New timber regulation to force companies away from business-as-usual practices

Photo by Murdani Usman for CIFOR BEIJING, China (18 January, 2012)_New regulations banning sale of illegal timber in consumer countries will force companies to move away from business-as-usual practices, part of a two-pronged approach to ensure the sustainability of supply for wood products. Under a regulation that will come into effect in the European Union next year, companies will have to verify the legality of timber from the harvest country onwards, said Chen Hin Keong, Global Forest Trade...