Wood high risk Amazon arrives in Europe
A cargo timber very suspicious from the Brazilian Amazon is currently happening even in Europe, in the port of Rotterdam.
This wood is carried on board the ship Marfret Guyana ship flying the French flag, is for Belgian companies and Lemahieu Omniplex and comes from the sawmill and exporter Brazilian Rainbow Trading.
This mill is one of those criticized by Greenpeace in its investigation dated October 2014. Rereading this article: Amazon: on the trail of illegal timber.
For the record, this survey shows that Greenpeace trucks loaded logs in a public forest, where no harvesting is allowed, and have had many nocturnal rotations to several sawmills in the state of Pará, including Rainbow Trading .
This is why Greenpeace has acted this morning: Does not happen!
Greenpeace calls on the authorities of the European Union to enforce the regulations against illegal timber in Europe (EUTR) entering the woods aboard Marfret Guyana before it is allowed to enter the market and taking a control importers and cargo.
Rainbow Trading as likely uses pseudo-legal documents, not corresponding to any actual transaction to launder logs delivered from an area of illegal logging. And once with these documents (GF1 and GF3), disguised as "legality", sawn wood can go anywhere, including export ...
After the investigation by Greenpeace, Odani - one of the mills from which is provides daily Rainbow Trading - was raided by the Brazilian authorities. Their timber was seized after consideration of "false papers" provided ... However, under EU law, it is forbidden for companies to provide in illegally harvested timber. They also have the responsibility to waive import timber which weighs a strong suspicion of illegality, which is the case of cargo Marfret Guyana. Importers should significantly strengthen their due diligence procedures by ceasing to consider the Brazilian official documents as sufficient evidence of legality.
These companies, whether Belgian or French, have been warned they can no longer ignore the suspicions about Rainbow Trading!
Review all the Greenpeace campaign on timber traffic on our page: Stolen Wood - Stolen Lives
Read the full report: The Silent Crisis in the Amazon: the night, all crimes are allowed
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