At a sawmill in Suifenhe, Chinese workers equipped with minimal safety gear process logs harvested in Siberia. Forests in Siberia could be exhausted within 20 years at current harvest rates, according to Forest Trends.
At the Guofeng Wood Co. Ltd. factory in Suifenhe, workers process wood harvested in Siberia into flooring destined for the U.S. and elsewhere. Some scientists fear that global warming will be intensified as Siberian and East Asian forests are cut.
In Suifenhe, wood harvested in Siberia is loaded onto railcars to be shipped south to Chinese factories where it will be processed into flooring for export to the West. Industry, environmental and government groups are finding it difficult to tramp out illegal timber operations.
Peter S. Goodman - The Washington Post
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