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Nearly 80 percent of the Peru’s timber exports are harvested illegally. Often this takes place on the lands of native people where residents are not only intimidated, but sometimes killed. Camera: Ronald Reategui
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/14/illegal-logging-peru-amazon-deforestation
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