WASHINGTON – Within just a few years, Papua New Guinea has become the world’s second-largest supplier of illegally logged tropical timber, fuelled by Chinese factory contracts and consumer demand in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Southeast Asian country has long been known for the size of its rainforests, estimated to be the
A Third Of Papua New Guinea Now Beholden To Foreign Logging Companies
Nearly one third of the country has been leased to foreign logging companies, many on century-long agreements.