Greenpeace on the Amazon
In this video, Greenpeace explains how the European and American timber industries are destroying the ecological system and subsequently portraying illegal tropical timber as ecological.
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Illegal deforestation threatens the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon is the most biodiverse region on Earth and plays a key role in global climate protection. But illegal deforestation is destroying this vital habitat.
Large-scale fraud
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 enters the international market through 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 catastrophic consequences for the environment and indigenous peoples.
