three sawmills dismantled and 17m3 of illegal Meranti seized in Tuah Indrapura Indonesia
- Sep-07 50m3 of illegal wood destroyed in Sungai Gelam Indonesia
- Sep-04 Five arrested for illegal logging in Sijudo Indonesia
- Sep-04 8m3 of illegal Teak logs reportedly seized in Sraten Indonesia
- Sep-01 Truckload of timber including Meranti seized near Pontianak Indonesia
- Aug-30 Investigation completed regarding container of alleged illegal Makassar Ebony seized in Kendari Indonesia
Cameroon
- Sep-07 23 companies reportedly suspended on claims related to illegal logging in the Littoral region Cameroon
- Aug-17 Two truckloads of logs reportedly seized near Poutkak Cameroon
Gabon
- Sep-07 Complaint filed against nine logging companies in Ogooué-Ivindo Gabon
- Aug-31 Allegations logging companies not complying with forestry laws reported in Haut-Ntem Gabon
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Timber Risk Report – August 31, 2020
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