Vietnam Rubber Group stripped of accreditation
A giant Vietnamese rubber company that has faced repeated accusations of illegal land and forest grabbing in Cambodia has been stripped of its accreditation as a sustainable forestry product supplier by the world’s leading forest certification body.
In a damning report, the Forest Stewardship Council claims Vietnam Rubber Group has been involved in “illegal activities”, which include converting about 50,000 hectares of evergreen forest into rubber plantations without public consultation, ignoring land claims from local people, allowing illegal logging and destroying wildlife sanctuaries.
