Mongabay: It's tempting to think of illegal logging as an environmental crisis but it takes a serious human toll too. Just ask the wife and children of Chut Wutty, an environmental activist who was murdered last week for investigating rampant illegal logging in Cambodia. Wutty was far from alone. Criminal gangs increasingly control illegal logging, and don't hesitate to kill those who dare to oppose them. In the Peruvian Amazon, a community leader alerted police to a truckload of illegal logs. Within...
URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0514-laurance-op-ed-illegal-logging.html
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