Inter Press Service: A European Union blueprint for curbing import of illegal wood has been branded “toothless” by green activists. Citing estimates that 19 percent of timber brought into the EU comes from trees that have been felled illegally, the European Commission recommended Oct. 17 that all traders in forestry products should seek guarantees that their wood comes from bona fide sources. Officials are touting the plan as a response to deforestation, one of the single largest contributors to …