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'Sustainable' tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

2013-10-25 00:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The production and trade in 'sustainable' timber products in Southeast Asia is mostly 'a mirage' due to questionable forestry practices and loopholes in import regulations, alleges a new report from Friends of the Earth International. The report, Sustainable tropical timber production, trade and procurement', focuses on logging in Malaysia and timber import laws in Japan, South Korea, and Australia. It says declining timber production in Malaysia shows that current management practices are inherently...

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