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Indonesia will burn illegal logs to support its verification system
2013-06-11 02:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanBiz: The Indonesian Government has tabled legislation to eliminate the practice of auctioning off logs that have been seized from illegal logging operations in order to reinforce the integrity of its new certification system. Currently shipments of illegal logs seized by Indonesian authorities are usually sold through local timber brokers who can offer them to the industries in need of the logs. However, this has led to accusations that brokers are using this arrangement to launder more illegal logs....
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