Brazil targets illegal logging in major Amazon raids

PORTO VELHO, Brazil, – Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the Amazon rainforest in recent weeks, officials told Reuters. The article Brazil targets illegal logging in major Amazon raids appeared first on Stabroek News.

Brazil targets illegal logging in major Amazon raids

thestar.com.my - 17/Feb 17:16

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one...

Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

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BURITICUPU, Brazil, (Reuters) – The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the...

Imported timber should carry label of origin

timberbiz.com.au - 16/Feb 23:06

All imported timber sold in Australia would carry a label indicating where it was grown, under a proposal by the national forest industry aimed at...

EDITORIAL — Environmental offenders

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Illegal logging, illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, the violation of protected areas such as Bohol’s Chocolate Hills – the Department of...

Isolated Indigenous Man in Brazil Makes Contact with Outside World

greekreporter.com - 17/Feb 20:12

An Indigenous man from one of the various isolated Amazon Rainforest tribes in Brazil made contact with a rural community and later returned. The man...

Illegal timber bound for Asia seized in transit

timberbiz.com.au - 10/Feb 00:27

More than 175 tonnes of illegal timber bound for Asia has been seized in transit as part of a global operation to tackle timber trafficking. Source:...