Excerpt: Every year, the Honduran government loses six to eight million dollars, and the municipalities around 1.6 million dollars, in unpaid taxes resulting from the illegal timber trade.
Forestry expert Rigoberto Sandoval told Tierramerica that the forest mass and rich diversity that existed two decades ago in this country “have been reduced substantially due to the lack of clear policies.
“The government must urgently take responsibility for its failure to study and inventory the nation’s natural resources. As long as the prevailing attitude is that research funds are an expense rather than an investment, we will continue groping our way blindly with respect to the environment, without stopping to consider that we are losing the country’s natural wealth,” he said…Read Honduran Forest Article Here.
