TIMBERCHECK™

Research and data on forest commodity supply chains and policy

Category: Examples of Illegal Wood Risk by Species

Walnut timber illegally logged on ‘large-scale’ in Giles, Virginia

April 30 · 22

Black Walnut, Timber Theft, United States Illegal Wood Risk, Walnut
Walnut tree DNA collection begins in crowdsourced timber tracking venture

July 21 · 21

Black Walnut, Tree DNA
Tree DNA used in timber theft conviction a first for the U.S.

July 10 · 21

Bigleaf Maple, Timber Theft, Tree DNA, United States Forest Law Enforcement Operations, United States Illegal Wood Risk
Ecuador Teak, Monkeypod, and Balsa wood among species seized in Manabí

July 10 · 21

Balsa, Ecuador Illegal Wood Risk, Monkeypod, Teak
820 cubic meters of alleged illegal Azobe wood seized in Antwerp

June 22 · 21

Azobe, Belgium Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Belgium Illegal Wood Risk, Ekki, EU Timber Regulation, Netherlands Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Netherlands Illegal Wood Risk, Timber Due Diligence
66 containers of Mozambique timber illegally exported to China recovered

May 18 · 21

China Illegal Wood Risk, Mozambique Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Mozambique Illegal Wood Risk, Muninga, Organized Crime, Panga Panga, Re-entrance
Lookout Mountain timber theft caught by hidden camera trap

March 19 · 21

Hardwood Lumber, The Lacey Act, Timber Theft, United States Forest Law Enforcement Operations, United States Illegal Wood Risk, White Oak
Two Alaska timber sales were not managed in accordance with USDA Forest Service policy

February 4 · 21

Forest Tenure Irregularities, Global, Sitka Spruce, United States Illegal Wood Risk, Western Red Cedar
Ecuador Balsa wood seizures up almost 3x as clean energy drives demand for wind turbines

January 27 · 21

Balsa, Ecuador Illegal Wood Risk, Income Inequality, Timber Theft
Is that wind turbine made from illegally harvested Balsa wood?

November 27 · 20

Balsa