A lot of these forests are in fairly poor areas; don the people there need the money from the logging industry?
The simple answer is that once these forests are gone, there won’t be jobs for anyone. Workers are moving from logged out areas of Malaysia into Indonesia and PNG because there is not enough work for them in their home country. Illegal logging has also destroyed many fishing communities. With instant money on offer and the threat of violence to comply with the timber brokers needs, many communities have no choice but to break the law and work as illegal loggers. Illegal logging has also destroyed many fishing communities. When faced with quick money from illegal logging, and the threat of violence if they don’t cooperate, many people have little choice except to join the illegal loggers. Only sustainably managed forests provide long-term employment. Furthermore, because so much (around 73 percent in Indonesia) of this logging is illegal, virtually all of the profit goes in the pockets of the timber barons and corrupt officials. The actual workers in the forest are very poorly paid. For
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