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
The officials, based on a tipoff, searched the boat on the Irrawaddy River and found around 10 tons of timber in a hidden compartment.
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.
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…
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.
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.