Myanmar: Illegal Logging Mars Magwe’s Deep Forests

Aug 29, 2016 | Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
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Myanmar is the third-worst country in the world for deforestation, according to a 2015 report issued by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, which said that 43 percent of the country was covered in forest, down from 47pc in 2010. In July this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation said logging would be prohibited in major forested areas for the rest of this year, and in the Bago mountain range for a decade, but the ban will be hard to enforce.