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BOSNIA-FORESTRY-LOGGING-ENVIRONMENT
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Bosnian woodcutter Vladimir Jovic removes a tree after cutting it near the northwestern Bosnian village of Suhaca, 6 June 2005. Bosnia, still struggling to rebuild its war-shattered economy, has turned towards frantic exploitation of forests, while experts warn it could have irreparable consequences for the country-s environment. Bosnia has the fourth largest forest reserve in Europe and some 45 percent of its territory is covered with forests, while timber tops the list of a few products that this Balkans country is exporting. However, Bosnia exports mostly raw wood, instead of manufactured furniture which would create a much higher profit and the industry is slow to move from the deadlock that was put into during the country-s 1992-1995 war. Official figures show that some five million cubic meters are cut per year, but the problem is that there is a lot of illegal logging. In Bosnia there are some 1,800 private sawmills, only a third of which are legal. AFP PHOTO STRINGER
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SUHACA BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA, 06 iun |
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