LEADER 02389nam 2200481 450 001 9910153641303321 005 20230803205903.0 010 $a3-905252-69-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000270703 035 $a(EBL)1825981 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1825981 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000270703 100 $a20160822h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMoney logging $eon the trail of the Asian timber mafia /$fby Lukas Straumann ; cover design Christoph Lanz ; illustrations Daniela Trunk 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cBergli Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (405 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-905252-68-6 327 $aCover; Table of contents; Dedication; Foreword by Mutang Urud; 01 Follow the money; 02 Paradise lost; 03 The white Rajahs; 04 Sarawak's Machiavelli; 05 Blowpipes against bulldozers; 06 Bruno Manser's legacy; 07 Offshore business; 08 Trail of destruction; 09 Green wasteland; 10 Rainforests without corruption; Endnotes; Sarawak chronology; Acknowledgements; Photo credits; Index 330 $aMoney Logging investigates what Gordon Brown has called i?probably the biggest environmental crime of our timesi?o?the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian loggers. Historian and campaigner Lukas Straumann goes in search not only of the lost forests and the people who used to call them home, but also the network of criminals who have earned billions through illegal timber sales and corruption. Straumann singles out Abdul Taib Mahmud, current governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, as the kingpin of this Asian timber mafia, while he shows that Taibi?s familyo?with the compli 606 $aForest products industry$zMalaysia$zSarawak 606 $aPolitical corruption$zMalaysia$zSarawak 606 $aDeforestation$zMalaysia$zSarawak 615 0$aForest products industry 615 0$aPolitical corruption 615 0$aDeforestation 676 $a330.4 700 $aStraumann$b Lukas$01243847 702 $aLanz$b Christoph 702 $aTrunk$b Daniela 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153641303321 996 $aMoney logging$92885165 997 $aUNINA