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22 million tons of carbon will be released from Papua New Guinea’s forests this year as a result of logging – approximately the equivalent of the annual output of all carbon from the cars in Australia.
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The Santo Antonio sawmill is seen in Tailandia, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging.
