Guest guest Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Friday July 21, 2006-The Star Expert: Greenpeace campaign a sham *KUALA LUMPUR:* An international trade expert has described the campaign by Greenpeace against commercial logging and the export operations of a Malaysian company in Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a sham. Alan Oxley, a former chairman of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, said the international environmental group's claims that most of the timber in PNG was illegally logged was misleading and lacked credibility. Oxley heads ITS Global, which was commissioned by Malaysian company Rimbunan Hijau Group to do a study on its activities. According to him, the ITS study questioned Greenpeace's motives in targeting Rimbunan Hijau, noting that the claims and accusations had no basis. " Most logging in PNG is legal, and the nation's forests are in no danger of being wiped out, " Oxley said in a press release. He added that the study found that 64% of PNG was still covered by forests. The study concluded that Greenpeace's goal was to stop commercial forestry in PNG and if it succeeded, 10,000 people in the country would lose their jobs, the country would lose US$250mil (RM923mil) in exports and its Gross Domestic Product would fall by 5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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