In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away

Mongabay
May 16, 2019, 7:41 am342 pts
JAKARTA — A massive series of seizures of timber from rare tree species has thrown into question the effectiveness of Indonesia’s existing mechanisms to tackle illegal logging. Officials have in recent months confiscated 422 containers packed with illegally harvested timber from the eastern regions of Papua…

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