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Illegal logging

The Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) Ministerial Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon in October 2003.


Hang Serei Odom

Hang Serei Odom (also known as Hang Serei Oudom) (1970 – 11 September 2012), was a Cambodian journalist for the Virakchun Khmer Daily newspaper in the Ou Chum district of northeastern Ratanakiri province of Cambodia, was involved in environmental reporting about illegal logging when he was murdered.


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Borneo Orangutan Survival

Willie Smits appeared in Dying for a Biscuit, a 2010 BBC Panorama investigation which looked into the causes of deforestation, focusing particularly on illegal logging and the palm oil industry.

Freeland Foundation

Freeland works to reduce human and wildlife trafficking across Asia by providing training and technical assistance to police, customs and environmental agencies across the ASEAN region to combat poaching, illegal logging and human trafficking.

Royal Golden Eagle

The lack of adequate source of raw material resulted in deforestation, illegal logging and land conflicts in Sumatra.

Sava Region

However, due to the volatile fluctuations in the price of vanilla, in turn often caused by the dramatic cyclones occurring the southwestern Indian Ocean, many poor vanilla farmers in the Sava Region have periodically been forced to resort to the mostly illegal logging of ebony, palisander, and rosewood.