China's impact on forests in Southeast Asia /
Craeme Lang, Cathy Hiu Wan Chan
- 2006
In 1998 China imposed a ban on logging inside China. The effect of this ban has been a dramatic increase in the exploitation (legal and illegal) of forests in Southeast Asia for export to China. In China the logs are transformed into manufactured goods such as furniture and plyboard for both the domestic and export markets. The article suggests that it will be difficult to interrupt the deforestation of Southeast Asia first because the profits at both source and re-export points are high, and second because there is a lack of political will at all levels to interrupt these chains of trade and flows of profits.
SOUTHEAST ASIA--DEFORESTATION BURMA--DEFORESTATION CAMBODIA--DEFORESTATION PAPUA NEW GUINEA--DEFORESTATION CHINA--TIMBER IMPORTS