A new election brings little hope for Solomon Islands’ vanishing forests

Mongabay
May 17, 2019, 2:59 pm281 pts
HONIARA, Solomon Islands — The Solomon Islands is the biggest exporter, after Papua New Guinea, of round logs to China, where they are processed and sold as tropical hardwood products around the world. To sate this demand, logging companies are clearing Solomon Islands forest at nearly 20 times the…

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