. Of the 50 largest international logging companies, 22 are Japanese and Japan is the world's largest consumer of tropical woods. Although Japan's population is only seven percent of the world's population, it disproportionately consumes a staggering 52% of total tropical timber exports, followed by China with 14.8% and South Korea 12.8%. Thus just three Asian countries consume nearly 80% of all the tropical woods logged from the Rainforest and must bear a heavy responsibility for its destruction. Japanese Banks and Multi-National Corporations are heavily involved in financing the destruction of the Rainforests in order to feed their insatiabl
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