Peru sacks top anti-logging official
by Dan Collyns in Lima from on (#114Y2)
Dismissal of Rolando Navarro has led to claims he was sacked after pressure from the timber industry
Peru has sacked its top anti-logging official, leading to claims he was dismissed after pressure from the timber trade and drawing criticism from a leading US congressman and environmentalists.
The presidential decision to dismiss Rolando Navarro , the former head of Peru's forestry and wildlife inspection service OSINFOR was announced in El Peruano, the state-owned gazette. It makes no mention of why Navarro was dismissed.
"Clearly, illegal logging in Peru continues," Earl Blumenauer , the US Congressman for Oregon who has campaigned to toughen the US's stance on illegal rainforest logging, told the Guardian.
