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    Tagged: logging

    Business Lead Story News

    Govt adviser calls for ban on overland Chinese visitors

    We need to control those coming to Myanmar, and make sure they follow the rules.”

    Lead Story Media News

    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.”

    Lead Story Media News

    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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    Environment Lead Story News

    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.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    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.

    Crime Lead Story Logging News

    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.

    Karen Lead Story Logging News

    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.

    Asia can fight climate change and poverty by investing in forest communities, says environmental NGO. (PHOTO: DVB).

    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.

    Lead Story Logging News Shan

    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.

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    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: Logging out video

    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.

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