EU parliament speaks out on illegal logging
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The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has revisited an illegal logging text after being unsatisfied with how far the original ruling went.
EU parliament take another logging vote
In April 2009, European Parliament members voted to ban the trade of illegally logged timber but now the subject is up for another vote after environmental MPs expressed disappointment that the ruling did not go far enough as it did not stretch to a "real ban".
The Environment Committee voted again last week and speaking after the vote, Caroline Lucas said that there had been "strong support" for issues including the putting in place of an "overriding prohibition on placing or making available illegally harvested timber on the EU market, extension of traceability requirements throughout the supply chain, and setting of minimum standards for penalties, including criminal sanctions".
According to figures from the European Parliament, between 20 and 40 per cent of the planet's wood production comes from illegally logged rainforests.
Illegal logging is a key cause of deforestation in places such as Malaysia and Brazil.
source coolearth.org
