5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal (1985-2010)
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French company prepares to ship illegally logged rainforest wood from Madagascar
wildmadagascar.org wrote on 25 February that "Delmas, a French shipping company that has been under pressure for facilitating the destruction of Madagascar's rainforest parks, has been cleared to begin picking up contraband rosewood as soon as Monday, report local sources in the Indian Ocean island nation. Leaders behind last year's military coup — which displaced the autocratic, but democratically elected President Marc Ravalomanana — have signed off on the shipment". Read More at Mongabay.com. The AETFAT meeting will be held in Madagascar in April, and is supported by Sud-Expert Plantes, financed by the French Ministry of Foreign Office.