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	Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Rainforests wrecked for junk furniture! clipped by: bs1999bs clippers remarks: Cheap disposable furniture at the cost of the rainforests - criminal! Clip Source: www.businessgreen.com Patio chairs fuel illegal trade in rainforest timber Huge growth in illegal logging is driven by Western demand for cheap garden furniture, according to a new report Vietnam has become a clearing house for illegal timber plundered from forests across south-east Asia and some of it ends up in garden furniture sold in the UK and other EU countries, says a recent report. The Vietnam government has increased the protection of its own forests in the last few years, but its timber producers have become brokers for illegal logging operations, sourcing hardwoods mainly from the rainforests of Laos, according to the report from campaigning organisation the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The EIA report draws on evidence gained by undercover investigators, working for Indonesian lobby group Telapak, who posed as retail furniture buyers. Vietnamese timber companies were caught laundering illegal logs from Cambodia and Indonesia Tags: optional. separate by commas., conservation, environment, environmental action, nature, planet earth, sustainability, society zum Artikel... Anzeige Staple food costs rise 50% outside America clipped by: ericskiff clippers remarks: Vegetarianism (or reduced meat consumption) might actually be one of the answers here. It takes 700 calories of grain to produce 100 calories of meat. Clip Source: www.csmonitor.com Americans may fret that Wheat Thins cost 15 percent more than a year ago but in poor nations, such price hikes arent taken lightly. In Haiti, four people were killed in protests last week over a 50 percent rise in the cost of food staples in the past year. From Egypt to Vietnam, price rises of 40 percent or more for rice, wheat, and corn are stirring unrest The food price hikes may not be temporary, according to the UN World Food Program, which sees long-lasting causes, such as spreading deserts and more demand for grain-fed meat. zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de