Inside the $157 billion wood-stealing industry
In the US alone, $1 billion of trees are stolen a year – but Lyndsie Bourgon's Tree Thieves finds the issue is less than clear cut
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In the US alone, $1 billion of trees are stolen a year – but Lyndsie Bourgon's Tree Thieves finds the issue is less than clear cut
In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. As she traces three timber poaching cases, she introduces us to tree poachers, law enforcement, forensic wood specialists, the enigmatic residents of former logging communities, environmental activists, international timber cartels, and indigenous communities along the way.
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