“We are appalled by the substantial volume of tropical wood that has been used thus far and by the glaring lack of due diligence exercised to ensure the sustainability and legality of the wood being used,” said Peg Putt with Markets For Change. “While we welcome the recent disclosure of the tropical plywood used to construct the Tokyo 2020 Olympic facilities, the new information affirms our worst concerns regarding the environmental and social impacts of Tokyo 2020’s irresponsible wood sourcing.” The disclosure revealed that as of November 2017, at least 87% of the plywood panels used to construct the New National Stadium derived from the rainforests of Malaysia and Indonesia. “The overwhelming majority of wood used was uncertified plywood extracted from tropical rainforests in Indonesia, an epicentre of biodiversity that is suffering from one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world,” said Hana Heineken with Rainforest Action Network