Cutting back on illegal logging

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Channel: European Parliament · 2010 · News & Politics

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Twenty percent of timber in Europe is illegally imported. That figure may be slashed if the Parliament secures agreement with the Council and Commission. Legal and illegal deforestation account for 20% of CO2 emissions.

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