What Happened to the Forests in Paponegine?

There were these special land leases m created that were to promote agricultural projects in the country. But timber companies submitted fake proposals for agricultural projects. Would come in, cut down all the trees and export the round logs then leave the land completely destroyed. 90 % of wood exported out of p n g is finding its way to china through well travelled routes. In 20 19 alone, about 620 million us. Dollars worth of wood came from these s a b ls in papa new guinea. After arriving in china, it is exported out to other nations such as the us. In australia. Back in 20 17, global witness pin pointed companies within the united states that were receiving

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