Myanmar: Myanmar’s Milling Industry Devastated by New Logging Policies

Feb 25, 2019 | Genevieve Belmaker, Good Men Project
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Myanmar’s Timber Merchants Association is crying foul over what they say are the devastating impacts from a one-year logging ban and new, restrictive government policies. Soe Win, secretary of the Association, told domestic media Voice Daily that approximately 80 percent of wood processing plants have been forced to close their doors for lack of timber.