Cambodia’s Luxury Wood Trade to China Revealed
Thousands of cubic meters of luxury wood is being shipped from Cambodia to China each year, according to official Chinese import documents shown to The Cambodia Daily. According to the data, some 36,000 cubic meters of logs under the “rosewood” category have been recorded entering China from Cambodia between January 2007 and the end of August this year. … While the Forestry Law prohibits the logging of rosewood and other luxury woods, the law also contains a loophole where logging of rare wood can be authorized “under conditions” proposed by the Forestry Administration. The law does not define what those conditions may be. …
