Myanmar: Timber Talks: Burma and China Discuss Logging

Jan 25, 2015 | Echo Hui, Democratic Voice of Burma
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At a conference held in Naypyidaw last week, senior Burmese and Chinese government officials agreed to establish a bilateral system to recognise “legal” timber in a bid to tackle the problem of illegal logging and trade in timber.

“Both countries have officially launched a China-Burma Forestry Governance Project to better regulate bilateral trade in timber,” said Ji Lin, an environmental NGO representative from China who attended the meeting.