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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The population of orangutans in Borneo has plummeted by more than half since 1999 — nearly 150,000 of the apes — largely due to chopping down forests for logging, paper, palm oil and mining, researchers said Thursday. Illegal hunting of the critically endangered apes is also a leading factor in their disappearance, said the study published in the journal Current Biology. “Our findings are alarming,” said the report, which estimated […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Endangered Amazon hardwood trafficked by a Brazilian exporter allegedly behind the massacre of nine farmers this year is being sold unimpeded around the world, according to environmental pressure group Greenpeace. The group said Tuesday that the purchase of products by importers from as far apart as Japan and the United States illustrates lack of control over a logging industry ravaging the world’s greatest […]
NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino (Eagle News) – Huli ng Illegal Task Force ng Quirino ang isang forward truck na may lulan na mga nilagaring kahoy sa Nagtupinan, Quirino. Iba’t ibang uri ng kahoy ang nakita, tulad ng tangili, kalantas, white lauan, bagtikan at lamio na mayroon ding iba’t-ibang sukat. Hindi na pinalampas pa ng task force at ng Philippine National Police ang mga nasabing kahoy ng ito ay dumaan sa check point ng Barangay Dipantan ng nasabing bayan. Sa ginawang […]
(Eagle News) — Maliban sa laganap na suliranin ngayon ukol sa iligal na droga ay isa din sa tinututukan ngayon ng mga kapulisan paritkular dito sa bayan ng Carmen, Surigao Del Sur ay ang suliranin hinggil sa illegal logging. Dahil dito ay minarapat ng mga kapulisan na ipamahagi sa mga taga-bayan ang mga leaflets na naglalaman ng mga magiging masamang epekto ng illegal logging sa mga indibidwal. Lalo na ngayon at may tinatawag na global […]
