Thursday, September 27, 2012

Organised crime behind up to 90 percent of tropical deforestation - report

AlertNet: Organised crime trade worth billions of dollars is responsible for 50 to 90 percent of illegal logging in parts of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and Southeast Asia, with implications for deforestation, climate change and the well-being of indigenous people, said a report released Thursday. "Green Carbon: Black Trade,' by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL, said illegal logging is now worth $30 to $100 billion annually and accounts for 15 to 30 percent of the overall...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/organised-crime-behind-up-to-90-percent-of-tropical-deforestation-report
Enclosure: http://dev.grida.no/logging/layout/RRAlogging_english_scr.pdf

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