U.S. Companies Found Importing Illegal Timber

By • on April 12, 2012

A new investigative report by the Environmental Investigation Agency finds that more 21 US companies have imported millions of dollars in illegally logged timber from the Peruvian Amazon since 2008. The trade violates US and international endangered species laws, as well as the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement, and leads to devastating environmental and human rights impacts.



Source: http://www.TriplePundit.com: U.S. Companies Found Importing Illegal Timber