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The article discusses the regulations implemented to eradicate the threat of timber theft and to lowering down the increasing crime rate of timber theft and also presents several instances of timber theft incidents occurred in the U.S. Topics discussed include new laws and attitudes of the loggers in New Hampshire and Maine, education to lawmakers, prosecutors, and judges about the problem of theft, and establishing penalties for not following the rules.

The article focuses on the European Union (EU) Timber and Timber Products Regulations, a new law that will take effect in March 2013 which aims to combat illegal logging and requires the timber market a paper trail to prove the status of the wood.

The article offers information on the report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) entitled "Logging and the Law," in which the impact of illegal logging the solutions for controlling such acts are outlined.