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Illegal Logging in Indonesia, South East Asia and International Consumption of Illegally Sourced Timber

Last year an adult wild male orangutan stumbled into the main street of a timber town in Kalimantan, Indonesia. He was bewildered and stared at the crowd of local people who had gathered to watch this extraordinary sight. Across the world an American, Japanese or European consumer casually ordered a picture frame, or bought a broom with a wooden handle, a futon bed or a piece of Italian furniture. Without realising the consequences of their actions, these people are buying products that were likely to have been made from timber looted from rainforests like the one that was once home to this orangutan, now driven from his protected forest by commercial illegal logging.

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