Nilagiri: Timber smugglers allegedly attacked Forest department personnel, vandalised a patrolling vehicle and forcibly took ...

Illegal timber in Peru is sourced and sold across the country. But most of the money laundering happens in between these destinations. Our team traveled to Pucallpa, the hub of this illicit activity.

Pakistan's timber gangs operate freely in many parts of the country, profiting from illegal logging often with the backing of local officials - and that poses a big problem for fledgling efforts to ...

BALASORE: A forest guard sustained injuries after being reportedly attacked by a group of timber mafia while attempting to ...

A dozen women walked down a leaf-scattered path, clutching weapons. Some held hatchets, others bamboo sticks. They stopped under the canopy of an arjun tree, near cows tethered to its roots, and ...

Punjab’s Forest Department arrested the ringleader of a timber smuggling network in Khanpur after conducting a major operation against illegal deforestation, Senior Provincial Minister Maryam ...

At the direction of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Punjab Forest Department has intensified its crackdown on the timber mafia as part of efforts to curb smog and protect the environment ...

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions Vast swathes of ancient primary forests in Bhutan have been felled by the “timber mafia” from neighboring Assam in India’s ...

The Vohibola forest is one of the last remaining primary forests along Madagascar’s eastern coast, supporting a large variety of endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Under a renewed contract ...

The mafia that makes trafficking of illegally-sourced wood possible in Peru is not made up of timber trade outlaws. It is a network of corrupt officials. In Pucallpa, the hub of the illegal timber ...

Pakistan's timber gangs operate freely in many parts of the country, profiting from illegal logging often with the backing of local officials - and that poses a big problem for fledgling efforts to ...