
US timber traders help support Myanmar’s brutal junta by skirting laws to import illicit teak
Today (16 May), EIA names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
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Today (16 May), EIA names 12 major American timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 military coup
Despite sanctions put in place against the brutal military junta in Myanmar, US traders continue to source precious teak from the country for luxury yachts and flooring
The UK Government needs to increase efforts to significantly reduce the global deforestation and human rights abuses caused by the commodities imported into the country.
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