Tuesday, December 11, 2012

China at the centre of 'illegal timber' trade

Guardian: China is at the centre of a vast global traffic in illegally logged timber that is destroying entire swaths of forest around the world. Academic research and NGOs such as WWF and Global Witness have already revealed the existence of illegal trading networks in central Africa, Burma and Russia leading directly to Chinese ports or cities. Now for the first time fingers are pointing directly to Beijing and holding public enterprises and local government officials responsible for this highly lucrative...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/11/china-illegal-logging-deforestation?intcmp=122
Enclosure: http://www.eia-international.org/appetite-for-destruction-chinas-trade-in-illegal-timber

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