Myanmar: Myanmar Turns to Timber Exports to Save Forests

Jul 4, 2016 | Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
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Long a timber-producing and exporting country, Myanmar will start importing wood to protect its forests while allowing local timber companies to continue operating, the government has decided. U Kyaw Zaw, director of the office of the minister for natural resources and environmental conservation, said, “A plan to permit the importation of raw timber from overseas has been approved.”