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Brazil laundering illegal timber on a 'massive and growing scale' [1]

Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2014
Edie (UK) [2]
Tags:
Brazil [3], Forests [4], Illegal Trade [5], Timber Smuggling [6], Deforestation [7], Greenpeace [8], Amazon [9]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/brazil-laundering-illegal-timber-massive-and-growing-scale

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/brazil-laundering-illegal-timber-massive-and-growing-scale
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/edie-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-smuggling
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/greenpeace
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon