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    Burma army to assist in tackling illegal logging in Kachin
    September 20, 2016in Kachin, Lead Story, Logging, News202by NAY PHYO WIN
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    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.

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    Forestry Dept seizes 10 tons of timber from boat in Katha
    September 14, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Sagaing147by THIHA SWE
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    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.

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    Logging war: Truck runs checkpoint in Pegu
    September 6, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Pegu Division146by DVB
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    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.

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    Soldiers nabbed with illegal logs in Sagaing
    August 26, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Sagaing178by DVB
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    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…

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    Loggers declare one-year moratorium
    July 6, 2016in Environment, Lead Story, Natural resources, News287by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    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.

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    Search intensifies for killers of forestry officer
    June 22, 2016in Lead Story, Logging, News, Sagaing236by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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.

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