Italy must do more to ban illegally
logged wood, Greenpeace environmentalist group said Friday.
"According to the European Commission, Italy is among the
least engaged in applying the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to
stop the circulation of illegally logged wood," said Greenpeace
Italy Executive Director Giuseppe Onufrio.
The EUTR went into effect in March 2013, and Italy has yet
to take steps to implement it, he said. This not only harms
timber-exporting countries but penalizes Italian companies that
work lawfully, he said.
Illegal logging has severe economic, environmental and
social impacts on some of the world's most valuable remaining
forests and the communities that rely on them, according to the
European Commission.
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