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The huge scale of illegal logging in DRC laid bare
2013-01-31 03:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Deep in the vast rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, chainsaws are buzzing. Heavy machinery rumbles and growls, as loggers slice their way through the forest. Three newly published investigations have confirmed that much of this logging work is illegal - and all of the biggest players in the industry are behind it. This includes members of the Fédération des Industriels du Bois (FIB), the countrys all-powerful lobby of multinational loggers, which supplies most of the Congo timber...