Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | Oct. 21, 2009 Forests Myanmar Dramatic decrease in illegal timber trade between Burma and China but smuggling continues The illegal cross-border timber trade between Burma and China has decreased significantly since 2005. However, ‘snake business' is widespread and the authorities in China should do more to clamp down, according to a new detailed review by the campaign group Global Witness. | May 30, 2006 Forests Myanmar China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma (Chinese version) Download options: Word Document PDF | May 30, 2006 Forests Myanmar China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma (Burmese version) Download the Burmese version here. | May 30, 2006 Forests Myanmar China Blocks Timber Imports From Burma China has clamped down on illegal logging in northern Burma by closing its border to the timber trade and ordering Chinese workers to leave the country.[1], [2] This unprecedented move follows a decade of rapacious logging by Chinese logging companies in Burma’s northern forests.[3] In 2005, China imported more than 1.5 million cubic metres of Burmese timber worth an estimated US$350 million. Almost all of these imports were illegal.[4] | March 8, 2006 Forests Myanmar China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports (Chinese version) | March 8, 2006 Forests Myanmar China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports Press release For Immediate Release, 8 March 2006 China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports The Chinese government has finally pledged to act to address the rampant trade in illegal timber from Burma, after a recent exposé by Global Witness.[1] China is the primary destination of Burmese timber and holds the key to a trade that threatens to destroy its neighbour’s forests. | March 8, 2006 Forests Myanmar China must act on pledge to end illegal Burmese timber imports (Burmese version) | Oct. 18, 2005 Forests Myanmar Burma's Missing Timber Millions: Destination China (Burmese version) owif;xkwfjyefcsuf/ ukefoG,frIydwfyif - 2005ckESpf? atmufwdkbm (18)&uf jrefrmhopf oef;csDqHk;&HI;? w&kwfwGifvrf;qHk; wurÇmvHk;qdkif&moufaoouúm,tzGJYBuD;1ubefaumufNrdKYEdkifiHjcm;owif;axmufrsm;toif;2 ü,aeYxkwfjyefvdkufon fh]w&kwftwGufa&G;p&m/ jrefrmjynfajrmufzsm;opfawmrsm;zsufqD;rItqHk; Show Previous 10