http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood Realising sustainable trade in African Blackwood Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-346 Gibson guitars fails to overturn illegal Madagascan rosewood and ebony charge | Sound and Fair Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:42:04 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-346 [...] illegal Madagascan rosewood and ebony charge Facing legal action under the Lacey Act following the seizure of suspected illegally harvested Madagascan rosewood and ebony, Gibson, the US guitar manufacturer, has been attempting to have the investigation [...] [...] illegal Madagascan rosewood and ebony charge Facing legal action under the Lacey Act following the seizure of suspected illegally harvested Madagascan rosewood and ebony, Gibson, the US guitar manufacturer, has been attempting to have the investigation [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-284 GIBSON GUITARS COMMITS TO FSC AND PROMISES ELIMINATION OF ILLEGAL TIMBER FROM SUPPLY CHAIN | Sound and Fair Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:47:42 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-284 [...] The commitment to sustainable and ethical procurement of timber follows an investigation of the company by the US Fish and Wildlife Service under the Lacey Act. [...] [...] The commitment to sustainable and ethical procurement of timber follows an investigation of the company by the US Fish and Wildlife Service under the Lacey Act. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-266 UK GOVERNMENT DROPS ILLEGAL TIMBER COMMITMENT | Sound and Fair Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:39:27 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-266 [...] measures that users of tropical timbers in the US are being forced to clean up their act, with the recent criminal investigations into Gibson Guitars procurement policy being the most prominent [...] [...] measures that users of tropical timbers in the US are being forced to clean up their act, with the recent criminal investigations into Gibson Guitars procurement policy being the most prominent [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-174 EU TO BAN ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPORTS BY 2012 | Sound and Fair Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:37:31 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-174 [...] It is hoped that the new legislation will have a similar impact in the EU as the Lacey Act has had on the timber market in the US, where high-profile companies including Gibson Guitars have face investigation. [...] [...] It is hoped that the new legislation will have a similar impact in the EU as the Lacey Act has had on the timber market in the US, where high-profile companies including Gibson Guitars have face investigation. [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-132 UK COALITION GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO OUTLAW ILLEGAL TIMBER | Sound and Fair Wed, 19 May 2010 09:44:27 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-132 [...] Act is already enforcing responsibility upon wood importers and famous users of timber, including Gibson Guitars, who recently fell foul of the Act after importing illegally harvested Madagascan [...] [...] Act is already enforcing responsibility upon wood importers and famous users of timber, including Gibson Guitars, who recently fell foul of the Act after importing illegally harvested Madagascan [...]

]]> http://soundandfair.org/gibson-guitars-raided-for-using-illegal-wood/comment-page-1#comment-15 EU LACEY ACT TO ILLEGAL WOOD IMPORTS | Sound and Fair Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:16:39 +0000 http://soundandfair.org.gridhosted.co.uk/?p=132#comment-15 [...] Gibson Guitars was raided by Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who seized  illegally harvested rosewood from Madagascar, [...] [...] Gibson Guitars was raided by Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who seized  illegally harvested rosewood from Madagascar, [...]

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