Pada tanggal 22 Mei 2008, Kongres Amerika Serikat mengesahkan sebuah undang-undang baru yang melarang perdagangan tumbuhan dan produk dari tumbuhan yang berasal dari sumber ilegal – termasuk kayu dan produk kayu. Pengaturan baru ini merupakan hasil amandemen atas ketentuan hukum yang berusia 100 tahun, yang bernama Lacey Act (Undang-Undang Lacey), sesuai dengan nama seorang anggota […]
El 22 de Mayo de 2008, el Congreso de Estados Unidos aprobó una ley pionera que prohibe la comercialización de plantas y productos derivados (incluyendo madera y productos maderables) de origen ilegal. La nueva ley es una enmienda a un estatuto de 100 años de antigüedad conocido como Ley Lacey, llamada así por el congresista […]
Il est important de noter que la loi Lacey n’impose pas la loi américaine aux autres pays. La définition du terme « récolté illégalement » est spécifique des lois propres à chaque État souverain. La loi Lacey s’applique également sans distinction à des végétaux qui ont été prélevés, récoltés, transportés ou exportés en violation de […]
On May 22, 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a groundbreaking law banning commerce in illegally sourced plants and their products including timber and wood products. The new law is an amendment to a 100-year-old statute, named the Lacey Act after the Congressman who first championed it. While the Lacey Act has long been one of […]
EIA/Telapak have been probing the trade in stolen timber in East Asia since the late 1990s. Over the last decade, governments around the world have made a raft of pronouncements regarding the seriousness of illegal logging and their determination to tackle it. Yet the stark reality is ‘business as usual’ for the organized syndicates looting […]
Despite Wal-Mart’s newfound corporate emphasis on sustainability, undercover investigations in China by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have found that Wal-Mart is turning a blind eye to illegal timber sources in it’s supply chain which threaten some of the world’s last great natural forests. Wal-Mart’s no questions asked’ sourcing policy is having particularly dangerous consequences […]