Mongabay: Runaway economic growth comes with costs: in the case of China's economic engine, one of them has been the world's forests. According to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), China has become the number one importer of illegal wood products from around the world. Illegal logging-which threatens biodiversity, emits carbon, impoverishes local communities, and is often coupled with other crimes-has come under heavy pressure in recent years from the U.S., the EU, and Australia....
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