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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8468

23 May 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment/development
Commission adopts Action Plan to combat illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber

Brussels, 22/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a communication to the Council and Parliament, the European Commission unveiled an Action Plan to combat the growing problem of illegal logging and the related trade in illegally harvested timber in the Community and outside. Prepared on the initiative of Commissioners Poul Nielson (cooperation and development) and Margot Wallström (Environment), the communication is entitled Action Plan for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade. The...

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