Logging Burma's Frontier Forests: Resources and the Regime

by Chantal Elkin and Jake Brunner, Kirk Talbot,

South-to-South trade is changing how forests are logged and who are the end-buyers. This report shows how transnational Asian firms enter into private contracts with corrupt local elites for short-term profit, ignoring the long-term benefits of sustainable forest management for Burma's economy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569732663
• ISBN13: 9781569732663
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: World Resources Institute
• Length: 56 Pages