well that was the initial plan, but apparently this become a scattered space of my inconsistent ramble and incoherent mumble. I write my heart out, I throw my anger and frustation, I jotted my hopes and dreams, I record my random thoughts here
Indonesia forest fact
- Fact #1: 95 percent of exports were not legal in the early nineties.
- Fact #2: Malaysian companies have been accused of logging illegally and smuggling logs to Malaysia
- Fact #3: Illegal logging supplies 52 percent of logs. In the mid 1990s, 84 percent of timber concession holders failed to obey the law.
- Fact #4: Losses due to illegal logging estimated to be $3.5 per year in the mid nineties
- Fact #5: 84 percent of timber concessionaires do not follow the law. Illegal logging is taking place in national parks
- Fact #6: As much as 40 percent of the pulp and paper wood supplies come from undocumented sources
source:
Contreras-Hermosilla (2001)
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