Blue and Green: Unsustainable Logging Leads To Tropical Forest Overexploitation
Tropical timber derived from old-growth tropical forests which is widely recognised as a renewable natural resource, is selectively logged worldwide at an unparalleled scale.
But research from the University of East Anglia reveals that these sources of timber are far from sustainable or entirely environmentally friendly.
A study published today in PLoS ONE reveals that once prime tropical hardwoods — such as Brazilian cedars,…

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