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Between 20 percent and 40 percent of the world's wood production is thought to come from illegal sources (Photo: Wagner T. Cassimiro "Aranha")

EU takes landmark stance against illegal timber

Europe has gone from years of preaching against the evils of illegally harvested timber to coming just a few steps away from banning the trade in the world's biggest market for the product in a landmark move by EU institutions.

In a deal struck on Wednesday (16 June) between the European Parliament, the EU member states and the European Commission after almost a decade of campaigning on the issue by environmentalists, the sale of illegal timber will be banned in the EU from 2012.

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Between 20 percent and 40 percent of the world's wood production is thought to come from illegal sources (Photo: Wagner T. Cassimiro "Aranha")

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