Cameroon's Rainforest Under Threat From Illegal Logging (2014)

Lumberjacked (2014): In Cameroon, the largest exporter of African wood to Asia and Europe, illegal and unregulated logging by foreign companies is posing a real threat to the country's most valuable economic and ecological resource.
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"It's a monstrous machine... bulldozers go through our woodland, we feel the effects of the corruption in this country", explains a local. According to Greenpeace, between 15 and 30% of all wood imported into Europe is done so illegally. In Cameroon it is an industry worth 100 million Euros a year. Besides creating a tax shortfall of 80 million Euros, it is also destroying the vast ecological reserves in the nation's forests. "The forestry commission is complicit", discloses Flavian, an investigator into local logging company SBAC; "corruption affects the entire chain". From companies to state officials, the beneficiaries are far removed from those who live near the trees. With just 5% of Cameroon's ancient woodland remaining, the sacrifice of this ecosystem to the forces of globalisation is a tangible, and preventable, global loss.
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[@sybylo]

That really pisses me off!! Come on Cameroon.

[@dodolulupepe]

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[@crazykeejan6981]

if your from america what abiout your forest camerron is 80 percent foretsed responsible logging like 1 in 50 trees is sustaianable

[@jkidd9384]

y isnt this man narrating planet earth

[@2esc2esc]

In the state of Victoria, Australia we currently log a tiny potion of the native forest it is all replanted a sustainable and renewable resource. The government and conservationists here are thinking they are doing the best thing for the environment are stopping native timber logging in 2030. We don't have enough plantation timber to fill our replacement needs with the loss of native logging meaning loss of more jobs and the collapse of small rural communities. Where is that timber coming from? We currently import nearly 6 billion dollars of raw timber each year and Interpol says we import approx 800 million of illegally harvested timber into Australia this total doesn't include all the imported processed timber with unknown origin. Australia's demand for timber is going to jump after 2030. The conservation movement in Australia doesn't realise the damage they are doing to the world through deforestation in other countries and pollution costs of long distance transportation for their desire to stop native timber logging in the state of Victoria, Australia.

[@evan.5967]

where in Victoria is timber logging occuring? is it in the dandenong ranges? pretty sure they stopped that to preserve the leadbeater's possum

[@evedubwise]

Its very sad. But if ppl had normal money none of this would happen am sure.

[@Bedwarswithmob]

lol

[@BlackRose-vi2yg]

Always knew humans would f××k up the planet!!

[@missionron]

What kind of trees are they stealing? I did not recognize a single species..

[@missionron]

Oh, sorry..I thought this was Brazil.

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[@zorak2224]

Find these guys and give a warning,2nd time,put their heads on pikes

[@Bedwarswithmob]

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