Two more significant groups have come out against Government's decision to share Rosewood revenues. The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, known as SATIIM today called on the Prime Minister to immediately rescind the Rosewood Amnesty. That Organization says that the Amnesty has only served to trigger flurries of illegal Rosewood cutting in Toledo. They have provided photos of to prove that rosewood flitches are being cut in numerous areas in Toledo. They add that these newly cut rosewood flitches will be sold; in fact some have already been sold. They conclude bys aying that the amnesty is only serving to perpetuate a vicious cycle of the destruction of precious resources for short-term gain.
Also speaking out is APAMO, the Association of Protected Area Management Organizations which quote, "registers its objection to and disappointment with the…amnesty. "
It adds that while APAMO was in full support of the moratorium declared one year ago and the destruction of confiscated Rosewood, it strongly disagrees with the decision to allow illegal loggers and private sector companies to profit from the Rosewood in their possession.
They say that any sale of confiscated logs should have been undertaken in a transparent manner, and the intent of sale should have been publicly declared through an open bidding process.
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