Environmental Investigation Agency: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Environmental Investigation Agency: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Removes Public Transparency On January 31, Romania released a new electronic timber traceability system, an important step in its transition to a fully digital forest sector. Unfortunately, the new system has inexplicably removed all public transparency. (Photo: Business Wire) Following years of intense public pressure on the government to end the rampant illegal logging that is plaguing the country, the new SUMAL 2.0 traceability system promises unprecedented digital coverage of all aspects of timber supply chains, from f...