U.S bans illegal wood imports with immediate effect
Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Green Assembly
THE United States is banning the import, sale, and trade of all illegally harvested wood and forest products, effective now.
Approval of an amendment to the US Lacey Act enables the federal government to apply the same Act that has long stopped the import of tropical birds, elephant ivory, and tiger skins to illegally harvested wood [...]
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