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22 Resources for
lacey act
Forests
Initiatives
March 5, 2021

Open Timber Portal

Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
Governance
Research
August 24, 2018

Sourcing Legally Produced Wood

Forests
North America
Insights
June 11, 2018

DNA Testing Can Save Trees from Illegal Logging – and You Can Help

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
Forests
Insights
December 1, 2016

PODCAST: The Sounds of Sustainability

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • podcasts
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
Credit: Flickr/Javier Morales
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • podcasts
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
Forests
North America
Insights
September 15, 2016

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • wood
Bigleaf maple forest.
  • building a sustainable guitar
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • wood
Forests
Insights
May 25, 2016

5 Technologies Help Thwart Illegal Logging by Tracing Wood’s Origin

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • timber
  • wood
Stacks of Logs
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • timber
  • wood
Governance
North America
Insights
October 14, 2015

$13 Million Fine For Lumber Liquidators Shows U.S. Lacey Act‘s Clout

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • timber
Photo by Mathias Appel/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • timber
Governance
Insights
September 7, 2015

4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Catch Illegal Loggers

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • business risk
  • Business
  • lacey act
  • logging
Logging in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Ben Beiske/Flickr
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • business risk
  • Business
  • lacey act
  • logging
Forests
North America
Insights
August 19, 2015

Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • lacey act
J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • lacey act
Forests
Insights
March 27, 2014

4 Actions Companies Can Take to Source Legal Wood

  • forest products
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • sustainability reporting
  • sustainable business
Some countries have harvest or export bans on certain species or certain forms of harvested timber. It is important for companies to consider which timber species they are using and where they are purchasing from. Photo credit: Tim Gage, Flickr 2007
  • forest products
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • sustainability reporting
  • sustainable business
Forests
Europe North America
Insights
October 25, 2013

Lumber Liquidators Raid Shows Companies Need to Heed U.S. Lacey Act

  • Forests
  • forest certification
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • United States
Illegal logging in Russian Far East, near Dalnerechensk in Primorsky. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency
  • Forests
  • forest certification
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • United States
Forests
Latin America
Insights
September 25, 2013

Leveling the Playing Field for Legal Timber in Brazil

  • Brazil
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • wood
Logging in Mato Grosso, Brasil. Credit: c.alberto/ Flickr
  • Brazil
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • wood
Forests
Initiatives
July 16, 2013

Forest Legality Initiative

Forests
Oceania Latin America
Insights
July 2, 2013

3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

  • Business
  • business risk
  • Cities
  • forest products
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • paper
  • sustainable business
  • wood
  • Business
  • business risk
  • Cities
  • forest products
  • Forests
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • paper
  • sustainable business
  • wood
Forests
Africa Asia
Insights
June 25, 2013

3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

  • Business
  • 2020
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • forest certification
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business
  • Business
  • 2020
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • forest certification
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • palm oil
  • sustainable business
Forests
Africa Latin America
Insights
March 18, 2013

5 Lessons for Sustaining Global Forests

  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • governance
  • lacey act
  • public participation
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • Forests
  • governance
  • lacey act
  • public participation
Forests
Asia
Insights
February 14, 2013

Asia Pulp & Paper's Anti-Deforestation Pledge: Sign of a Changing Industry?

  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • paper
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • Forests
  • Indonesia
  • lacey act
  • logging
  • paper
Forests
Latin America North America
Research
January 16, 2013

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