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Brazil's Historic Efforts to Save Mahogany

August 02, 2002

Washington, DC, International — In a historic and bold move, Brazil suspended its mahogany trade on December 5th, 2001, in response to an on-going Greenpeace investigation into rampant illegal practices in Brazil's mahogany trade.

Despite this suspension, some illegal mahogany was exported from Brazil to the U.S. and Europe. Greenpeace activists exposed these illegal shipments and governments around the world were forced to take action.

Read a timeline of events through August 2002.

September 2001

Illegal Mahogany Logging Exposed in Amazon (26 Sept.)

October 2001

December 2001

Brazil Announces End to Illegal Mahogany Trade (5 Dec.)

February 2002

Judge Upholds Moratorium on Illegal Mahogany Shipments (6 Feb.)

U.S. Government Offers to Help Brazil with Illegal Mahogany Import (4 Feb.)

Statement From the Government of Brazil.

March 2002

Illegal Mahogany Shipments Continue Into U.S. Ports (29 Mar.)
Read the letter to Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton and Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
European Union Bans Brazilian Mahogany. Is U.S. Next? (22 Mar.)

April 2002

May 2002

U.S. Reverses Decision to Allow Release of Illegal Mahogany Following Pressure from Greenpeace (3 May)

June 2002

Greenpeace Organizes Workshop to Debate New Solutions for Protection of Brazilian Mahogany (17 June)
USDA Releases Mahogany Seized at U.S. Ports (USDA press release) (20 June)

July 2002

USDA Releases More Mahogany Seized at U.S. Ports (USDA press release) (9 July)

August 2002

More Information

Read the Brazilian decree (in Portuguese with English translation)
Find out more from the Greenpeace report: Partners in Mahogany Crime (October 2001)
Which U.S. companies are fueling this crisis? Annex to "Partners in Mahogany Crime"
Public statements by Ethan Allen
View a timeline of communications between Greenpeace and Ethan Allen
U.S. law applicable to big leaf mahogany imports: Legal analysis

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