CNA Correspondent – How Taiwan authorities fight tree poaching syndicate

Taiwan’s trees are on the run from poachers (known as ‘mountain rats’) as police and forest rangers use technology, community mobilization and good old-fashioned legwork to stop the lucrative illegal trade of their centuries-old cypress trees We do. Victoria Jane tells Steve Lai about her arduous trek into the island’s untouched jungles to uncover the story.

Taiwan’s trees are on the run from poachers (known as ‘mountain rats’) as police and forest rangers use technology, community mobilization and good old-fashioned legwork to stop the lucrative illegal trade of their centuries-old cypress trees We do. Victoria Jane tells Steve Lai about her arduous trek into the island’s untouched jungles to uncover the story.