Panorama tonight - illegal logging

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Tonight 8:30pm BBC 1

 

 

Don't know what it'll be like, here's their précis.......

 

 

 

The BBC's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal timber from the Congolese rainforest to western Europe.

 

It has revealed that the new EU Timber Regulation is failing to stop illegal wood reaching Europe.

 

Reporter Raphael Rowe showed logs which appeared to have had its identification markings changed, to logging industry investigators Brad Mulley of Forests Monitor and Serge Moukouri of Resource Extraction Monitoring.

 

The company that fells the logs, Taman Industries Limited, said they do not illegally export timber and a "human error" had been made while marking the logs.

 

They agreed the stamps on the logs we filmed appeared to be changed and promised to get back to us with further details. They never did.

 

Panorama's Jungle Outlaws: The Chainsaw Trail is on Monday 22 July at 2030 BST on BBC One.

Edited July 22, 2013 by Arbtech Tree Services

[Ty Korrigan]

Whenever I drive across the Loire river in Nantes I look down over a vast yard full of enormous rich brown logs.

La Rochelle is just down the coast and that too is a gateway for illegal logs.

Still, all those lovely French families require their tropical hardwood outdoor furniture and decking so I guess this trade will just keep going...

[Rich2484]

To be honest the countries don't want to stop it as the room they make from the forest makes more room for opium fields. This makes more money for the governments than trees...

 

As much as people fight to stop it they never will.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Just something to watch while i wait for Rick Stein to come on at 9pm:001_smile:

[White Noise]

Just something to watch while i wait for Rick Stein to come on at 9pm:001_smile:

 

Cheers

[mendiplogs]

Tonight 8:30pm BBC 1

 

 

Don't know what it'll be like, here's their précis.......

 

 

 

The BBC's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal timber from the Congolese rainforest to western Europe.

 

It has revealed that the new EU Timber Regulation is failing to stop illegal wood reaching Europe.

 

Reporter Raphael Rowe showed logs which appeared to have had its identification markings changed, to logging industry investigators Brad Mulley of Forests Monitor and Serge Moukouri of Resource Extraction Monitoring.

 

The company that fells the logs, Taman Industries Limited, said they do not illegally export timber and a "human error" had been made while marking the logs.

 

They agreed the stamps on the logs we filmed appeared to be changed and promised to get back to us with further details. They never did.

 

Panorama's Jungle Outlaws: The Chainsaw Trail is on Monday 22 July at 2030 BST on BBC One.

 

HI MATE thanks for the heads up mate jon

[s.varty]

Cheers

 

Sorry to derail. Apbell, you have got to have the best avatar on arbtalk:thumbup1:

[Warren Stirling]

Well, was looking forward to that!

[Rich2484]

Well, was looking forward to that!

 

:lol:

 

Yeah WAS..........

[Si Stevenson]

Was someone pregnant?