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BINH DINH, CENTRAL VIETNAM ― Vietnam has supplied wood pellets to Japan and South Korea in their quest to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through an increase in biomass energy production. [1]

A leaked WWF report exposes the scale of illegal logging in Laos. Almost all of timber exports from Laos go to Vietnam and China. In 2013, Laos exported 1.4 million cubic metres of timber to these two countries. [2]

RANGOON — Burma will ban the export of raw timber logs from April 1, choking off profits in a sector that provided critical funding to the country’s former military rulers for decades, as a new reformist government steps up efforts to save forests. [3]

QUANG NAM, VIETNAM ― The fast-growing and economical acacia has spread in Central Vietnam in response to the global call for wood pellets to replace coal-fired energy. But it has left biodiversity loss and, in some cases, even death in its wake. [4]

MYAWADDY, Karen State — “Our Dawna range is like a bald head after severe logging,” said Aung Myo, a Myawaddy resident and trader, as he pointed toward the formidable Dawna mountain range in Karen State, near the Thai-Burma border. [5]

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[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-11-19 · 100% match

Smoke, mirrors, wood pellets: Vietnam clears native forest to supply ‘clean’ energy to Asia

BINH DINH, CENTRAL VIETNAM ― Vietnam has supplied wood pellets to Japan and South Korea in their quest to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through an increase in biomass energy production.

[2] TH mekongeye.com · 2015-11-25 · 100% match

Leaked WWF report on illegal logging in Laos: “A worst-case scenario”

A leaked WWF report exposes the scale of illegal logging in Laos. Almost all of timber exports from Laos go to Vietnam and China. In 2013, Laos exported 1.4 million cubic metres of timber to these two countries.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-03-21 · 100% match

Burma’s Log Export Ban to Hurt Businessmen But Help Forests

RANGOON — Burma will ban the export of raw timber logs from April 1, choking off profits in a sector that provided critical funding to the country’s former military rulers for decades, as a new reformist government steps up efforts to save forests.

[4] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-11-19 · 100% match

A thorny dilemma: Acacia plantations in Vietnam may not be all that green

QUANG NAM, VIETNAM ― The fast-growing and economical acacia has spread in Central Vietnam in response to the global call for wood pellets to replace coal-fired energy. But it has left biodiversity loss and, in some cases, even death in its wake.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-12-08 · 100% match

Illegal Timber Trade Still Bedevils in ‘Balding’ Burma

MYAWADDY, Karen State — “Our Dawna range is like a bald head after severe logging,” said Aung Myo, a Myawaddy resident and trader, as he pointed toward the formidable Dawna mountain range in Karen State, near the Thai-Burma border.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-04-29 · 100% match

Burma Bans Lucrative Logging in Bid to Preserve Forests

RANGOON — Burma has banned lucrative logging operations as the newly elected government of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi steps up a battle on deforestation, an environment official said on Thursday.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-27 · 100% match

JFM releases list of ASEAN companies supporting the Myanmar junta with taxes, jet fuel, and technology

Mizzima On 24 May, Justice for Myanmar released a report naming 54 companies in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which continue to maintain links with Myanmar’s junta.

[8] FI yle.fi · 2020-02-05 · 95% match

News

With school winter holidays fast approaching, some people are concerned about the health risks of international travel because of the continuing spread of Wuhan coronavirus.

[9] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-10-27 · 72% match

Future-proofing your business must start at the source

In today’s volatile landscape, being resilient isn’t an option – it’s a competitive advantage. Climate risks, resource constraints and shifting market expectations are disrupting supply chains, particularly in land- and forest-based sectors.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-08-28 · 60% match

Children of Notorious Ex-Myanmar Junta Minister Continue Corrupt Legacy

Though he has been dead for nearly a decade, long-serving military regime official Aung Thaung’s corrupt legacy lives on in the junta-allied business empires run by his children and their families and associates, whose interests now spread across Mya

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