They can buy its products with confidence if thank. Those of it has earned a seal of approval from the Forest Stewardship Council or if a see a Nonprofit Organization that promotes responsible management of the worlds forests. But can logging in rain forests ever really be environmentally sustainable. Trunk mole is a German Government expert on the sourcing and purchasing of tropical timber. Them as if the most excited i was when german consumers buy tropical Wood Products that are certified by the f a c they are making a contribution to the preservation of the rainforests and by supporting sound timber management policies mr thats a friend of us as i was. But can buying products that have the f. S. E. Seal really stop the excessive exploitation of primeval forest. The moser Bridge Company harvests wood in the forests of peru to make flooring products. This is the order wrong go forest a pristine paradise in the amazon basin. We want to find out where bows of itch and f. O. C. Certifie
Pupils here at the i now feel lucky that it is important for. More and more schools are closing in book enough hours or for fear of unrest according to visiting experts from the European Union. We are on location with a used chief diplomat feed a recount of the renie her job is to travel to crisis zones and get a clear picture of the situation on the ground. The childrens song may be cheerful but mother ringing knows that her show is being put on just for her visit this school is receiving funding for the chief diplomat its not about feel good politics instead its a strategic position in the fight against terrorism to prevent the radicalization of young children. Its for the security of europe because if children are at school and out in the streets they are well educated they are aware of the risks of getting involved in activities that are not proper for their lives and for their communities. Living book enough we fly to mali. This is just one of the e. U. Foreign affairs she used co
And now we are being chased. And they are calling out of people that had we asked to be very fast check when you have reception fees, we might have to divide 40 im with some environmental activist somewhere in the romanian forest. Were being followed by angry, longer than me out there. Oh, sure, sure. How do i love that there is another new piece of furniture made of wood and it was pretty inexpensive. Position. I think i have quite a lot of wood in my apartment. And ive never given much thought to where it comes from doing that for the 2nd. The furnishings made of wood at a good price. Were not told where the wood comes from, just where the item was made. As consumers, we usually dont think about where are would it comes from . What is supposed to be eco friendly after all. But the headlines tell a very different story. The legal logging and violence are escalating. Would thieves are killing foresters . My hunt for the timber mafia, begins and romania this morning. Raids on companies
Papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timberfrom papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timber from rare forest in canada that it had claimed were no go areas. It comes as the government decides whether to give the firms yorkshire side billions more in environmental subsidies, funded by energy bill payers. Drax says its wood pellets are sustainable and illegally harvested. Lets get more on this from our reporter who conducted that investigation. What did you find . This is about a Power Station in england. This is the worlds biggest woodfired Power Station. It does say by burning wood pellets. It receives a huge amount of public subsidy, as you just mentioned, because these wood pellets, when you burn for electricity, that is counted as renewable energy. The Power Station gets through an awful lot of wood pellets each year, about 6. 5 million tonnes. All of these are imported into the uk from overseas, many of them coming from the us and canada, where drax runs 17 pell
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