Mongabay: A new report by the Chatham House finds that illegal logging in tropical forest nation is primarily on the decline, providing evidence that new laws and international efforts on the issue are having a positive impact. According to the report, the total global production of illegal timber has fallen by 22 percent since 2002. Yet the report also finds that nations–both producers and consumers–have a long way to go before illegal logging is an issue of the past. “If laid end to end the …