In
late July, Myanmar sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for
illegal logging, shining a spotlight on an issue that has been a
problem for decades.
As
China’s rabid demand for teak, redwoods and other timber has grown, so
too has the market for stolen wood from Myanmar’s frontier forests. The
trade is worth hundreds
of millions of dollars every year, making it one of the single largest
bilateral flows of illegal timber in the world.
The new report from the London-based
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA),
Organised Chaos: The illicit overland timber trade between Myanmar and China,
will be launched at a special event in Beijing, where a short film
on the issue will be screened. EIA investigators will be discussing the
report and taking questions.
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