Conflict Timbers and China

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October 19, 2003

 

OVERVIEW & COMMENTARY by Glen Barry, Forests.org

 

Myanmar's forests are being ravaged by logging fueled

by voracious demand in China. Illegal logging of the

World's last ancient forests continues to fuel war,

and social and environmental collapse. Ill-gotten

" conflict timbers " end up in a variety of markets.

China, however, with its huge appetite for timber and

deadly history of over-cutting its own forests is

responsible for much of Asia's conflict ridden illegal

logging. China's widely proclaimed concern for the

environment apparently ends at its own borders, as it

imports timbers and other raw materials with little if

any concern for its origin or methods of extraction.

 

Full story at:

 

http://forests.org/recent/2003/burconfl.htm

 

 

 

 

 

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