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Illegal timber imports from Cambodia, Laos skirt Vietnam safeguards, report reveals

Isabel Esterman

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MongabayIllegal timber imports from Cambodia, Laos skirt Vietnam safeguards, report revealsmongabay.com

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Illegally sourced timber from Cambodia and Laos continues to enter Vietnam’s supply chains despite recent efforts to tighten legality controls, according to a new report from U.K.-based watchdog the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Falsified paperwork, manipulated harvesting quotes, and intermixing of timber from multiple sources are just some of the ways well-established criminal networks perpetuate […]

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