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Tokyo Olympics venues "built with wood from threatened…
Tokyo Olympics venues "built with wood from threatened rainforest"
1. Olympics
34 000 sheets of
tropical plywood
(Malaysia & Indo) > used for stadiums
Irreversible harm > biodiversity reserves
Build venues > uses wood
threatened Asian rainforest
2020 Olympics > Tokyo
2. Charge sheets
Accuse authorities
purchasing policies
permanent loss tropical rainforest
destruction endangered orangutan habitat
Seen by
The Guardian
3. Claim
Mostly provided by: Korean-Indo firm
Korindo
Group of NGO's
reported > wood being used w out sustainability certification
Focus on: use 8 700 tropical plywood sheets
Response
Korindo
No illegal wood
Received agreement local communities
Operate in full accordance w Indo law
4. Hana Heineken
"Use Korindo wood = flagrant violation > commitment organizers made "host
sustainable Olympic Games
2020""
Majority trees taken = orangutan habitat
Spokeswoman Rainforest
5. Orangutan
In east Kalimatan
Decreased > deforestation
80% > outside protected area
Highly vulnerable
6. Policy
Committee's code requires : "strive" to avoid illegally logged timber
Should be strenghten
Current policy = too weak
Do not enforce > ensure full traceability
7. Last year
Highest rate deforestation since 2001
158 000 square km tropical rainforest > dissapeared