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Increased Investment and Trade by Transnational Logging Companies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific: Implications for the Sustainable Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests
Increased Investment and Trade by Transnational Logging Companies in Africa the Caribbean and the Pacific Implications for the Sustainable Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests Author:Nigel Sizer, World Resources Institute, Dominiek Plouvier, World Wildlife Fund Compiled by WWF and the World Resource Institute (WRI), with funding from the European Commission, the report documents the role played by multinational logging companies in the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries. It shows how investment, formerly led by companies from Japan, Europe and North America, has shifted to Asian firms, mainly fro... more »m Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and Hong Kong (China). According to the study, this new trend has resulted in an expansion of destructive logging operations, violation of indigenous rights, and sometimes large-scale corruption.« less