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China demand fuels illegal timber logging in Guinea-Bissau [1]

When middlemen for Chinese traders approached Yusuf Diallo to cut timber from his farm in Guinea-Bissau, he says he knew he had no choice.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2014
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Deforestation [4], Illegal Trade [5], Timber Smuggling [6], Guinea-bissau [7], China [8]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/guinea-bissau
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china