This page houses two years of archived press releases and news coverage featuring EIA’s Forests for the World campaign against illegal logging and the unsustainable international trade in black market timber. For campaign visuals please click on the photos and videos icon above.
General Articles:
 EIA’s work on illegal logging featured in "The New Yorker” (The U.S. Lacey Act) ; World's first ban on illegal wood import and trade; Sept. 29, 2008
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Floor Covering Weekly; U.S. bans illegal wood imports; May 28, 2008
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Environment Yale; Forest Destruction’s Prime Suspect;
Spring 2008
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BBC News; Vietnam 'hub for illegal timber';
March 19, 2008
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Associated Press, as appeared in Business Week; Vietnam destroying Lao forests;
March 19, 2008
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United States of America v. Dan M. Chien and Style Craft Furniture Co., Ltd.;
April 16, 2008
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Economist; Now See This: An unlikely band of DIY environmentalists;
November 19, 2007
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Wall Street Journal; Indonesia’s Logging Fight: smugglers defy crackdown to feed demand in China;
July 3, 2007
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Popular Mechanics; Global Timber Smugglers—and How You Can Stop Them;
May 2007 issue
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La Prensa; Act Against Illegal Logging;
May 22, 2007
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Environment News Service; Congress Combats Illegal Logging in Peru, Panama;
May 14, 2007
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Reuters; Don't buy products from illegal logging: Indonesia;
April 9, 2007
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Washington Post; Corruption Stains Timber Trade: forests destroyed in China's race to feed global wood-processing industry;
April 1, 2007
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Reuters; Illegal logging hits Asian forests, orangutans - U.N.;
February 6, 2007
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ISW Online; Environmental Agency Takes Action Against Timber Smuggling;
October 12, 2006
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Dow Jones Newswires; Interview: Indonesia May Strengthen Forestry Rules Soon;
September 21, 2006
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Reuters, as appeared on MSNBC.com; Activists Fear U.S. Pact Will Fuel Asia Logging: free trade deal with Malaysia will encourage illegal cuts, they argue;
June 16, 2006
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Antara; America’s free trade pacts driving illegal timber trade: First round of trade negotiations with Malaysia conclude tomorrow;
June 16, 2006
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Washington Post; For Timber Trade, Many Routes Lead through Singapore: illegal Indonesian exports are concern;
April 9, 2006
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Economist; Down in the Woods: In the developing world, where policing has not stopped illegal logging, environmentalists are trying a new weapon: economics;
March 23, 2006
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Washington Post; Illegal Logging May Supply U.S. Floors: firms fail to ensure origin of a threatened, luxurious wood, group alleges;
March 22, 2006
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Economist; Tackling Wood-Nappers, the new government gets tough;
May 7, 2005
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Economist; Green Guise: China protects its trees, devours others;
March 26, 2005
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Articles about the Wal-Mart Report:
Associated Press as appeared in Business Week; Group: Wal-Mart blind to illegal logging;
December 12, 2007
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Huffington Post; Wal-Mart's "Forest Crimes";
December 15, 2007
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Environment & Energy Daily; Illegally logged timber supplies Wal-Mart products --
Report;
December 12, 2007
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Gifts & Decorative Accessories; Reports: Wal-Mart Suppliers Use Child Labor,
Illegal Wood;
December 13, 2007
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Articles about the U.S. ban on import and trade of illegal wood:
Reuters; U.S. farm bill cracks down on timber trade;
May 15, 2008
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Timber Trade Journal; Common Purpose;
January 19, 2008
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The Hill; Op-Ed by EIA Executive Director, on Behalf of Illegal Logging Coalition;
October 24, 2007
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Associated Press, as appeared on Washingtonpost.com; Effort to Curb Trade in Illegal Timber;
August 1, 2007
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All Headline News; Senate Bill Proposes Hefty Fines For Illegal Wood Imports;
August 1, 2007
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Environment & Energy Daily; Timber industry, enviros unite to promote bill combating illegal logging;
August 1, 2007
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Chicago Tribune; Illinois, U.S. Push Ban on Illegal Timber: state proposal would hold retailers liable;
April 15, 2007
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Associated Press, as appeared on NYTimes.com; Lawmakers Oppose Illegal Timber Trade;
March 13, 2007
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Reuters, as appeared on Washingtonpost.com; U.S. lawmakers bid to keep out ill-gotten timber;
March 13, 2007
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 May 15, 2008:
Environmental Investigation Agency Applauds U.S. Congress for Passing
World’s First Ban on Import of Illegally Logged Wood
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May 14, 2008:
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Legislation to Ban Illegal Wood Trade: Environmental Investigation Agency commends U.S. leadership on issue
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April 16, 2008:
EIA Applauds Precedent-Setting Indictment for International Timber Smuggler
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March 19, 2008:
Vietnam’s Booming Furniture Sector Riddled with Illegal Timber: U.S. imports 45% of Vietnam’s wooden furniture
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December 14, 2007:
United States Senate Passes Ban on the Import of Illegal Wood
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December 12, 2007:
New Evidence from EIA Undercover Investigation Highlights Wal-Mart’s Blind Eye to Illegal Logging
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November 7, 2007:
House Natural Resources Committee Unanimously Clears Major Legislation to Fight Illegal Logging
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October 16, 2007:
U.S. Lawmakers Fighting to Save Timber Industry, Environment, and U.S. Reputation from Illegal Logging
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August 27, 2007:
23 Organizations Issue Joint Report Critiquing Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Initiatives: human rights, labor and environmental groups find Wal-Mart’s “green” initiatives lack real impact on global warming, employee health and welfare
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August 1, 2007:
Historic Bill Introduced in Senate Today to Combat Illegal Logging: backed by unprecedented coalition of industry, labor and conservation groups
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April 4, 2007:
U.S. Demand for Cheap Illegal Timber Aggravating Corruption in Indonesia: timber barons go unpunished as illegal shipments arrive daily into U.S. ports
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March 13, 2007:
Members of Congress Announce Bipartisan Bill to Curb Illegal Timber Trade: joined by supporters from environmental, industry, and labor groups
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March 7, 2007:
Illinois Lawmakers Consider Country’s First Prohibition on Illegally-Logged Wood
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July 21, 2006:
U.S. Illegal Timber Imports Threaten Progress of U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Pact: second round of negotiations conclude today
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June 15, 2006:
America’s Free Trade Pacts Driving Illegal Timber Trade; Destruction of Asian and Latin American Forests
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March 22, 2006:
US Consumers Duped into Buying Timber Stolen from Papua’s Precious Rainforests
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October 16, 2007:
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1497, The Legal Timber Protection Act;
Testimony of Alexander von Bismarck, Executive Director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
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May 15, 2006:
Priorities of the United States-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement;
Testimony of Alexander von Bismarck, Campaigns Director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, before the U.S. Trade Representative’s Trade Policy Staff Committee
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July 28, 2005:
Chinese Involvement in African Illegal Logging and Timber Trade;
Testimony of Allan Thornton, President of the Environmental Investigation Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations
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September 2003:
Findings Relating to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
Testimony of Alexander von Bismarck, Campaigns Director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade
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