Notice the black square in the bottom right side of the pix equals a whole football field. 
How Illegal Timber Travels
Source: 2007 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Every day huge volumes of logs, many of them harvested illegally, stream toward Chinese factories where workers churn out products such as furniture and floorboards. These wares are shipped to major retailers like Ikea and Home Depot, and are bought by shoppers with little inkling of the wood's origins.
The Article: Corruption Stains Timber Trade
Forests Destroyed in China's Race to Feed Global Wood-Processing Industry By Peter S. Goodman and Peter FinnWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, April 1, 2007
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