pulitzercenter.org – APRIL 4, 2023
Vietnam’s Forests Have Been Cleared To Supply the World’s Timber Industry
In Central Vietnam’s factory, wood chips are accumulated in the rear of a three-wheel vehicle used to transport acacia wood to the processing machine. Image by Thanh Nguyen.
Vietnam is ranked the fifth-largest country in the world, second in Asia, and the largest in Southeast Asia in furniture exports. Vietnamese furniture has been directly exported to 120 countries and territories.
However, behind this impressive figure is that series of natural forests that have been cut down and quickly. These forest land areas have been occupied for growing short-term timber trees.
Deforestation makes natural disasters in Vietnam more severe, local people suffer the most from the consequences.
An investigation will be published on Mekong Eye.
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