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    United States North America illegal logging natural resources
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    April 1, 2021

    Colorado, United States: State-Level Planning for a Just Transition from Coal

    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Electricity
    Workers wearing harnesses and sunglasses on roof
    • JT Sector: Fossil fuels
    • JT Sector: Electricity
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Bringing New Life to Fallen Urban Trees

    • circular economy
    • Economics
    • health
    • restoration
    • illegal logging
    • Climate
    A pile of logs in a forest.
    • circular economy
    • Economics
    • health
    • restoration
    • illegal logging
    • Climate
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    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
    • illegal logging
    Moss-covered bigleaf maple trees in the Hoh Rainforest
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    September 15, 2016

    Building a Sustainable Guitar: Maple

    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Bigleaf maple forest.
    • building a sustainable guitar
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    October 14, 2015

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

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    Photo by Mathias Appel/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2015

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

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    North America Europe
    Insights
    October 25, 2013

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

    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Illegal logging in Russian Far East, near Dalnerechensk in Primorsky. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    Forests
    Oceania Latin America
    Insights
    July 2, 2013

    3 Signs of Progress in Curbing the Illegal Wood Trade

    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Cities
    • forest products
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Forests
    North America
    Research
    January 28, 2011

    Keeping Forest as Forest

    North America
    Research
    August 1, 2002

    North America's Environment

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