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Teak statt Menschenrechte

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Reports & Research
november, 1997
Myanmar

Bis vor kurzer Zeit war Burma (Myanmar) das Land mit mehr intaktem Tropenwald als irgendein anderes Land auf dem südostasiatischen Festland. Es liefert das wertvollste Teakholz, das weltweit auf dem Markt ist - Holz aus den letzten primären Teakwäldern der Erde.

Logging Burma's Frontier Forests

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Reports & Research
november, 1997
Myanmar

Lots of maps...Burma holds half of the remaining forest in mainland Southeast Asia. Having lost virtually all of their original forest cover, Burma's neighbors -- China, India, and Thailand -- rely increasingly on Burma as a source of timber. Most of the regional timber trade is illegal. (See The Regional Timber Trade in Southeast Asia.)

Kawthoolei and Teak: Karen Forest Management on the Thai-Burmese Border

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Reports & Research
september, 1997
Myanmar

The Karen State of Kawthoolei has been heavily dependent on teak extraction to fund the Karen National
Union struggle against the Burmese military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
Raymond Bryant explores the social and economic structure of Kawthoolei, and the way in which resource

Causas estructurales de la deforestación en la amazonía ecuatoriana

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Journal Articles & Books
april, 1997
Ecuador

La deuda externa, la creciente dependencia tecnológica, el sesgo en la injusta distribución de la tierra, la presión del mercado internacional sobre las materias primas carburantes y no carburantes existentes en la selva, la irracionalidad extractiva y otra serie de factores, son los causantes de la desestabilización ecológica en la región amazónica

National Policy on Forests 1997.

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National Policies
april, 1997
Poland

The National Policy on Forests developed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry is a nation-wide sectoral document for designating the complex of actions shaping relations between humankind and forests, with the aim of preserving the conditions for the indefinite maintenance of the multi-functionality of forests, their multi-faceted utility and protection an