Greenpeace about the Amazon
In this video, Greenpeace explains how the European and American timber industry is destroying the ecosystem and presenting illegal tropical timber as ecological after the fact.
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Illegal deforestation threatens the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon is the most biodiverse region on earth and plays a central role in global climate protection. But illegal deforestation is destroying this vital habitat.
Fraud on a grand scale
Loggers falsify documents, exceed quotas and pass off illegal timber as legal. Official control systems are manipulated and used for fraud.
Global trade in illegal timber
The timber reaches the international market via disguised channels. At the same time, the sale finances the further destruction of the rainforest.
A cycle of destruction
The combination of corruption, false documents and global demand continues to drive deforestation – with disastrous consequences for the environment and indigenous peoples.
