This article is especially important given the ascendancy of a dictator in Brazil who intends to exploit timber and mining for profit. Already since 2015 deforestation has increase 29%, Columbia, 44% so if the international community were to do the Green thing we would also have to stop importing from climate criminals. Our track record in certification under capitalism has be a complete charade so transparency would be essential.
A team of journalists from five Latin American countries investigated how groups of timber traffickers manage to steal and process timber from the Amazon.
