HC Deb 03 December 1992 vol 215 c317W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many species of tropical rain forest timber he considers to be in danger of global extinction as a result of over-harvesting.

Mr. Maclean

I have been asked to reply.

Species threatened with extinction which are, or may be, affected by trade are listed in appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The appendix currently includes two tropical timber species: the Guatemalan Fir, Abies guatemalensis, and Brazilian Rosewood, Dalbergia nigra.

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