Investor Presentaiton
Scale of illegal logging and
the position of Russian authorities
...A barbarian destruction of
valuable tree species growing
stock is what actually taking
place in the region. While
annual logging limit for the
region remains at 260
thousand cubic meters, 930
thousand cubic meters
of
valuable species timber have
already been licensed for
export....
(From the letter signed by the
Governor of the Prymorsky Kray
to the head of Russian
Government. Letter was dated 7
June 1999 #11-43/1704)
GREENPEACE
RUSSIA
...On October 6 there was an ordinary session of
the Inter-agency Committee for Concerted Action
to Monitor Exports of Valuable Timber...
None of the submitted applications for
export licenses for ash-tree and oak was
approved...
In the six months of 2000 the Committee
considered 55 applications for exports of 108,000
cubic meters of ash-tree and 104,000 cubic meters
of oak, whereas authorization was given for the
export of only 56,000 cubic meters of ash and
67,000 cubic meters of oak, which implies
that almost half the timber was logged
illegally.
(Extract of the article based on the official press release
of the Inter-agency Committee. Published in the
newspaper Zolotoy Rog, 10.10.2000, #78)View entire presentation