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ACIAR extends support to forestry sector

3 November 2016
The Vientiane Times
Aid and development / Australian aid / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Environment and natural resources / Forest cover / Forest products / Forest protection / Forest protection support / Forestry Industry / Forests and forestry / Tree plantations
Aid and development / Australian Aid / Dr Latsamy Boupha / Environment and natural resources / Forest cover / Forest protection support / Forestry industry / Forests and Forestry / Laos / Tree plantations

The Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research is ready to continue assisting people’s tree plantings in northern Luang Prabang province and will also extend support to the wood processing sector in Laos. The extension in support comes after the ACIAR project achieved success in the ...

Myanmar's logging ban feeds shadow economy of illegal trade

2 November 2016
(Concessions) / (Illegal logging) / Deforestation drivers / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest cover / Forest trade and finance / Forestry Industry / Forests and forestry / Logging and timber
Aung San Suu Kyi / Deforestation drivers / Environment and natural resources / Forest cover / Forest trade and finance / Forestry industry / Forests and Forestry / Illegal logging / Logging and timber / Myanmar / Normally Win Nyunt / Win Nyunt

Sitting in a shop on the riverfront in Mandalay just last week, Win Nyunt assessed whether it was safe to hide a ton of illegally logged teak in a nearby monastery at midnight. “If I put the logs in the monastery it is safer, but I ...

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