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Wild West" timber trade threatens Congo forests: report [1]

Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the world's second largest fo

Publication Date: 
26/10/2012
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Congo [3], Forests [4], Timber Industry [5], Deforestation [6], Illegal Trade [7], Timber Smuggling [8], China [9], Europe [10], Africa [11]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wild-west-timber-trade-threatens-congo-forests-report
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-smuggling
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa