Sen. Wyden Urges US, Peru to Work to Ensure Legal Timber Imports
The Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies should ramp up efforts to identify and intercept timber that might have been illegally harvested in Peru, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement (here). Wyden also urged the Peruvian government…
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to quickly act on Obama administration recommendations made Aug. 17 for how the government of Peru should combat illicit timber trading practices. According to a report by the U.S. Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from Peru issued Aug. 17, the Peruvian Supervisory Agency for Forestry and Wildlife Resources reported to the U.S. that "significant portions" of a 2015 shipment to the Port of Houston did not comply with Peruvian laws and regulations (see 1608170039), after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative requested that the government of Peru review the shipment. “The report provided by Peru demonstrates that it has much more work to do to enforce its laws and to stop trade in illegally taken timber,” Wyden said. “Illegal timber costs American jobs and damages ecologically critical rainforest.