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March 18, 2005
Saving the rainforests
The Indonesian government have been asking for assistance in preventing illegal cutting and export of wood from their rainforests.
“The problem cannot be attacked from within the country, but from the market side. What we are asking from developed countries is twofold. One is to stop buying illegal timber from producer countries. The second is to help us in bringing back the systems in our country in such a way that the market and the law enforcement can be back to normal.” Agus Setyarso (Indonesian forestry expert at the Department for International Development) [I fell off my chair when I read they had an Indonesian forestry expert!]
Supported by Hilary Benn, the plan is to ask importing countries to insist on certification showing that wood has come from legal sources. If such a system could work for Indonesia, it might also be applied elsewhere.
www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1438522,00.html?gusrc=rss
www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/illegal-logging-g8.asp
UPDATE 19 March 2005
Hilary Benn has succeeded in getting an agreement from the G8 meeting on controls to stop illegal logging.
www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1441359,00.html?gusrc=rss
Posted by Simon Holledge at March 18, 2005 12:00 AM
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