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Fancy rattan chairs, garden loungers and side tables. Today, you can hardly buy wood without seals and certificates. Many of them certify sustainability. They are supposed to assure us that deforested forests grow back quickly and that everything is done ecologically and responsibly. But the wood products that are sold in our shops as certified lead to robbery, displacement and even murder in Indonesia. While indigenous people on Borneo and Sumatra fear for their habitat and their livelihood, Indonesian logging companies and plantation operators are doing business worldwide - also with the help of German certificates. Reporter Lea Struckmeier traveled to where many of our furniture and paper packaging come from. From the rainforest of Borneo to the wood plantations of Sumatra. A film by Lea Struckmeier Collaboration: Zita Zengerling Camera: Benaya Harobu, Jan Littelmann, Sven Lunke, Yusuf Priambodo, Kolja Ropra, Lea Struckmeier Editing: Timo Becker, Willy Hans Graphics: Fabian Eschkötter Editors: Hans-Jakob Rausch, Grit Fischer, Salome Zadegan #tropicalwood #mafia _________ Every Tuesday! Do you have topic suggestions? Write to us: [email protected] You don't want to miss anything? ???? Subscription: https://bit.ly/2SKo6UH ???? Instagram: / strg_f ???? Twitter: / strg_f __________ We are also part of #funk! Check it out: YouTube: / funkofficial Instagram: / funk TikTok: / funk Website: https://go.funk.net ???? Imprint: https://go.funk.net/impressum