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Behind the Veneer

Posted 12 February 2010 infotelapakPosted in Laporan

How Indonesia’s Last Rainforests are being Felled for Flooring Demand-driven illegal logging in Indonesia is destroying one of the world’s most important remaining tracts of undisturbed tropical forest. Despite unprecedented enforcement operations by the Indonesian government, every day thousands of hectares of Indonesia’s forests are cut illegally to supply the thousands of factories across Asia.

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