On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service displayed its new new get-tough stance on illegal timber suspected of being harvested from Madagascar. Agents searched a Tennessee manufacturing facility under the authority of the Lacey Act.
"This action is an important signal that U.S. law enforcement is taking the amended Lacey Act seriously," said Alexander von Bismarck, Executive Director of the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). "Illegal logging around the world destroys lives, jobs, forests, our climate, and biodiversity."
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