The second of an EIA series of videos exposing Austrian timber company, Holzindustrie Schweighofer, of receiving illegal wood to its sawmills, more than a year after EIA first exposed the company’s illegal sourcing practices. This investigation has found that Holzinudstrie Schweighofer is sourcing from Romania’s natural parks.
How an EIA investigation regarding the Lacey Act led to the first criminal sentence and millions of dollars in fines for North America’s largest hardwood flooring retailer. In February 2016, for the first time in history, a major U.S. corporation was sentenced for committing a criminal felony for smuggling wood into the United States, related […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A new investigation by the U.S.-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) shows that the largest timber processor in Romania, the Austrian company Holzindustrie Schweighofer (Schweighofer), continues to buy illegally cut logs. This comes more than a year after EIA first exposed the company’s illegal sourcing. The full results of EIA’s investigation, carried […]
A new video series from the Environmental Investigation Agency shows that Holzindustrie Schweighofer, the largest timber company in Romania, is still receiving illegal wood. Learn more here.
Topic also a priority this week in bilateral meetings with US on the margins of APEC Summit WASHINGTON, D.C./LIMA—This month the Peruvian government committed to significantly improve measures to stop illegal logging and associated trade in its timber sector. Key elements of the announced package include: amending export documentation requirements to improve traceability of all […]
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