Deforestation, exploitation and illicit trafficking: Italy is the leader of the forbidden wood business
Salerno, Milan, Trieste and not only: l‘Italy it is located in the center of one of the major ones illegal timber trafficking. With consequent side effects on the environment, climate and fauna. All to try to supply the thriving market of the teak, very precious wood, very expensive and highly sought after. Among the most flourishing producers that supply it to the world market is the Myanmar. And of the small Southeast Asian country there‘Italy it is among the main importers on a global scale.
He writes it on Messenger which explains it as such primacy, not very honorable, has pushed the carabinieri Cites to seize several tons between Salerno, Trieste and Milan. The last operation, by the specialists of the weapon coordinated by Lieutenant Colonel Claudio Marrucci, took place last September. The reason for that business lies behind the quality of the wood: the teak it is in fact a useful raw material for parquet and the nautical sector.
What is disputed to some Italian importers is the violation of the Eutr regulation (European Union Timber Regulation): this is a European instrument created to combat the wild cutting of trees, theEutr prohibits the marketing in the EU of felled timber without respecting the laws of nature. In short, the reckless killing has serious economic, environmental and social consequences on some of the most important forests on the planet and the communities that depend on them, explains the Messenger.
In particular, according to the Environmental investigation agency, an NGO that investigates and campaigns against environmental crimes and abuses, in 2020 Italy imported 24 million euros of wood products from Myanmar, or 66 per cent of total timber imports into the EU for that year. In particular, the report points out, in the last 20 years in the Southeast Asian country four million hectares of forest have been stolen between 2000 and 2020, as much as an entire area equivalent to Switzerland.
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