Brussels, 03/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The new European regulation aimed at preventing the marketing in the EU of illegal timber and of products derived from illegally harvested timber (EUROPE 10177) is now in force. The European Commission wished to underline this fact on Friday 3 December, the fight against deforestation - responsible for 20% of global emissions - being one of the challenges at stake during the ongoing climate talks in Cancun (COP-16, 29 November to 10 December), not only...