Illegal timber seized in Bago region

12 August 2020
Illegal timber seized in Bago region
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Myanmar authorities recently seized over 103 tons of illegal timber in Bago region in one week, according to a release from the forest department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Xinhua reported.

According to the release, the confiscations which were made from Aug. 3 to 9 within the area of the Bago Yoma mountain range included teak, hardwood and other types of timber.

A total of over 12,370 tons of illegal timber including over 3,098.2 tons of teak, over 2,602.7 tons of hardwood and over 6,669 tons of other types of timber were seized across the country in first four months of the present FY 2019-2020 which started in October, according to the department's latest figures.