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Burma holds half of the remaining forest in mainland Southeast Asia. Burma's neighbors--China, India, and Thailand--have lost virtually all of their original forest cover, and rely increasingly on Burma as a source of timber. Most of the regional timber trade is illegal.

Burma's teak forest reserve is the largest in the world, but it is being steadily destroyed by the ruling regime. [more]

Burma Links:

  • Action Resource Center: Free Burma - Supports Burmese peoples working to achieve freedom from multinational corporations and the current dictatorial regime.
  • Logging Burma's Frontier Forests - World Resources Institute on the conditions of the natural forests of Burma, and recent logging activity.

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