ECOnsider This: No trees, no lemurs. It has been a challenging few weeks for conservation in Africa and Madagascar. Another significant rosewood confiscation, this time in Singapore. Much of the rosewood comes from Masoala, home of endangered red ruffed lemurs. Dr. Erik Patel contributed to this recent article in MONGABAY that gives some detail about the trade in illegal rosewood. Details of the seizure remain sparse since the investigation is still active, but leaked correspondence between officials in Madagascar indicates that the shipment amounts to 3,000 tons, or more than 29,000 illicit rosewood logs. By comparison, the Mombasa seizure that made headlines last week after a probe by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) was 500 tons or 4,400 logs — more than six times smaller. The Kenya seizure came less than two months after Sri Lanka intercepted a 420-ton shipment...According to one source interviewed by Mongabay, the size of the shipments raise questions about whether local officials are involved in the trade. In the very least, the fact this timber is showing up in overseas ports indicates that the Malagasy government has failed to secure its rosewood stockpiles, said the source. The President of Madagascar is on twitter. @PresidenceMada Let him know were all in this together! Read more at news.mongabay/2014/0603-singpore-madagascar-rosewood-bust.html#5ASVtMQzg5r4K6LQ.99 madagascar-rosewood-bust.html#5ASVtMQzg5r4K6LQ.99
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:05:47 +0000
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