EIA: Buying Burmese teak supports violence

The EIA has been exposing corruption in the Burmese timber trade for the past decade Photo: EIA

Buyers considering purchasing timber of wood products originating in Myanmar will be supporting violence, contributing to the destruction of democracy and endorsing military rule, says the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).

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