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Katy watson now reports from para, the brazillian state with the highest levels of deforestation. virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. from up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. this part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. underjair bolsonaro, illegal logging soared. president lula da silva has promised to fix the problem. translation: the challenges. of our era and the...

We decided not to sign a contract. and that is a problem. and people struggle to get by, and when the state fails to help them, it is easier to accept money from lucrative illegal logging. ensuring the amazons future means improving the lives of nearly 50 million people who live here. just to get to this part of the amazon, it took 13 hours overnight on a riverboat, and now this smaller boat, to get to the communities here. but if you look on a map, it all looks so close together, and itjust goe...

PARIS, Aug 5 — Vast gaps in the forest canopy are visible from above Romania’s Carpathian mountains, while stumps studding the ground are reminders of the trees chopped into...

Seeing the value in timber trafficking, drug cartels in Mexico have spent years moving into the logging industry, often by force.

 Over the last two years, the police have tracked down more than 20 illegal logging syndicates, prosecuting 590 suspects. 

Taiwan’s forests contain rare species of trees and their timber is the prized target of poachers. While the island has banned the logging of natural forests since 1991, the illegal activity continues.

By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar - A community leader and environment expert, Chief Edwin Ogar has warned that Cross River State Government may not benefit from UN-REED Programme if logging activities continued unabated in the state. The UN-REED Programme is funded by UNDP Multi-Partnes Trust Fund and provides the funding to the UN REED. The United

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Are the guardians of these areas. they protected the amazon, so i think the... crosstalk. do you recognise the problem that shepherd is talking about? yes, ithink, you know, the ethical problem, i think its you have to give an alternative. you have to do — carbon mark, as paloma said, is a good alternative. we have the potential of 50% of the market from nature—based solutions in the whole world. izabella, does there need to be more guidelines? i mean, the rules are there, as paloma started ...

Different things here. the first one, how to go . against illegalities and put this out of the market. this means... crosstalk. to stop the illegal activity. stop and put it out of the game, 0k?| and for you, does that include illegal mining, illegal logging? illegalities. i dont need to buy illegal gold, 0k? l i need to improve all- regulatory arrangements, institutional arrangements exactly to tackle this, - and make sure that we, . as consumers, cannot buy something like this... because they ...