TY  - BOOK
AU  - LANG Graeme
AU  - HIU Wan Chan Cathy
TI  - China's impact on forests in Southeast Asia
PY  - 2006///
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - DEFORESTATION
KW  - BURMA
KW  - CAMBODIA
KW  - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
KW  - CHINA
KW  - TIMBER IMPORTS
N2  - 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
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