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Suriname: Timber
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Even though deforestation is the major environmental problem facing Suriname, were it to trade its timber, it is not the final resting place of the issue. Tropical forests provide an irreplacable habitat for multitudes of plants and animals, most of which are completely unknown to man. But just because we cannot identify them and label them, it does not mean that they are not important and they do not have the right to live. Below are two species, one animal and one plant of many in the forest that could be at risk of extinction if the tropical forests of Suriname are destroyed. More plants and animals of Suriname can be found at the following website:
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The current environmental issues facing Suriname are deforestation, as timber is cut for export and pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities. Suriname is party to the international environmental agreements on Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94 and Wetlands.
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The trade products being considered in this case study are any and all timber products available from the rainforests of Suriname. These products include both finished and unfinished timber products including such items as raw lumber and plywood (see Table 1.3 in Section IV.19), as well as non-timber products, that is to say, products, which can be found in the forests but can be harvested without actually cutting down a tree. Such non-timber products include seeds, nuts, and sap.
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