New report: illegal logging keeps militias and terrorist groups in business

Mongabay
By Morgan Erickson-DavisJun 30, 2014, 3:28 pm55 pts
Released last week by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the first United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, a new report found that together with other other illicit activities such as poaching, illegal deforestation is one of the top money-makers for criminal groups like Boko…

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