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Logging **Logging Deforestation** **WTK logging**
 * An estimated 500,000 hectares of forest are cleared or degraded each week;
 * Half of the world's 233 most important sites for plant diversity are threatened by commercial logging.
 * Most commercial logging takes place in forests that are the richest in biodiversity. The research carried out by WWF reveals that the international timber trade is now the primary cause of loss in those forests that contain the highest levels of biodiversity.
 * Much illegal timber enters the international trade, with or without the knowledge of importers. Often, illegality is tacitly accepted by the buyer.
 * Until recently, 50% of the mahogany leaving Brazil was exported illegally.
 * Purchased 313,000 hectares of land from a private landowner, 150,000 hectares of this illegally overlapped with indigenous territory
 * The organization also has 400,000 hectares of concession areas in Papua New Guinea
 * 7,595 are companies registered in the Brazilian Amazon and deforestation rates are growing at an alarming rate

**The Orangutang** The orangutang is critically endangered in the rainforest due to logging, which is the loss of trees, in which they use everyday. They sleep in trees and move throughout them in search for fruits.

**Organization that Saves Rainforest- Rainforest Alliance** Certification ensures that the rights of workers and indigenous people are recognized and respected. **What WE can do to help**
 * Own safe products- when conscientious consumers see the Forest Stewardship Council® logo coupled with the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal on products and packaging, they know that they come from forests that have met rigorous standards for protecting forestlands, communities and wildlife
 * Working with small enterprises to improve business skills, increase efficiencies and access new markets is a central focus for the Rainforest Alliance’s work with forest communities, whose livelihoods are intimately tied to forest resources.
 * llegal logging put a heavy strain on these crucial resources. At the Rainforest Alliance, they know that the best way to keep forests standing is to use them wisely. To that end, we work with everyone from large corporations to forest-based communities to ensure that logging is conducted responsibly, so that ecosystems are protected.
 * The government plans to set up an illegal logging prevention and eradication coordinating board (BKP3L) to synergize related government institutions in the fight against illegal logging
 * You can also help by donating to Organizations that help prevent illegal logging.