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Stemming the Tide

Posted 12 February 2010 infotelapakPosted in Laporan

Halting the Trade in Stolen Timber in Asia Stolen timber worth almost two and a half billion dollars is traded between the countries of East and South-East Asia each year. China, which consumes timber from some of the countries most badly affected by illegal logging, is reckoned to be the largest consumer of illegal timber

The Last Frontier

Posted 12 February 2010 infotelapakPosted in Laporan

Illegal Logging in Papua and China’s Massive Timber Theft Asia has already lost 95 per cent of its frontier forests. Most of what remains is confined to the Indonesian archipelago – and the province of Papua in Indonesia is home to the largest tract. This report exposes how these last precious forests are being illegally