Inspectors Kabanietz and Samolienko
Last updated:Â 1 october, 2009 - 12:28 GMT
Illegal logging, Siberia
Russia has the largest forests in the world, mainly in Siberia.
They cover an area nearly double the size of the Amazon rainforest, but they're now under threat because of illegal logging on a massive scale.
The £1 billion business is controlled by powerful Russian and Chinese mafias, making it a dangerous and difficult issue to investigate.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Alfonso Daniels reports from Siberia:
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Gallery of Destruction - Following the logs to China
Inspectors Kabanietz and Samolienko
Pictures by kind permission of: Roman Fadeev, BROC and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
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