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When selling is more lucrative than protecting: Myanma timber enterprise and the deforestation crisis

20 December 2016
Myanmar Times
Anti-corruption / Budget / Forest products / Forest trade and finance / Forestry Industry / Government / Logging and timber
Almtra Nordic / Faith Doherty / Jennie Sverker / Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry / Ministry of Forestry / Myanmar / Myanmar Inter Safe Co / Myanmar Timber Merchants’ Association / Peter Cooper / Springate-Baginski / Swedish Forest Agency / U Myo Win / U Nyi Nyi Kyaw / UN FAO

For years, Myanmar’s state-owned timber giant has been subject to accusations of corruption and shadowy closed-door dealings. Environmental advocacy groups have long blamed Myanmar Timber Enterprise for operating its industry monopoly without transparency. On November 15, their allegations appeared to gain newfound teeth, substantiated by ...

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