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Burma Calls for Cooperation on Fore



Subject: Burma Calls for Cooperation on Forestry Problems

Attn: Burma Newsreaders
Re: Burma Calls for Cooperation on Forestry Problems

      RANGOON, May 30 (Reuter) - Burma's Ministry of Forestry is calling for
greater regional cooperation to tackle deforestation and the smuggling of
timber and endangered species, Burma's state-run media reported on Tuesday. 

    Lieutenant-General Chit Swe told a United Nations-sponsored forestry
seminar on Monday that Burma's annual timber harvest was now about three
million cubic metres, 25 percent of which was teak and the remainder
consisting of other hardwoods. 

    Burma, one of the world's biggest exporters of timber including
top-quality teak, still has 33 million hectares (81.5 million acres) of
forest cover, according to official statistics. 

    More than 50 participants from nine countries -- Bhutan, China, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand and the
United States -- are attending the seminar which runs until June 3. 

    The seminar is sponsored by the Burmese government and the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organisation. 

REUTER
Transmitted: 95-05-30 04:37:42 EDT
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