Protesting sale of tropical timber

Lobbying against the use of tropical hardwoods

Description

Protesting the sale of tropical timber involves organized actions such as public demonstrations, consumer boycotts, and advocacy campaigns to halt the trade and purchase of timber sourced from endangered tropical forests. The strategy aims to pressure governments, retailers, and logging companies to adopt sustainable practices, enforce stricter regulations, and promote alternatives. By raising awareness and disrupting market demand, these protests seek to reduce deforestation, protect biodiversity, and support the rights of indigenous communities.

Context

But in Indonesia and Malaysia, the two most forested countries of Southeast Asia, where forests are disappearing fastest, logging by large corporations pursued in no small part to meet rich-world demand for specialty hardwoods at prices that are very far from reflecting the costs entailed.