Coming through China on the black market from Russian illegal logging. Lots of formaldehyde in the engineered wood products too. Saw a special report on this today. The forests in Russias far east have long been known for large scale illegal cutting operations. Much of the logging for varieties like Mongolian oak and Korean pine takes place in the natural habitat of the Siberian tiger, of which there are only about 450 left in the world. The logging reduces the supply of acorns and pine nuts available to red deer and wild boars, which make up the tigers food supply. The Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit conservation group, has been investigating the illegal logging trade in far eastern Russia since 2007 and says it is a business for organized crime. Federal authorities want to know where all that cheap wood at Lumber Liquidators LL +0.11% comes from. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855181/ online.wsj/news/articles/SB10001424052702303342104579101042712448428
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:27:59 +0000
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