TIMBERCHECK™

Research and data on forest commodity supply chains and policy

Category: Ipe

Operation ‘Akuanduba’ investigates links between Brazilian officials and suspected illegal wood trade with U.S.

May 23 · 21

Brazil Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Brazil Illegal Wood Risk, Corruption, Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Ipe, Jatoba, Organized Crime, United States Forest Law Enforcement Operations, United States Illegal Wood Risk
Samples of Ipe, Jatoba and other wood exported from Brazil are collected at American ports for analysis

January 12 · 21

Ipe, Jatoba, Operation Handroanthus, The Lacey Act, United States Forest Law Enforcement Operations
130,000 cubic meters of alleged illegal wood seized in Operation “Ipe”

December 22 · 20

Brazil Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Ipe, Massaranduba, Operation Handroanthus
300 containers worth of alleged illegal timber including Ipe and Massaranduba seized on the Mamuru River

December 1 · 20

Brazil Forest Law Enforcement Operations, Ipe, Massaranduba, Operation Handroanthus
Overestimation of Ipe Stand Density and Volume in Pará, Brazil

September 17 · 18

Forest Inventory Fraud, How Wood Becomes Illegal, Ipe