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Report: Solomon Islands’ Logging Risks Forests

The South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands is felling its tropical forests at nearly 20 times a sustainable rate, according to research by an environmental group published Thursday, driven by insatiable Chinese demand for its lumber. Export volumes of the archipelago’s single largest export commodity leapt more than 20 percent to just more than 3 million cubic meters in 2017, central bank figures show, worth $3 billion Solomon Islands dollars ($378 million). Environmental and...


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