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Article

14 Mar 2005

Author:
Steve Slattery, CorpWatch

BlueLinx Buys Illegal Indonesian Timber

BlueLinx...is exporting undocumented timber out of Indonesia’s critically endangered rainforests...investigations by Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network (RAN) have confirmed... the general counsel to BlueLinx, Barbara Tinsley...indicated that her client did not intend to change its Indonesian purchasing policies...40-50 million indigenous people also depend on [the rainforest] ecosystem for their sustenance. [refers to "voluntary corporate embargo of Indonesian forest products" by Centex, International Paper, Lanoga; also refers to JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup]