Mongabay: Systematic and rampant illegal logging are wreaking havoc on Laos forests on an astonishing scale, a recent report has found, painting a vivid picture of the dire ecological situation in one of Southeast Asias most opaque countries.
Assessment of Scope of Illegal Logging in Laos and Associated Trans-boundary Timber Trade, a recently leaked WWF report dated June 2015, details the extent at which the impoverished socialist republic is felling its forests, primarily due to demand from neighboring...