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Illegal logging and wildlife trafficking prosecutions up

Khouth Sophakchakrya for The Phnom Penh Post THE number of prosecutions in illegal logging and wildlife-trading cases increased by one-third in 2009, though the involvement of “high-ranking officers and businessmen” in such activities continues to complicate authorities’ efforts to crack … Continue reading

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Indonesian graft harms case for forest carbon offsets: HRW

By Stephen Coates for AFP JAKARTA — Rampant corruption in Indonesia’s forestry sector costs the government two billion dollars a year and undermines plans to use forest conservation to offset carbon emissions, a report said Tuesday. US-based watchdog Human Rights … Continue reading

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