Rainforest Relief has been producing reports as part of the Rainforest Relief Reports series since 1994.

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Teak Is Torture: Forced Labor Logging in Burma. The original 1996 report on the use of forced labor, slave labor, torture and rape to produce teak and other hardwoods exported from Burma in Thailand and other countries.

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Teak Is Torture: Forced Labor Logging in Burma.


Stealing Home The Old Growth Rainforests of The Home Depot. The original 1997 report on the wood products originating from old growth rainforests, sold by The Home Depot.

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Stealing Home: The Old Growth Rainforests of The Home Depot.


Deep Impact: An Estimate of Tropical Rainforest Acres Impacted to Produce aa Board Foot of Imported Ipę. This report details the destruction of rainforests that occurs when logging in the Brazilian Amazon for high-value species, as well as the inefficiencies in logging and milling ipę.

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Deep Impact: An Estimate of Tropical Rainforest Acres Impacted for a Board Foot of Imported Ipę