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Chaotic Illegal Timber Trade Threatens Crucial Forests in Southeastern Asia

2015-09-17 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: A murky, illegal timber trade enabled by systemic corruption exists between China and Myanmar and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually, making it one of the world's largest illegal timber schemes, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). At stake are some of the most ecologically important remaining forests in Southeast Asia, EIA says. The report documents how Chinese businesses pay in gold bars for the rights to log entire mountains and smuggle timber...

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