Another partner in the Forest Legality Alliance is the International Wood Products Association, an industry trade group that represents 200 companies, mostly in the United States.
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And the intrepid value players are finding them in some of the most unlikely areas of the economy, such as farming and the struggling forest-products industry.
After the lumber industry depleted local forest, the area became designated a protected national park with a coastline famous for spotting resident beluga whales and other species that migrate here to feed in the nutrient-rich waters.
Urging the World Bank to take fresh action to clean up the logging industry, Greenpeace senior forest campaigner Belinda Fletcher said it was "crunch time" for the DRC's rainforest.
