Report says illegal logging declining

"Tougher enforcement and strict new rules have led to a dramatic drop in illegal logging, sparing woodland in Cameroon, national parks in Indonesia, and rain forests in the Amazon, a British think tank said yesterday.

Worldwide, an international clampdown on unlawfully harvested timber has helped protect up to 42 million acres of forest over the past few years — roughly the same area covered by the state of Illinois, according to a report published yesterday by the London-based Chatham House."