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Logging is quietly ravaging US forests. Trump is taking an axe to protections
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76% Informative
Unsustainable logging is one of the global north’s best-kept secrets.
Millions of acres of old-growth and primary forests across North America , Europe , and Australia are clearcut under the guise of “sustainable forest management” International policy, by design, looks the other way, focusing attention instead on deforestation in the tropics.
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76
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74
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formal
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English
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69
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short-lived
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=5117&GAID=17&SessionID=112&LegID=153158https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/gdaf-coalition-letter-final-signed-20231130.pdfhttps://ccmedia.fdacs.gov/content/download/118127/file/eudr-rule-letter.pdfhttps://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/forests/deforestation/regulation-deforestation-free-products_enhttp://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/data/harvest.phphttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-the-threat-to-national-security-from-imports-of-timber-lumber/https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-uncovers-widespread-and-ongoing-clearcutting-swedish-old-forestshttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-02-10/hcws424
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