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Government imposes logging ban, in latest bid to save forests
The move comes two years after an earlier effort to slow deforestation by banning the export of raw timber.
Business Weekly 20 November
BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: Rangoon green lights second economic zone; tourism; development; sanctions; and timber industry news.
Cronies leave Burma ‘no longer resource rich in timber’
Burma is facing complete forest degradation unless it can clean up the crony economy.
BUSINESS WEEKLY 17 OCTOBER 2014
Tourism in Karen and Mon hit hard by renewed conflict; Master Sports auction fetches $300,000; World Bank backs maternal & infant health care in Burma; Hong Kong mining firm gets exploration license in Shan State.
Burma Business Weekly
BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: China remains the country's top trading partner; Myeik to Bangkok flights launch; Austria offers technical expertise on hydropower projects; and corruption in Burma still worries investors.
Will Burma’s timber ban curb or entrench corruption?
While the raw timber export ban is a step towards avoiding a regrettable transformation in one of Burma’s major industries, it may only work in tandem with more reforms that tackle the country’s deep-seated corruption.
