Teak wars
THAILAND'S BAN on logging within its own borders has had unfortunate consequences in neighbouring Myanmar (formerly Burma) where their forests are still largely intact. Since the 1989 ban, Thai logging companies have received concessions to cut more than 350,000 Myanmar trees a year. As a result, an area that had known only smallscale logging using elephants and rivers for transport was penetrated by a network of roads that allows easy access to heavy logging machinery. The target in the forests is teak, prized by boatbuilders, carpenters and furniture makers who appreciate the attractiveness of the hardwood. Rainforest Action Groups around the world are calling for a boycott of all tropical timber products imported from nonsustainably managed forests, a policy also promoted by Forest and Bird. Source: Sierra
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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129Teak wars Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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