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Japanese firms buying illegal timber from Malaysias endangered rainforests

2013-09-11 01:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Japanese companies are failing to keep illegally logged timber from entering their supply chains, international human rights and environmental watchdog Global Witness said in a report released today. The report links several major Japanese firms to logging companies that are destroying tropical rainforests in Malaysian Borneo through illegal and destructive logging practices in Sarawak province. Japan is the largest importer of timber from Sarawak, where deforestation rates are among the highest...

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