Logging Burma's Frontier Forests: Resources and the Regime

By Chantal Elkin, Jake Brunner, Kirk Talbot,, Kirk Talbot Jake Brunner

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 Inst
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.8"