Indonesia 'greenwashes' illegal timber exports

The Ecologist
Nov 3, 2015, 2:40 pm78 pts
Just as Indonesia's forests are going up in flames, in part as a result of illegal logging on a massive scale, the country's Trade Minister has issued a regulation that would rubber stamp exports of illegal timber - also undermining a timber agreement with the EU that's due to come into force next month.

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