edguerin -> "wood-Mafia" (Mar. 29 2010 2:11:29)
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I just finished reading an article in GEO, the German equivalent of National Geographic Magazine about the “wood-Mafia”. Apparently about 20% of all wood sold in Europe and about 10% of that sold in the US comes from illegal sources. It’s nigh impossible to track sources within Europe, since wood is declared as European as soon as it’s been worked on in any way. So Russian wood imported to Finnland becomes Finnish etc. … According to this article 50% of wood from Brasil, 70% from West Africa and up to 90% from some Asian countries is felled illegally. The USA passed the “Lacey Act”, which (at least in theory) allows prosecution of firms involved in illegal import : One of the few cases, in which America is ahead of other countries in ecological legislation. (See "Raid on Gibson")
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