 Interpol's Environmental Crime Program works to assist Interpol's 190 member countries to enforce national and international environmental laws and treaties to ensure the ongoing protection of the world's environment, biodiversity and natural resources. Interpol recently launched Project LEAF as a consortium initiative with the United Nations Environment Program and with financial assistance from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation to combat all aspects of forestry crime including illegal logging and timber trafficking. Forestry crime has become a highly organised and destructive criminal activity and in many cases the criminals involved are also responsible for other crimes including corruption, bribery, violence and murder. Laundering of the criminal proceeds is another vital element. The criminals responsible for illegal logging are not just destroying biodiversity but they also threaten the livelihoods of those reliant on forest resources. Illegal logging contributes significantly to climate change and directly affects a country's stability and its political security. Project LEAF is conducting groundbreaking intelligence led law enforcement operations against those involved in illegal logging and will work to further develop the skills, capabilities and capacities of law enforcement agencies to help countries sustainably manage their natural resources. To be truly effective, actions against illegal logging must be coordinated between different government agencies who should also collaborate with civil society including research institutions and environmental non-governmental organisations. Interpol is supporting member countries to establish national environmental security task forces that bring together different agencies including police, customs, forestry authorities and financial and tax regulators. Crackdowns in one country must be supported by others since illegal loggers frequently have access to extensive international funding channels in addition to using illicit land, sea and air networks to switch countries and evade detection. Interpol and the United Nations Environment Programme are uniquely placed to bring new tools and experiences to the global law enforcement fight against illegal loggers and ensure a truly international net closes around these criminals dedicated to environmental exploitation and destruction. Project LEAF represents the first time organisations of this stature have joined forces against transnational organised crime and it will ensure these global laws are supported by the global law enforcement community and that the criminals responsible are brought to justice no matter their location, movements or resources.