Thursday, January 31, 2013

The huge scale of illegal logging in DRC laid bare

Greenpeace: Deep in the vast rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, chainsaws are buzzing. Heavy machinery rumbles and growls, as loggers slice their way through the forest. Three newly published investigations have confirmed that much of this logging work is illegal - and all of the biggest players in the industry are behind it. This includes members of the Fédération des Industriels du Bois (FIB), the country's all-powerful lobby of multinational loggers, which supplies most of the Congo timber...

URL: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/Cookies/?returnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.greenpeace.org%2finternational%2fen%2fnews%2fBlogs%2fmakingwaves%2fillegal-logging-in-drc%2fblog%2f43788%2f
Enclosure: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/community_images/84/2284/65741_116716.jpg

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