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A poorly drafted CNN news article drawing on weak research by the World Bank demonstrates how misinformation about illegal logging is being created.
The CNN news article begins with the statement "A new World Bank study on illegal logging reports that a football field of forest is clear-cut every two seconds around the globe and the problem is now a global epidemic. The study estimates that illegal logging accounts for as much as 90% of all timber felled each year, generating between $10 to $15 billion".... [more...]