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EU-Indonesia timber pact aims to fight illegal logging
2013-10-07 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The EU is introducing new checks on imports of Indonesian timber products to curb illegal logging. Indonesia, rich in tropical forests, is by far Asia's biggest exporter of timber to the EU. The trade is worth about 15% of Indonesia's total exports. The EU will provide technical support to help Indonesia ensure that only legally harvested timber is exported. Environmentalists welcomed the new agreement, but said Jakarta must do much more to fight illegal loggers. The scale of deforestation in...
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