Description:
Getting to the roots of Burma?s latest timber export trade...
They had been rooted in Burma?s soil for many years, some of them for more than a century. Then the heavy excavation machinery moved in—and the trees moved out, across the border to China. Some Burmese nature lovers say the trees will be homesick, but for Burmese and Chinese entrepreneurs they just represent money. Lots of money..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol 15, No. 8
Date of Publication:
2007-08-00
Date of entry:
2008-05-02
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English