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Has the EU fallen for Congo rainforest logging scam?
2013-07-22 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: BBC Television's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal logs from the Congo rainforest to western Europe. The investigation has revealed that new EU timber regulations are failing to stop illegal wood getting into European stores. I have been on a stakeout for two days, but finally the moment I have been waiting for is about to arrive. I have been monitoring a ship carrying wood to Europe from Congo-Brazzaville. It is the dead of the night and I am at the port of La Rochelle...
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