Conservation, environment, water and wildlife

Timber scam sees Congo rainforest hammered

Greg Roughan - Green Ideas editor

Tags forestry , logging

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New EU timber regulations are failing to stop illegal wood making it to European retailers

Another reason to only buy FSC certified wood products and paper.

"BBC Television's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal logs from the Congo rainforest to western Europe. The investigation has revealed that new EU timber regulations are failing to stop illegal wood getting into European stores."

Click here to read more. And you can watch Panorama – Jungle Outlaws: The Chainsaw Trail here and then on the BBC iPlayer in the UK.