Just 11 of the 28 countries in the European Union have adopted national legislation robust enough to control the legality of timber products, according to a report by the World Wildlife Federation.
Just 11 of the 28 countries in the European Union have adopted national legislation robust enough to control the legality of timber products, according to a report by the World Wildlife Federation.
The countries that have implemented policies, as identified by the WWF, are Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and the UK.
The other 17 countries have either not adapted their laws to an EU law governing timber trade that came into force more than a year ago or "have adopted legislation where low sanctions or dysfunctional prosecution systems are considered obstacles for an effective implementation of the law," according to the WWF.
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