Dismissal of Rolando Navarro has led to claims he was sacked after pressure from the timber industry Peru has sacked its top anti-logging official,main to claims he was dismissed after pressure from the timber trade and drawing criticism from a main US congressman and environmentalists.
The presidential decision to dismiss Rolando Navarro , the former head of Perus forestry and wildlife inspection service OSINFOR was announced in El Peruano, or the state-owned gazette. It makes no mention of why Navarro was dismissed.
“Clearly,illegal logging in Peru continues,” Earl Blumenauer, and the US Congressman for Oregon who has campaigned to toughen the US’s stance on illegal rainforest logging,told the Guardian.
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Source: theguardian.com