For 20 years we’ve urged China to ban the use of illegal timber – now it’s happening!
China is changing its Forest Law to include a nationwide ban on buying, processing or transporting illegally sourced timber
China is changing its Forest Law to include a nationwide ban on buying, processing or transporting illegally sourced timber
As we prepare to get our teeth into a new decade of challenges, here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a busy year in 2019
The European Union is cracking down on shipments of illegal teak from Myanmar but needs to step up its game to be more effective
Details are emerging from local media in China of an unprecedented enforcement operation in the country’s Yunnan Province against smuggling of precious timber from neighbouring Myanmar
On 1 July 2019, Eleven Media Group published an article entitled “EIA Exposed – the campaign against Myanmar’s teak trade accused of making false allegations against innocent timber trader”. Although the article is labelled as an interview, it reads more like a biased opinion piece and is riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods. In this letter, […]
Myanmar President U Win Myint stated that “The Union Government will take effective administrative steps to rectify the weak areas in fighting corruption.” A bold and welcome statement, but no President, Minister or Ministry alone has the power to fight the deep cancer destroying all parts of Myanmar’s fragile future – corruption.