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Plantation timber investment manager Great Southern Plantations has put pen to paper on a lucrative contract with a leading Japanese company for the export of hardwood woodchips, worth in excess of $ 130 million.

The high cost of transport is an issue if they're to manufacture them here and export; however, Ashley says the posts can be manufactured in any country, using the country's recycled plastic, its timber and labour force.

As the supply of accessible timber dwindled, logging was no longer profitable as an export business in the 20th century.

One historian notes that by the year 1846 Bacalar boasted «forty - three houses of stone and mortar, with flat roofs of solid and beautiful construction, three of which were two stories: rich and well - stocked warehouses, a beautiful church, a maritime custom house and a fine export trade in timber.»

These are the most significant illegal log exports since the timber - fuelled civil wars of the Charles Taylor era, and threaten to undermine the progress the President has made in bringing order to the forest sector.

The logging company Atlantic Resources has shipped millions of dollars worth of illegal timber from Liberia in breach of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's August order to halt timber exports, Global Witness revealed today.

«In a country where only a few years ago timber exports helped finance a brutal war, these shipments of illegal logs from Liberia represent a deeply troubling breakdown in the rule of law,» said Jonathan Gant of Global WitnesIn a country where only a few years ago timber exports helped finance a brutal war, these shipments of illegal logs from Liberia represent a deeply troubling breakdown in the rule of law,» said Jonathan Gant of Global Witnesin the rule of law,» said Jonathan Gant of Global Witness.

Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have been asked to do the work, which will not only examine environmental concerns but explore ways in which timber exports can be increased.

Global Witness» investigations show that DLH purchased 1,281 m ³ of timber from two Liberian companies in 2012, which was cut under logging contracts called Private Use Permits (PUPs) and exported to Bangladesh, China and France.

(07/12/2009) A Brazilian federal prosecutor is leading an investigation into charges that illegal timber from the state of Pará is being laundered as «eco-certified» wood and exported to markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia, reports Sunday's edition of O Globo.

In Cambodia, over 70 percent of the timber export volume consists of unreported logs.

«China and Mexico are fueling illegal logging and conflict in the Peruvian Amazon by turning a blind eye to their illegal imports,» said Handy, noting that over 70 % of the timber sources verified in 2015 exports to these two countries were on Osinfor's red list.

In Romania, Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have reported widespread illegal logging, with much of the timber exported for burning in power stations in Austria and GermanIn Romania, Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have reported widespread illegal logging, with much of the timber exported for burning in power stations in Austria and Germanin power stations in Austria and Germanin Austria and Germany.

To do so, WWF works to strengthen the US government's ability to prosecute illegal timber cases; stop illegal logging in countries that export high volumes of timber; ensure full implementation of the Lacey Act, a US law that prohibits illegal timber and timber products from entering the US market; and design rural energy programs that rely on fuels other than firewood.