BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/26 Sept) — Authorities here discovered at least 20,000 board feet of Lauan lumber and thousands more of Lauan flitches hidden underneath waste lumber during a raid Tuesday afternoon at a warehouse of a suspected illegal logger in
LOADED. Lauan lumber loaded to a boom truck of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as evidence as the agency prepares a case against the owner of a warehouse raided late Tuesday afternoon in Butuan City. MindaNews photo by
HIDDEN. A member of the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force tries to clear the waste lumber to reveal the large Lauan lumber hidden underneath, during a raid on a warehouse in Butuan City late Tuesday afternoon, September 25. MindaNews photo by
LONG LINE. Dump trucks line up to unload iron ore into the waiting barges in Barangay Cagdianao, Claver town, Surigao del Norte on Sept. 20, 2012. The barges then transport the load to the cargo ships waiting nearby.[] MindaNews photo
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/ 25 September)—The newly appointed regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Caraga Region has expressed disappointment over the lack of conviction among illegal logging operators amidst the thousands of illegally-cut logs and
