Sentences with phrase «logging of mahogany»

While Acre has been able to make many initiatives toward sustainable development, across the border in much poorer Madre de Dios (Mother of God) it's an often violent confrontation over illegal logging of mahogany and / or «informal mining» in an out - of - control race to grab valuable resources that I covered in my post focusing on the gold rush in Peru.

The irrational and illegal logging of mahogany has taken the life of a local leader in his attempt to enforce the law.

Although the logging of mahogany greatly enriched the colonial economy, particularly during the 1800s, it also seriously disrupted the indigenous Mayan culture.

Not exact matches

The forest degradation often starts with logging of prized trees such as mahogany and ipe.

Battle for Brazilian mahogany: One of the world's most beautiful woods could disappear from the market within 15 years, say forestry scientists, the latest attempt to impose strict controls on logging

Those that want to remain on terra firma can explore the forest floor along 100 miles of old logger trails that were established back in the days of logging mahogany trees.

The Baymen of Belize were the original Europeans who came over and did the mahogany logging.

The Turtons, Melhados, United Fruit Co. in the mahogany, chicle, and log wood businesses paid their workers $ 8.00 per month and rations of 4 lbs.

The Tudor Suiteis an intimate suite with Queen Size 4 Posted Carved Mahogany bed, crackling log fire at the foot of same, kitchenette, whitewashed walls and garden deck with romantic outdoor setting for two surrounded by evergreen trees and foliage opposite the entry.

The Open Plan Lounge features a mix of Limestone and Black Dadoed walls with Ralph Lauren Striped Wallpaper above same, a Gorgeous Gas Log Fire surrounded by a beautiful Mahogany carved Mantlepiece with Gold Gilded Framed Mirror, complimented by an eighteen candle chandelier above and with an elegant Black Velvet Victorian Style lounge suite.

In the case of mahogany, illegal logging drove populations of the species to near extinction, and its extraction in Brazil is now prohibited.

A Global Witness investigation uncovered that just a few months later the state forest authority effectively legalised mahogany that had been illegally logged in Río Plátano, the country's largest protected area, as part of a plan to launder «abandoned» timber.