Brazil's logging sector is full of crooks - and the Amazon is paying the price
All rights reserved. Credit: Rodrigo BaleiraThe Brazilian government has made several attempts to take control of logging in the Amazon. But despite high-profile crackdowns, the trade in illegal timber...
View ArticleExposed: how loggers plunder the Amazon and get away with it
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel BeltraFor two years, Greenpeace has been investigating logging in the Brazilian Amazon. We found that criminals were ransacking the forest - and that the systems set...
View ArticleWhy is Jewson selling timber that's been plundered from the Amazon?
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceStacks of ipe timber in Jewson's supplier's lumber yardImage caption: Stacks of ipe timber in Jewson's supplier's lumber yard Illegal logging is the norm in the...
View ArticleWe're taking action to stop loggers plundering the Amazon
After two years investigating illegal logging in the Brazilian Amazon, we're taking action to stop it. Here's the story so far.
View Article75,000 people have told Jewson to stop selling suspect timber. But Jewson...
All rights reserved. Credit: GREENPEACEIpe trees in the Brazilian AmazonImage caption: Ipe trees in the Brazilian Amazon 75,000 of us have told Jewson to stop selling suspect decking from the Amazon...
View ArticleJewson says it trusts its Amazon timber suppliers - but it won't once it...
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Daniel BeltraDeforestation and illegal logging in the Amazon rainforestImage caption: Deforestation and illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest Jewson is...
View ArticleBrazil's Federal Prosecutor takes action against criminal loggers
All rights reserved. Credit: Marizilda CruppeSawmill in Pará, deep in the Amazon rainforestImage caption: Sawmill in Pará, deep in the Amazon rainforest Last month we exposed the scams that loggers in...
View ArticleResult: Jewson takes Amazon timber off the shelves and launches investigation
All rights reserved. Credit: GREENPEACEThe timber merchant Jewson - the only high street store where you can buy Amazon timber - has agreed to put all sales on hold while it investigates its suppliers....
View ArticleWe're using GPS trackers to expose illegal logging in the amazon
My colleagues - and friends - in Brazil spent two months placing GPS trackers on illegal loggers in the Amazon. It's dangerous - but it helps us expose their crimes to the world..Greenpeace activists...
View ArticleWe're using GPS trackers to expose illegal logging in the amazon
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceMy colleagues - and friends - in Brazil spent two months placing GPS trackers on illegal loggers in the Amazon. It's dangerous - but it helps us expose their...
View ArticleEuropean authorities must act on illegal timber
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceSawmills in the Brazilian Amazon are laundering illegal timber and sending shipments overseas. It’s against the law to place illegal timber on the European...
View ArticleIllegal timber from the Amazon is on it's way to Europe. Let's stop it!
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceWe've caught sawmills in the Amazon rainforest trading illegal timber. Now a shipment of illegal timber from one of those sawmills is on its way to Europe. If we...
View ArticleUPDATE: Amazon timber from illegal loggers is heading to Rotterdam
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceA shipment of illegal timber is on its way to EuropeImage caption: A shipment of illegal timber is on its way to Europe A shipment of illegal timber from the...
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