Australia Getting Tough on Illegal Logging

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October 22nd, 2012

Australia is on the verge of passing an anti-logging bill which will prohibit the importation and sale of all illegally logged timber products. The law comes on the heels of an Interpol / EU report which highlighted the pervasiveness of organized crime in the logging industry.