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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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