Author: Global Witness
Title: Investigation Into the Illegal Felling, Transport and Export of Precious Wood in SAVA Region Madagascar
Summary: In the period since February 2009, a dramatic increase in the felling and cutting of rosewood has been reported in the SAVE Region of north-east Madagascar. As a result, several investigative missions have been sent into the region to gather evidence of these activities. In July 2009, Global Witness and the Washington-based Environmental Investigation Agency, Inc., were contacted by the Malagasy institution, Madagascar National Parks, to assist their efforts in investigating the illegal harvest of precious wood in the SAVA Region, and the associated international trafficking of illegal timber. The investigation team observed intensive logging of rosewood trees in the northeast of Masoala National Park, and transport of logs to Antalaha. The intensive transport of rosewood in broad daylight, on sections of road policed by Gendarmerie posts, both to the south and to the north of Antalaha, demonstrates a serious breakdown in the rule of law - if not the active collusion of law enforcement authorities with illegal timber traffickers.
Details: London; Global Witness; Washington, DC: Environmental Investigation Agency, Inc., 2009. 40p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2009
Country: Madagascar
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Shelf Number: 118750
Keywords:
Illegal LoggingIllegal Trade, LumberOffenses Against the EnvironmentPolice Corruption (Madagascar) |
