America’s Role in the Illegal Timber Trade and How a Pattern of Nonenforcement of Environmental Statutes Enables Deforestation

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Friday, February 6, 2026
Author: 
Dimitris Konstantopoulos
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

A recent Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) report published in January 2026 shines light on the illegal lumber trade between Brazilian exporters and both American and European importers. The illegal logging in the Brazilian state of Pará, fueled by an appetite for cheap lumber in Europe and America, ravages protected indigenous lands and virgin rainforests.