In Just Over 1 Year, At Least 12,500 Metric Tons Of Threatened Brazilian Hardwoods Exported
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The unprecedented investigation by Agência Pública revealed that the logging companies associated with Aimex alone exported 174,000 metric tons of wood since the government of President Jair Bolsonaro came to power at the start of 2019. Of these exports, 57% took place during the period in which IBAMA’s new instruction was in force, amounting to almost 100,000 metric tons. The investigation also found that during this period, between February 2020 and May 2021, these companies traded at least 12,500 metric tons of wood from rainforest species considered threatened by the Brazilian Forestry Service (SFB).
The data was obtained as part of a collaboration between Agência Pública and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) from the platform Panjiva, a database for business information and market intelligence run by U.S.-based S&P Global. According to data from the platform, the volume of wood sold was greater in the 15 months during which IBAMA instruction was in effect than between 2016 and 2019, when 11,000 metric tons of wood from threatened species were traded by these companies.
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The United States, France, Japan, Germany and Belgium were the countries that received the highest number of timber shipments of tree species considered threatened by the Brazilian Forestry Service during the period of February 2020 to May 2021. The most common wood types among these shipments were angelim-pedra, itaúba, garapeira and cerejeira, all considered vulnerable by the Brazilian Forestry Service and used in the construction and shipbuilding industries because of their strength and durability.
During this time, just six member companies of Aimex, the Pará state logging association, were responsible for 78.5% of shipments of species classified as threatened, according to data analysis conducted by Agência Pública. Among companies with the highest levels of exports were Ebata Produtos Florestais Ltda and Tradelink, both implicated in the Federal Police’s investigation.
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https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/exports-of-threatened-species-timber-boomed-under-bolsonaro-probe-finds/