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Revealed: how the Vietnamese military fuels destruction of Laos' forests
Faith Doherty
28th July, 2011
Undercover filming by the Environmental Investigation Agency has unearthed shocking evidence of military involvement in the illegal timber trade, all to feed western demand for stylish wood products, according to Faith Doherty more...
Siberian tigers under threat as 'timber mafia' devastate Russian forests
Sebastian Strangio
11th May, 2011
Criminal gangs are increasingly smuggling Russian timber into China for manufacture into baby cribs, picture frames and toilet seats sold in the west. Those trying to thwart them face violence and corruption. Sebastian Strangio reports from Vladivostok more...
Industrial nations must tackle deforestation at Copenhagen, say MPs
Ecologist
30th June, 2009
A Commons environmental audit committee has called for industrialised nations to change their patterns of consumption if alarming rates of global deforestation are to be arrested and reversed more...
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