With raised consumer awareness about green issues, forestry companies have scrambled to acquire environmental certification. But as Khadija Sharife investigates, the credentials of those who keep an eye on the process is often murky.
More than half of the world's tropical forests have been devoured through market-driven consumption. But preventing global deforestation is not as easy as it sounds: the global supply chain from origin to disposal is rarely accounted for by self-regulated multinationals, from logging corporations to retailers.
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