Govt adviser calls for ban on overland Chinese visitors
We need to control those coming to Myanmar, and make sure they follow the rules.”
Tagged: logging
Burmese reporter punches rival over alleged extortion
“Ko Thet Khine took pictures of the tractor carrying the wood and then asked the driver for money, That’s why I punched him.”
Burmese journalist sued, threatened after logging, cattle-rustling reports
Hot News’ Bhamo-based correspondent Oo Oo Nyein said he was first sued for defamation by a local militia over his reports on cattle rustling.
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Govt, conservationists unveil elephant protection plan
A strategy to protect Burma’s wild and captive elephants well into the next century has been released by the government and international NGO’s.
Post-conflict plan underway to restore Mongko
Govt administrator says it may take some time to repair schools that were partially destroyed by artillery shelling during the two-week conflict.
Logging exposé leads to threats against fishermen
The threats began after photos of illegal logging activities in Tenasserim Division’s Dawei District appeared in a recent issue of a local weekly.
Kachin Lead Story Logging News
Burma army to assist in tackling illegal logging in Kachin
Minister tells parliament plans are afoot to form a taskforce to crack down effectively on any logging operations in the area.
Lead Story Logging News Sagaing
Forestry Dept seizes 10 tons of timber from boat in Katha
The officials, based on a tipoff, searched the boat on the Irrawaddy River and found around 10 tons of timber in a hidden compartment.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
2,000 flee homes as former DKBA forces clash in Karen State
The renegades had earlier warned of an “all-out war” against the local BGF; tensions had reportedly been escalating since the renegades broke from the DKBA at the beginning of the year.
Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
Logging war: Truck runs checkpoint in Pegu
The incident is the latest in a spate of violent confrontations between law enforcement officials and illegal loggers in Kyauktaga Township.
When logging deals go wrong: DKBA commander hacked to death
DKBA renegades say Na Ma Kyar did not kidnap the mahouts, but was only holding them temporarily as the logging camp operators had failed to pay them operating fees.
Lead Story Logging News Sagaing
Soldiers nabbed with illegal logs in Sagaing
The officials said they stopped and searched the lorry, which was accompanied by two servicemen, following a tip-off. They found 29 logs of milled lumber, weighing a total of nearly three tons.
Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
Loggers declare one-year moratorium
Burma’s largest producer of timber has declared a nationwide, one-year moratorium on logging, according to a spokesperson for the state-owned enterprise.
Lead Story Logging News Pegu Division
Pegu forestry officers open fire on logging trucks
Law enforcement officials in Pegu Division’s Kyauktaga Township open fire on trucks carrying illegal timber as they tried to run a checkpoint.
Lead Story Logging News Sagaing
Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer
A band of illegal loggers who beat a forestry officer to death in Shwebo are still at large.
Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News Trade
Burmese economic growth stymied by flooding: World Bank
The World Bank’s prediction that the Burmese economy would grow at some 8.2 percent this year has been slashed in the latest ‘Myanmar Economic Report’.
Environment Karenni Land Lead Story Logging Natural resources News
Karenni party bans hardwood logging
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) announced a total ban on new logging of teak and other hardwoods in Karenni State, and has outlawed all logging businesses in the territory.
Lead Story Logging News Politics
BREAKING: Burma pardons 155 Chinese loggers
Burma’s President Thein Sein has granted amnesty to 6,966 prisoners, including 155 Chinese loggers sentenced last week to life imprisonment,
Kachin Lead Story Logging News
Life imprisonment for Chinese loggers in Kachin
153 of the men were handed the maximum punishment of life imprisonment, while two others, who are minors, were sentenced to 10 years.
ASEAN Environment Lead Story News
People-power can save Asia’s forests
Asia can fight climate change and lift people out of poverty if it invests in communities living in forests, claims a Thai-based environmental organisation.
Ethnic issues Lead Story Logging News Shan
UWSA standoff cools
The Wa army and Burmese government officials are expected to meet this week in Naypyidaw to settle an ongoing logging dispute in southern Shan State.
Wa, govt troops in standoff over logging dispute
Wa forces have surrounded a government position after 16 of their workers were detained in eastern Shan State.
Kachin Lead Story Logging Natural resources News
Govt forces using airstrikes against Kachins
Burmese military claims it deployed airstrikes against the KIA in efforts to quell illegal logging in the northern region.
Environment Lead Story Logging News
Burma’s forests and the danger of agribusiness
Corruption, environmental damage, and conflict: the effect of forestry clearance in Burma, say a US-based organisation.
Environment Lead Story Logging Natural resources News
Timber talks: Burma and China discuss logging
Talks held to support both countries’ interest in responsible, cross-border timber trade, say officials.
Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
Business weekly 16 January 2015
In business this week: Applications to practice on Burma’s stock exchange are open, and Burma exports rice to India.
Environment Lead Story Logging News
China-Burma talks on illegal timber
In light of recent bust in Kachin state, officials meet to discuss the widespread illegal trade.
Lead Story Logging Natural resources News Shan
Four forestry officers slain in Shan State
According to a Shan State government administrator, the forestry officers had earlier seized 200 tons of illegally felled logs and were on their way back to check the haul. “We assume someone had a grudge,” he said.
Environment Interview Lead Story Logging Natural resources News Trade
‘Burma will become a responsible timber-trading country’
DVB interviews Bar Bar Cho, joint secretary of the Myanmar Timber Merchants Association, about how Burma’s new logging export ban will affect his industry.
DVB Debate Lead Story Natural resources News Video
DVB Debate: Logging out
DVB Debate discusses the effects the ban on raw timber exports will have on the timber industry and how effective it will be in tackling deforestation.
