HomeSearch
teak - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search.
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.
U Bein Bridge: What lies beneath
At sunrise and sunset a rash of tourists swarm Ubein Bridge to take photos of the iconic teak bridge. But what you don’t see in most of the glossy guidebooks is the rubbish in the foreground.
Illegal loggers armed with swords seize confiscated timber
Forestry officials were forced by a group of men wielding swords and clubs to return confiscated timber.
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.
The hidden menace of landmines continues to haunt Burma’s conflict zones
Across Burma, landmines pose a daily threat, but five years after the transition to democracy began, there is still no official clearance programme.
‘It’s our turn to deliver’
Dr. Zaw Myint Maung talks about the NLD’s landslide win, the move from national to regional parliament and the challenges Mandalay Region is facing.
