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Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18354564
Illegal logging damages biodiversity and undermines people's livelihoods
Interpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime.
Project Leaf will target criminals involved in illegal logging and timber trafficking.
The scheme will also provide support to enforcement agencies in countries with the biggest problems, Interpol said.
It is estimated that more than a quarter of the world's population relies on forests for their livelihoods, fuel, food and medicines.