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A Conversation with an Illegal Logger

September 2, 2014
MONGABAY.ORG, NEWS PROGRAMS, ROBERT S. ESHELMAN, SPECIAL REPORTING INITIATIVES, SRI FELLOWS, SRI REPORTING

“I make six times the amount of money logging as I would working my small plot of land or even working legally in a pulp and paper or palm oil plantation.” An illegal logger explains the economic conditions in South Sumatra.

Read the full article by Special Reporting Initiative Fellow Robert S. Eshelman.

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