The undercover experts down the road at the Environmental Investigation Agency have released this short video exposing the trade in illegal timber from the forests of Laos. Shady deals and corruption allow large amounts of dodgy lumber to be processed in Vietnam and Thailand, where it's made into products like garden furniture for export to (among other places) the UK. Yet another reason why we need laws in Europe to ban the import of illegal timber.
Undercover video throws light on illegal timber trade
Article tagged as: deforestation, destructive logging, forests, illegal timber, laos, south east asia, thailand, videos
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I'm a forests campaigner working mainly on Indonesia. My personal mumblings can be found @shrinkydinky.
