Deforestation: Timber from illegal Amazon logging sold on EU and US markets
“This is not the time to water down or weaken enforcement of legal requirements for EU and US companies."
An investigation has found that large quantities of timber logged illegally in Brazil is sold in the EU and in the US despite both regions’ regulations prohibiting the purchase of wood produced illegally.
Analysing timber trade from 2021 to 2024, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) found that 15 US firms and 15 EU firms imported wood from illegal logging sites, sold via Brazilian sawmills that, in many cases, have been fined by the country’s environmental protection agency (Ibama) for illegal logging in separate cases.
