Powerful International Companies Behind Much of Laos' Illegal Deforestation

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By Yale Environment 360Oct 23, 2015, 1:00 pm157 pts
Industrial-scale illegal logging is routine in Laos, a southeast Asian nation which has seen its dense forest cover decline from Illegal logging in Laos by a large Vietnamese company 29 to 8.2 percent over the past decade, and the practice is gaining momentum under the guise of special infrastructure projects,…

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