BALTIC STATES LOGGING
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW European Union action plan fighting illegal logging is flaws because it ignores the Baltic States, claims the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It says extensive illegal logging is taking place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 15-25 percent of all logging in Latvia and 40-50 per cent in Estonia. Sweden and Finland are major purchasers of the illegal timber, said the WWF.
A NEW European Union action plan fighting illegal logging is flaws because it ignores the Baltic States, claims the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It says extensive illegal logging is taking place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 15-25 percent of all logging in Latvia and 40-50 per cent in Estonia. Sweden and Finland are major purchasers of the illegal timber, said the WWF.
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