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Wild elephants at large
Some 60 forestry staff arrive in Kyaukpadaung, bringing six tame elephants to lure the wild herd, and tranquiliser guns in case things get out of hand.
Myaingkale forest squatters face charges
Police have arrested and charged around two dozen people for squatting in a protected forest in Karen State.
China-Burma talks on illegal timber
In light of recent bust in Kachin state, officials meet to discuss the widespread illegal 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.
Shan farmers dissatisfied with dam relocation site
Villagers in Paunglaung, located between Naypyidaw and Shan State, have said that a relocation project designed to make way for the Upper Paunglaung Dam is insufficient.
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.
