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Merbau records flawedTags: china, indonesia, illegal logging, overuse, control, TRAFFIC, government

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Poor record keeping and illegal logging is raising concerns of over-exploitation of Merbau, finds a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.

Merbau, a tropical hardwood, is popular in Europe and elsewhere as a flooring material. Roughly 30,000 cubic metres of Merbau timber entered the EU in 2005, half of it direct from Indonesia, the remainder from Malaysia and, after processing, from China... [Continue]

TRAFFIC reveals the state of China's wildlife tradeTags: china, resources, trade, overuse, TRAFFIC

06/09/2007

The dramatic increase in China's wood imports over the last decade, largely driven by the country's rapid economic growth is also examined.

Beijing, China, 6 September 2007 TRAFFIC has published a snapshot of the state of wildlife trade in China in 2006.

The report, in English and Chinese, is the first in an annual series on emerging trends in China's wildlife trade, and provides up-to-date reviews of work being carried out to prevent illegal and support sustainable trade in China... [Continue]