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EU Lawmakers Call For Tough Watch On Illegal Timber [1]

Europe should push for tighter laws to curb the illegal timber trade by making both importers and exporters get licenses to show their wood does not come from endangered rainforests, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2009
Jeremy Smith [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
Tags:
Environment [4], Deforestation [5], Forest Products [6], Timber Smuggling [7], Africa [8], China [9], Indonesia [10], Russia [11], European Union (EU) [12]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeremy-smith
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-smuggling
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/russia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu