Mongabay: The European parliament made a historical move today when it voted overwhelmingly to ban illegal timber from its markets. For activists worldwide the ban on illegal timber in the EU is a reason to celebrate, but for one activist, Faith Doherty of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), the move has special resonance. In early 2000, Doherty and an Indonesian colleague were kidnapped, beaten, and threatened with a gun by illegal loggers in Indonesian Borneo. "My colleague ......
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Violence a part of the illegal timber trade, says kidnapped activist
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2010
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