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Forest certification body revokes Swiss logging company's certificate over alleged Congo abuses

2013-05-22 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a body that certifies forest management practices, has revoked all certificates granted to the Danzer Group, a multinational logging company, over alleged human rights abuses by one of its former subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reports Bloomberg. According to a complaint filed by Greenpeace, the subsidiary, Siforco, provided financial and logistical support to Congolese police and military forces in a May 2011 attack against a community...

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