The current revision of the European Treaties and the drafting of a Constitution for the European Union creates a unique opportunity to provide the EU with legal frameworks for truly innovative policies that would make the EU the world leader in...

Illegal logging is rampant and out of control in Indonesia. In Central Kalimantan, the once pristine Tanjung Puting National Park is one of many protected areas under siege by illegal and destructive logging from the country’s corrupt timber...

Summary of a legal opinion on new legislation to make it illegal to import illegally sourced timber in Europe and the WTO.

A Greenpeace report with WWF and FERN. It includes comments on the European FLEGT Action Plan and recommendations on how the EU can tackle illegal and destructive logging and its associated trade.

Critical views and political recommendations on the FLEGT licensing scheme and partnership agreements.

Developed countries, in their search for ever cheaper timber products are fuelling the drive for cheap timber and thus provide the financial incentive for robber barons to continue their destruction across the world’s last ancient forests.

Factfile on the role Member States of the European Union (EU) play in fuelling the international demand for timber products from illegal and destructive logging.

Position Paper by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth on the EU Public Consultation on Additional Options to combat illegal logging and associated trade.

Last October, the European Commission (EC) announced the preparation of a forest package which would include measures to reduce deforestation and a legislative proposal to prevent the marketing of illegally harvested timber and timber products...