Ninety percent of the lauan (tropical plywood) traded in the world is coming from the logging of Indonesia’s primary rainforests. At the current rate of logging, it is estimated that these forests will last only until 2010.

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CNN article on Illegal Indonesia logging and log seizure, Indonesia Battles Illegal Timber Trade, Feb. 27, 2002, highlights the illegal trade and corruption in enforcement.

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CNN article on Indonesian tropical plywood, Plywood with a Pedigree, highlights the problems with conventional logging for plywood.

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The CNN follow-up on the fires that raged through Indonesian Borne in 1998-99, Plundering Indonesia’s Forests, 11/9/99, highlights the role of logging in the fires and the destruction of rainforests.

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