Category: How Wood Becomes Illegal

• What is the Timber Asset Protection Act?

  August 6 · 23

  Texas Timber Due Diligence Data Sources, Timber Theft

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

  April 30 · 22

  Black Walnut, Timber Theft, United States Illegal Wood Risk, Walnut

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Illegal Afzelia timber sells for $13 a tree in Uganda

  October 30 · 20

  Afzelia, Corruption, Doussie, Hardwood Flooring, Income Inequality, Price Data, Timber Theft

• 5 ways illegal logs enter wood product supply chains

  February 7 · 20

  How Wood Becomes Illegal, Illegal Logging, Uncategorized

• Overestimation of Ipe Stand Density and Volume in Pará, Brazil

  September 17 · 18

  Forest Inventory Fraud, How Wood Becomes Illegal, Ipe