Companies, environmental groups campaign against illegal logging

BIG corporations and environment groups have formed an unlikely alliance in an attempt to make Australia crack down on illegally logged timber.

Companies like Ikea, Bunnings and Fantastic Furniture, along with Greenpeace, WWF and others, released a common platform today, setting out the plan.

They've given the federal government 11 points on imposing laws to achieve a globally sustainable forestry.

There is currently no law banning the importation of illegally logged timber or the products made from them.

But the government has introduced such legislation to parliament.

Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the government's early efforts but believes more needs to be done to ensure the $14 billion trade is snuffed out.
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