Conservationists call for lasting ban on trade in Malagasy precious timber

Mongabay
May 3, 2019, 11:14 am239 pts
For over a decade Madagascar has wrestled with a thorny question: What to do with stockpiles of illegal precious timber in government custody? A new analysis contends that selling off the confiscated timber would fuel rather than curb illegal felling and trade of endangered tree species. What needs to be done,…

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