Rise in illegal logging in Victoria linked to organised crime
"National park officials say trees up to 400-years-old are being illegally cut down at rates never seen before in northern Victorian forests. Thousands of cubic metres of wood are allegedly being stolen by organised criminal groups around Shepparton."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYdJffVRac

When they came and took the forest away... there was a civil uprising in Cherán, Mexico
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/110948628395660370
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